A Khmer Rouge Leader Apologizes, Sort of

The Khmer Rouge Tribunal reacted with some surprise in Phnom Penh yesterday when Nuon Chea, Brother Number Two of the Khmer Rouge, told a civilian victim who had lost his parents to the Khmer Rouge. "I am bearing the responsibility from my heart."

The articulate 86-year-old Khmer Rouge leader, who is in indifferent health, was speaking from his holding c…