LAOS | CIA Secret War Veterans

Ethnic Hmong veterans of the CIA Secret War and their families pose for a group photo while holding the roots that they must eat to survive in a temporary village hidden from the Lao People's Army 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 and are regular targets of the Lao People's Army

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Ethnic Hmong veterans of the CIA Secret War and their families pose for a group photo while holding the roots that they must eat to survive in a temporary village hidden from the Lao People's Army 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 and are regular targets of the Lao People's Army

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