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A full-scale civil war begins in Laos …

Years: 1960 - 1960

A full-scale civil war begins in Laos between the Pathet Lao-led leftists allied to North Vietnam and the succession of US-backed rightist governments at Vientiane.

The Armeé Clandestine, allegedly engaged in organized drug trafficking, recruits many Hmong tribespeople, longtime opium cultivators.