Edward Frumkin / TruthdigFeb 22, 2024
Kimi Takesue's latest documentary, "Onlookers," travels to Laos and delves into cross-cultural encounters. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Maj. Danny Sjursen / TruthdigApr 20, 2019
Our military intervention there in the 1960s and ’70s cost 58,000 U.S. lives and created a gash in our nation's psyche that never healed. Dig deeper ( 27 Min. Read )
Barbara Myers / TruthdigOct 20, 2017
The Ken Burns-Lynn Novick documentary fails to grapple with the issue of U.S. culpability. If America is not honest with itself, we will never learn the lessons of the war. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
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Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigSep 9, 2016
If the word "terrorism" has any meaning, it applies to the U.S. bombings in Laos during the Vietnam War, says Truthdig's editor in chief. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
By Emma NilesMay 18, 2016
The film follows a bizarre series of events that ultimately results in 10 Hmong leaders and a retired U.S. Army officer facing conspiracy charges. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigOct 17, 2014
Truthdig contributor Fred Branfman, who was among the first to inform the world that the aerial war in Vietnam had spilled into neighboring Laos, and who campaigned to end the war, died of ALS on Sept. 24 at his home in Budapest. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigApr 23, 2013
The horror of Boston should be a reminder that the choice of weaponry can be in itself an act of evil. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 24, 2011
Last week, delegates from dozens of countries traveled to Beirut to talk about Laos, where decades after the Vietnam War there are still an estimated 80 million unexploded bombs scattered across fields and forests. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 14, 2011
Fred Branfman was in Laos when the U.S. began covertly dropping bombs on the country's civilian population in 1969 as part of its military operations in neighboring Vietnam. Today, he writes about the Obama administration's international counterterrorism plan, which involves 60,000 Special Operations forces worldwide. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 10, 2009
When the United States finished bombing Laos back in the early 1970s, it left behind an estimated 80 million unexploded bombs. They are still exploding, maiming an average of 300 people a year in the sparsely populated country. What horrors will our current adventures bring decades from now? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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