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... hill tribes as the Lahu , Wa , Kachin , and Lisu straddled the border ... tribe areas of northeastern Burma in the 1890s , he saw " miles of slopes ... hill tribes failed to keep pace with their kinsmen in southern China , and the Golden ...
... hill tribes as the Lahu , Wa , Kachin , and Lisu straddled the border ... tribe areas of northeastern Burma in the 1890s , he saw " miles of slopes ... hill tribes failed to keep pace with their kinsmen in southern China , and the Golden ...
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... hill tribe opium production . Knowledgeable co- lonial officials felt that local hill tribe poppy cultivation would magnify the smuggling because : ( 1 ) customs officers patrolling the hills would find it impossible to distinguish ...
... hill tribe opium production . Knowledgeable co- lonial officials felt that local hill tribe poppy cultivation would magnify the smuggling because : ( 1 ) customs officers patrolling the hills would find it impossible to distinguish ...
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... hill tribe warriors as mountain mercenaries . Colonel Grall was appointed commander of the fledgling unit , twenty officers were assigned to work with hill tribes in the Central Highlands , and a special paramilitary training camp for hill ...
... hill tribe warriors as mountain mercenaries . Colonel Grall was appointed commander of the fledgling unit , twenty officers were assigned to work with hill tribes in the Central Highlands , and a special paramilitary training camp for hill ...
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The Consequences of Complicity | 1 |
The Logistics of Heroin | 8 |
Home of the Mafia | 15 |
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