Letter to the Editor of the Boston Globe
US foreign policy and empire
Most Secret Place on Earth: the CIA's Covert War on Laos (film)
Submitted by pfsoto on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 7:50pm.
When: Thursday, October 20, 2011, 6:40 pm
to 9:30 pm
Where: UPandOUT film screenings • 243 Broadway • Cambridge
2011 Oct 20 - 6:40pm
2011 Oct 20 - 9:30pm
The Vietnam War was the most intensely televised war ever. However, next door in neighboring Laos, the longest and largest air war in human history was underway, which eventually made Laos the most bombed country on earth. The Secret War was the largest operation ever conducted by the CIA, yet to this day, hardly anyone knows anything about it.
Critics call it the biggest war crime of the Vietnam War era and point to striking similarities to the present conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan; similarities that were tested and set in motion back in Laos in the 1960s.
In The Most Secret Place On Earth, key players of the Secret War– former CIA agents, American pilots, Laotian fighters and war reporters — take us on a journey into the physical heart of the conflict: Top secret Long Cheng, where the CIA built its headquarters in 1962.
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Boston Anti-War Activists Confront War Criminal Donald Rumsfeld
Submitted by Michael Borkson on Tue, 09/27/2011 - 4:51pm.by Michael Borkson for Boston Indymedia 27 Sep 2011
(Email: nosanctions (nospam) yahoo.com)
A vocal crowd of about 75 anti-war protesters confronted war criminal former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. He made an appearance at Old South Meeting House to promote his new book. It was sponsored by right wing radio station WRKO.
