<SANITIZED>; UNCONFIRMED USE OF POISON CHEMICALS BY PAVN FORCES AGAINST HMONGS IN EARLY 1978

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• Case Number: F-2012-01432
• Publication Date: July 31, 1980

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UNCONFIRMED USE OF
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2.
CLASHES BETwEEN
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LPLA FORCES
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AND HMONG
RESISTANO5 ELEMENTS WERE VERY INTENSE
SOME LPLA SOLDIERS HAD BEEN KILLED AND
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OTHERS
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THE ENGAGEMENTS, LPLA FORCES nERE COr DULTING (b)(3)
JOINT SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS WITH ONE PEOPLE'S ARMY OF VIETNAM
(PAVN) BATTALION IN THE PHOU BIA AREA (UF0690), XIENG KHOUNG
PROVINCE, AT THE TIME; AND THE PAVN FORCE hAS UTILIZING ARTILLERY
TO FIRE "MAI-A..KAT" (BURNING 84) ROCKETS AT THE HmONGS.
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COMMENT: BURNING AIR wAS DEFINED AS AIR nHICH HAD BEEN CONTAMINATED
WITH A POISONOUS CHEMICAL CAUSING DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING AND
LEADING TO DEATH.) AFTER LAUNCHING THIS TYPE OF OPERATION, PAVN
TROOPS WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE THE HmONG STRONGHOLD ON PHOU
BIA,
KILLING HUMANS BY THIS MEANS,
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FELT IT .AS "INHUMANE" TO BE
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