Tag: CIA
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ICE arrests 16 Hmong, Laotian refugees in Michigan. Family, legislators ask for release.
In the 1960s, the CIA recruited Hmong people in Laos to battle Communist forces in southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Many of them sacrificed their lives to help the U.S. and saved the lives of … Full story: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/ice-arrests-16-hmong-laotian-refugees-in-michigan-family-legislators-ask-for-release/ar-AA1KcSoj
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Hmong, Laos military veterans honored
Hmong and Laos military veterans of the War in Southeast Asia were honored during a program held at City Park on Saturday. In the 1960s and 7’0s the United State’s CIA recruited around 30,000 Hmong in … Full story: https://www.marshallindependent.com/news/local-news/2025/07/hong-laos-military-veterans-honored/
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Once home to the CIA, this tiny Southeast Asia runway was considered ‘the most secret place on Earth’
Deep in the sweltering jungles of central Laos, Long Tieng played a central role in the United States’ fight to stop the spread of communism in Southeast Asia. Fifty years after its fall, we explore … Full story: https://www.cnn.com/travel/long-tieng-laos-cia-runway-air-america-cold-war-intl-hnk-ml
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Vietnam 50 Years Later
Fighting would soon spread to Laos and Cambodia, with the CIA recruiting and training thousands of Hmong people to fight on behalf of Americans during a clandestine operation in Laos known as the … Full story: https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/vietnam/
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CIA military base during ‘Secret War’ in Laos draws Hmong Americans
LONG TIENG, LAOS – We met in the Laotian capital of Vientiane, not far from the spot on the Mekong River where the Xiong family fled to Thailand one night in May 1975. At the time of their … Full story: https://www.startribune.com/cia-military-base-during-secret-war-in-laos-draws-hmong-american-visitors/601328781