Praying for Salvation

With government troops closing in, the ragged band of Hmong rebels anxiously await the coming onslaught
PHOTOGRAPH FOR TIME BY PHILIP BLENKINSOP/AGENCE VU

"Praying for Salvation With government troops closing in, the ragged band of Hmong rebels anxiously await the coming onslaught. Weeping and kneeling on the ground, hundreds of Hmong rebels beseech the journalists who have arrived in their camp: ""Please help us, the Communists are coming"""

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