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Laos: Hmong Christians Targeted
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John Henry
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Aug 25, 2007 03:52 PDT
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Communist Target
Hmong
In LaosThe Hmong Hill Tribesmen of the mountains of Laos
joined with American forces in the fight against Communism during the
Indochina War in the 1960's and 1970's. But by April of 1975 the U.S.
Military was pulled out of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos because of
traitorous propaganda from anti-war activists, the liberal media and the
likes of Hanoi Jane Fonda. The American people and Government bought into
the the lies and pulled the Military out of Indochina. This caused one of
the greatest blood baths and mass exoduses of modern times. The Hmong and
other friends of America were left to the vengeful Communist
regimes.
Compass Direct recently reported that the Laotian soldiers and
police killed at least 13 Hmong Christians in July and that about 200
members of a 1900-strong Laos Evangelical Church in Ban Sai Jarern
(north-western Laos) were imprisoned. One source told Compass Direct that
police have been searching intensively for Christians in rice fields and
mountains and are shooting them on sight. Vietnamese police and soldiers
have crossed into Laos seeking Vietnamese Hmong.
Laotian authorities are accusing the churches of being linked to
Gen. Vang Pao (77) who was arrested in California on June, 4th. Vang
Pao and 9 others were charged with plotting a coup to overthrow the
Government of Laos. Vang Pao emigrated to the U.S. in 1975, and is a
prominent member of the Hmong community. He has been credited by
thousands of Hmong refugees with helping them build new lives in the
America. As a Laotian general, Vang Pao led CIA-backed forces against
Communist guerrillas before they seized power in 1975. The Lao Government
is accusing Hmong pastors are preparing their congregations to
participate in the coup. The churches however flatly deny the
charges.
Exploiting the situation, Communist village officials and committee
members and other anti-Christian elements are agitating for a purge of
Christians. Numerous church leaders have been seized. Police are pursuing
others who are on the run. On top of this, the Thai Prime Minister
announced on 6 August that Thailand would return some 8000 ethnic Hmong
refugees to Laos despite their claims they face persecution in their
homeland. World leaders generally are indifferent to what they know is
happening in Laos.
The BBC
reported that "Hmong activists and human rights activists say those
in the jungle have long-since ceased to pose a threat, yet the government
continues to wage a campaign of vengeance against them. The few
journalists who have managed to track down some of them say they have
been isolated by government troops and are malnourished, wounded and in
need of shelter. Analysts have speculated that this - and the fact that
Thailand recently agreed to forcibly return any new Hmong refugees to
Laos - could have been a strong motivating factor behind any alleged coup
plot."
View
documentaries on the plight of the Hmong of Laos
Source:
http://fascismexposed.blogspot.com/2007/08/communist-target-hmong-in-laos.html
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