Gems, Timber, and War in Cambodia

Natural resources broke out civil war in Cambodia in the 1990's. Khmer rouge took control of some rich natural resources in Cambodia in the 1990's. The Khmer rouge also took control of the land where rubies and sapphires in were. Some people in Thailand paid the Khmer rouge money to mine them. The Khmer rouge got millions of dollars because of the rubies and sapphires.