> This is an article from Professor of Law Joshua Castello in Ireland
>
>
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=2...
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> The Hmong Struggle in Laos: Freedom Fighters or Terrorists?
> Joshua Castellino
>
> June 8, 2007
>
> This week undercover agents in the USA mounted a sting operation
> against a group of individuals who were planning to overthrow the
> government of Laos. Ten people were arrested in the operation,
> including former military commanders and others, who were accused of
> attempting to buy guns, missiles and explosives in preparation for an
> attempted coup. The arrest brought to light once again, what has been
> termed the "Secret War" - where CIA agents armed the local ethnic
> Hmong population in a bid to thwart Vietnamese army supply lines
> during the Vietnam War in the 1970s.
> ...
