The Khmer Kill: A Dox Short Story

Notes & Sources

As far as I know, there is no bar called Café Mist in Phnom Penh. But there are plenty of places like it. Other than Mist, all locations in this story are described, as always, as I found them.

I’m indebted to two friends for the phrase “un-fucking an attitude”—one, Clint Overland; another, who must be known only as Wade — a topic on which they are both expert. And indebted to Marc “Animal” MacYoung for the wonderfully droll line, “Sometimes you just have to explain things to people in terms they understand.” Indeed. It sounded just like Dox and I shamelessly stole it. http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/

The National Museum of Cambodia http://cambodiamuseum.info/

More on Cambodia’s world-famous Citadel Knives http://www.knives-citadel.com/

The Somali Mam Foundation, “Envisioning a world where women and children are safe from slavery” http://www.somaly.org/

Somali Mam on Twitter http://twitter.com/somalymam

Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine, by Somaly Mam

The “wild thing” quote Dox is thinking of is D.H. Lawrence: “I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A bird will fall frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.” http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/33221.html

The “Homeland Battlefield” Bill http://www.salon.com/2011/12/16/three_myths_about_the_detention_bill/singleton/

Stephen Colbert on the president’s power to order the execution of American Citizens http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/410085/march-06-2012/the-word--due-or-die

Ray Davis Pakistan shooting incident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Allen_Davis_incident

US torture of whistleblower Bradley Manning http://www.salon.com/2012/03/07/un_top_torture_official_denounces_bradley_mannings_detention/

XM2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XM2010_Enhanced_Sniper_Rifle

Khmer Borane Restaurant http://www.borane.net/