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Khmer Rouge chief executioner 'Duch' was found guilty today by a UN-backed court. He could be out of prison in 19 years, even when many Cambodians say he deserved life in prison for his role in the Pol Pot regime.

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Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, who ran the notorious Toul Sleng detention center for the worst "enemies" of the state, looks on during his sentencing at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday. The U.N.-backed tribunal has found the former Khmer Rouge chief jailer guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

AP Photo/ Extraordinary Chambers in tAs the founder of Wikileaks claims there is "prima-facie" evidence of "war crimes" within secret Afghan documents written by US military forces, Channel 4 News analyses claims Task Force 373 appeared to botch attempts to kill al-Qaida operatives.

The founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange told journalists that there is "prima-facie evidence" of war crimes in the 90,000 leaked documents from US military field reports in Afghanistan between 2004 and 2009.

Assange said: "I can only speak about this issue in general, however it is up to a court to decide, clearly whether something is in the end a 'crime'.

"That said prima facie, there does appear to be evidence of war crimes in this material.

"The example is the Task Force 373 Himars missile strike on a house which killed seven children."

TF 373 - The Taliban hunters
The US Special Forces unit tasked with carrying out assassinations is called Task Force 373.he Courts of Cambodia