- The News fast links. Lao Investment Club The Xat Lao Journal Current News Facts Lao Society Picture Galary Store Web Links Rebels Threaten Communists in Laos PAKSE, Laos (AP) Bombs rip through a popular restaurant, a fancy hotel, an outdoor market. Hmong tribesmen, who once fought in a CIA-marshalled army, stage raids from mountain hideouts. Rebels seize a frontier post. (dated 7 Aug. 2000) 8 ...www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~kongsab