Vientiane

Cluster Bomb

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January 10th 2011
It was a moving and informative day. We arrived in Vientiane which is the capital of Laos. Our first stop was COPE which stands for Cooperative Orthotic and Prosthetic Enterprise. Perhaps I am either totally ignorant or didn’t pay attention in history class, but I had NO idea that the Americans dropped 260 million explosives (carried inside what is known as cluster bombs) on Laos’ soil in t ... read more

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Laos was under the control of Siam (Thailand) from the late 18th century until the late 19th century when it became part of French Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 defined the current Lao border with Thailand. In 1975, the Communist Pathe... ... read more