LAOS | CIA Secret War Veterans

Relatives of veterans of the CIA Secret War break down in tears and beg for help after seeing the first Westerners to visit their isolated group of ethnic Hmongs hiding in the jungle for over 30 years in the Vientiane province of Laos on 27 November 2007. Thousands of Hmongs who fought or collaborated with the American CIA until communists took over the country in 1975 remain hidden in the jungles of Laos

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Relatives of veterans of the CIA Secret War break down in tears and beg for help after seeing the first Westerners to visit their isolated group of ethnic Hmongs hiding in the jungle for over 30 years in the Vientiane province of Laos on 27 November 2007. Thousands of Hmongs who fought or collaborated with the American CIA until communists took over the country in 1975 remain hidden in the jungles of Laos

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