Amerikas geheimer Krieg in Laos
The Most Secret Place on Earth
Marc Eberle
2008 - 52 min - Beta digital - Couleur et Noir & Blanc - Allemagne

The Vietnam War was the most intensely televised war ever. However, next door in neighbouring Laos, the longest and largest air war in human history was underway, which eventually made Laos the most bombed country on earth. The "secret war" was the largest operation ever conducted by the CIA, yet to this day, hardly anyone knows anything about it. Critics call it the biggest war crime of the Vietnam War era and point to striking similarities to the present conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. In "The Most Secret Place On Earth", key players of the secret war – former CIA agents, American pilots, Laotian fighters and war reporters – take us on a journey into the physical heart of the conflict: top secret Long Cheng, CIA's headquarters, from where the secret war was largely planned and executed. As the war dragged on, Long Cheng became the busiest airbase in the world and a major centre for the global opium and heroin trade.