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The CIA's Forgotten Soldiers - Relatives of veterans of the CIA Secret War, a Hmong mother and child, sit in the shade of their tatched hut in their hidden village in the Vientiane province of Laos on 27 November 2007. Thousands of Hmongs who fought…

The CIA's Forgotten Soldiers - Ethnic Hmong women return from the jungle with baskets full of roots to be eaten in the Vientiane province of Laos on 28 November 2007. Thousands of Hmongs who fought or collaborated with the American CIA until…

The CIA's Forgotten Soldiers - A young ethnic Hmong girl brings a log back to a hidden village inhabitaed by veterans of the CIA Secret War and their families in the Vientiane province of Laos on 27 November 2007. Thousands of Hmongs who fought or…

The CIA's Forgotten Soldiers - An ethnic Hmong boy peeks around a tattered shirt worn by Jungla Chang, 68, a veteran of the CIA Secret War in the Vientiane province of Laos on 27 November 2007. Thousands of Hmongs who fought or collaborated with the…

The CIA's Forgotten Soldiers - Relatives of veterans of the CIA Secret War break down in tears at their hidden village in the Vientiane province of Laos on 27 November 2007. Thousands of Hmongs who fought or collaborated with the American CIA until…

The CIA's Forgotten Soldiers - Relatives of veterans of the CIA Secret War are seen in their hidden village in the Vientiane province of Laos on 27 November 2007. Thousands of Hmongs who fought or collaborated with the American CIA until communists…

The CIA's Forgotten Soldiers - The family of Mee Xiong, a five year old child that was killed during a raid by the Lao People's Army, mourn at the child's grave in the Vientiane province of Laos on 27 November 2007. Thousands of Hmongs who fought or…

The CIA's Forgotten Soldiers - Nou Chue Xiong, 68, one of the Secret War veterans that had previously served with the French Colonial Army, seemed resigned to die in the jungle. I guess you will leave here and try to help us, Xiong told his visitor.…

The CIA's Forgotten Soldiers - Four decades ago, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency hired thousands of jungle warriors, mostly from the hill-dwelling Hmong ethnic group, to fight communists on the fringes of the Vietnam War. Veterans of that covert…

A Workers' Paradise? - Residents are seen near housing on the outskirts of Pyongyang, North Korea (DPRK) on 14 August, 2007.