Kafkaesque rebranding of pro-US fighters as terrorists
During the Indochina war the US recruited fighters from the Hmong people of Laos to disrupt North Vietnamese supply and troops movements along the Ho Chi Minh trail. While an estimated 170,000 ex-combatant Hmong and their relatives now live in the US , others seeking asylum have bizarrely fallen fou...
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2007-07-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.fmreview.org/en/FMRpdfs/FMR28/22.pdf |
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| author | Benjamin Zawacki |
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| description | During the Indochina war the US recruited fighters from the Hmong people of Laos to disrupt North Vietnamese supply and troops movements along the Ho Chi Minh trail. While an estimated 170,000 ex-combatant Hmong and their relatives now live in the US , others seeking asylum have bizarrely fallen foul of the post-9.11 PATRIOTPATRIOTPATRIOT PATRIOT Act. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2d4a44aab6614e6aa69d54b197b88fcd2022-12-21T18:51:20ZaraUniversity of OxfordForced Migration Review1460-98192007-07-01284041Kafkaesque rebranding of pro-US fighters as terroristsBenjamin ZawackiDuring the Indochina war the US recruited fighters from the Hmong people of Laos to disrupt North Vietnamese supply and troops movements along the Ho Chi Minh trail. While an estimated 170,000 ex-combatant Hmong and their relatives now live in the US , others seeking asylum have bizarrely fallen foul of the post-9.11 PATRIOTPATRIOTPATRIOT PATRIOT Act.http://www.fmreview.org/en/FMRpdfs/FMR28/22.pdfforced migrationrefugeeasylumdisplacementLaosHmongUSterrorism |
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| title | Kafkaesque rebranding of pro-US fighters as terrorists |
| title_full | Kafkaesque rebranding of pro-US fighters as terrorists |
| title_fullStr | Kafkaesque rebranding of pro-US fighters as terrorists |
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| title_short | Kafkaesque rebranding of pro-US fighters as terrorists |
| title_sort | kafkaesque rebranding of pro us fighters as terrorists |
| topic | forced migration refugee asylum displacement Laos Hmong US terrorism |
| url | http://www.fmreview.org/en/FMRpdfs/FMR28/22.pdf |
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