Half a century ago, Laos became a cockpit of the cold war. The Hmong, led by a charismatic soldier named Vang Pao, sided with the United States in the fight against Communism in Southeast Asia. They lost everything — their land, their way of life, their country. Last year, the United States indicted the 78-year-old general as a terrorist. Thanks -
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/magazine/11pao-t.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin