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	Encyclopédie :: encyclopedia : Civilisation de la vallée de l'Indus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Des réseaux commerciaux la relient avec des cultures régionales parentes et avec des sources de matières premières, telles que le lapis-lazuli et autres pierres fines utilisées dans la fabrication de perles à collier.
		Une inscription sumérienne utilise le nom de Melukkha - qui est l'origine du mot sanscrit mleccha, non-aryen - qui semble se référer aux Indusiens, le seul indice qui nous permet de penser que son peuple utilisait ce mot pour se nommer.
		Des mouvements de population importants ont dû avoir lieu et la « masse critique » indispensable au maintien de cette civilisation a pu disparaître dans un temps assez court, causant son effondrement.
	www.encyclopedie.cc /Civilisation_de_la_vall%c3%a9e_de_l%27Indus (3414 words)

	1963, March-May. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Pathet Lao captured strategic positions in the Plaine des Jarres.
		Representatives of the neutralist, rightist, and pro-Communist factions agreed to halt “all military activities” in the Plaine des Jarres.
		Premier Souvanna Phouma announced that the Pathet Lao, with the aid of the North Vietnamese, had opened a general offensive on the Plaine des Jarres.
	www.bartleby.com /67/4098.html (321 words)

	1965, Oct. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Souvanna Phouma admitted the presence of four or five battalions of Chinese Communists in north Laos, while the North Vietnamese were also advancing.
		The Communists were eventually driven back from the Plaine des Jarres by Laotian forces and Meo tribesmen, operating with U.S. air support.
		In what was really the Laotian war, the North Vietnamese forces drove the Laotians back from the Plaine des Jarres, despite heavy U.S. air bombardment.
	www.bartleby.com /67/4099.html (204 words)

	F-105 Thunderchief - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In spite of a troubled early service life, the F-105 became the dominant attack aircraft during the Vietnam War.
		In a foreshadowing of its Wild Weasel role, the first F-105D combat mission of the war involved an attack of an anti-aircraft artillery site on Plaine des Jarres.
		The first Thunderchief of the war was also lost in this mission, the pilot safely ejecting.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/F-105_Thunderchief (3336 words)

	GREENWOOD, ROBERT ROY JR. Compiled by Task Force Omega Inc
		The Plaine Des Jars was generally open and flat with forests and rice fields scattered among the small hamlets and villages that dotted the region.
		The entire PDJ was laced with streams, roads and trails of all sizes that connected the various villages and fields together.
		On 26 September 1972, the Pathet Lao's news service reported that an F4 had been shot down on 1 September over the Plaine Des Jarres and it was believed by US intelligence analysts that this referred to the loss of Capt. Wood's and Major Greenwood's aircraft.
	www.taskforceomegainc.org /g099.html (1271 words)

	TIME.com: Beckoning the Undertaker -- Apr. 19, 1963 -- Page 1
		For months on the Plaine des Jarres, headquarters of both the neutralist and Communist Pathet Lao armies, the Reds have been slowly squeezing their former neutralist allies in an effort to drive them off the grassy plateau.
		With full-scale civil war threatening to break out on the Plaine des Jarres, Kong Le evacuated the wives and children of his men to the Laotian capital of Vientiane, 120 miles away.
		Two and a half years ago, Kong Le had joined forces with the Pathet Lao on the Plaine des Jarres and with them demanded the withdrawal of all the Western troops in Laos.
	www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,830131,00.html (656 words)

	FOLEY, BRENDAN PATRICK Compiled by Task Force Omega Inc
		Both the road and the river ran through a very long and narrow valley that was also heavily forested and sparsely populated.
		The point of last contact was also approximately 25 miles north of the Laotian/Thai border, 45 miles southeast of the Plaine Des Jarres, 50 miles southeast of Long Tieng, Laos and 60 miles northeast of Udorn Airfield, Thailand.
		Since it was not unusual for aircraft to be lost from radar contact while flying over the rugged mountains of Laos, no concern was raised until the Phantom failed to return to base as scheduled.
	www.usvetdsp.com /vn_pw_bios/f023.htm (874 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: Opinion :: Congress The Laos Watch
		The victories of North Vietnam last week on the Plaine des Jarres had set off much nervous growling about U. engagement in a wider war.
		Though Laird denies the presence of combat troops there, he refuses to discuss the U. role or specify the nature of current military operations on the Plaine des Jarres.
		Nixon showed last week, the right to authorize aerial bombings on the Plaine des Jarres or massive strategic assistance to the Royal Laotian Army.
	www.thecrimson.com /printerfriendly.aspx?ref=352349 (1118 words)

	COOK, DWIGHT WILLIAM Compiled by Task Force Omega Inc
		The location of loss was in the southeast portion of the Plaine des Jarres that was heavily populated and covered with rice fields.
		It was also approximately 1 mile east of Route 5, the north/south primary road; 3 miles northeast of Muang Pang, 5 miles southwest of Ban Phuang and 8 miles south of the Xieng Khouang airfield.
		Up until that time Roger Carroll's family had not been told there was a possibility he might have survived the loss of his aircraft let alone the probability that he had been captured.
	www.taskforceomegainc.org /c159.html (1216 words)

	TrekEarth \| Plaines des Jarres Photo
		A l'aube dans la fameuse plaine des Jarres.
		Ce sont des jarres geantes dont on ignore l'origine et surtout l'utilité.
		L'armée américaine a, dans les années 70, (alors qu'elle n'était pas au Laos...) tenté de bouger certaines de ces Jarres (a l'aide de grues géantes) sans succès.
	www.trekearth.com /gallery/photo107952.htm (144 words)

	TIME.com: Urn Burial -- May 4, 1953 -- Page 1
		In the high mountains of the kingdom of Laos, there is a wide, grassy plateau which the French call the Plaine des Jarres because of the ancient stone burial urns dotted about the landscape.
		According to French military thinking, the invading Viet Minh Communists "had to pass through" the Plaine des Jarres on their way to conquer Laos.
		At week's end the Communists had flowed around the Plaine des Janes, after giving it a blast of mortar fire, and were pouring past it westward.
	www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,818373,00.html (583 words)

	Bio, Cornwell, Leroy J. III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		SYNOPSIS: Capt. Leroy J. Cornwell was the radar intercept officer aboard an F4D Phantom fighter bomber flown by Capt. Andrew Ivan, Jr.
		when it was sent on a forward air control mission which took them over the Plaine des Jarres in Laos on September 19, 1971.
		The Plain of Jars region of Laos had only two months prior been taken over by Lao tribesmen from the communists.
	www.pownetwork.org /bios/c/c138.htm (257 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		STRATEGICALLY PLACED IN THE CENTER OF LAOS, THE PLAIN NAMED AFTER THE ANCIENT STONE BURIAL JARS STILL FOUND IN THE AREA CONTROLS THE APPROACHES TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY AND IS THE PRIMARY ACCESS ROUTE TO NORTH VIET NAM.
		WITH THE PLAINE DES JARRES IN THEIR HANDS, THE REDS COULD SOLIDIFY THEIR HOLD ON ALL OF NORTHERN LAOS.
		ON THE DUSTY PLAINE DES JARRES AIRSTRIP, MOTHERS BREASTFED DIRTY BABIES, AND CHILDREN SAGGED UNDER THE WEIGHT OF PARACHUTE PACKS CRAMMED WITH HOUSEHOLD BELONGINGS AS THEY PATIENTLY WAITED FOR PLANES TO EVACUATE THEM TO THE LAOTIAN CAPITAL OF VIENTIANE, 120 MILES AWAY.
	www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at /~andi/somlib/data/time60/files/T227.html (691 words)

	Vietnam War Battle for the Plaine des Jarres (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Description: Reports came in during the day that the Thais, able to get out of their positions, were retreating to the first ridgeline south of the PDJ.
		A USAF jet was shot down by a North Vietnamese aircraft and the USAF redirected their support in the unsuccessful rescue effort of the pilot.
		In Covert Ops, Parker describes one Twin Pack mission along the northwestern edge of the PDJ where the AA helicopter carried a team of Thai commanders and CIA officers to help with the air support.
	www.flyarmy.org /panel/battle/71121800.HTM (169 words)

	In Memory Of Douglas David Ferguson - POW/MIA Hero
		The U.S. committed hundreds of millions of dollars to the war effort in Laos, but details of this secret operation were not released until August 1971.
		Doug Ferguson and Fielding Featherston were aboard one of five F4D aircraft on a mission into the Plaine des Jarres region of Laos on December 30, 1969.
		Their ship was hit by enemy fire and exploded in a fireball.
	yeshuaministries.tripod.com /POW-MIA_Ferguson.htm (994 words)

	.MAYERCIK, RONALD MICHAEL Compiled by Task Force Omega Inc
		On 24 November 1967, then Major Brendan P. Foley, pilot; and 1st Lt. Ronald M. Mayercik, navigator; comprised the crew of an RF4C that was conducting a routine night solo weather reconnaissance mission.
		Their area of operation included the Plaine Des Jarres in Northern Laos.
		At 0125 hours, shortly after takeoff, the last radar contact with Major Foley's and 1st Lt. Mayercik's Phantom was made.
	www.usvetdsp.com /vn_pw_bios/m025.htm (874 words)

	Vietnam War Battle for the Plaine des Jarres (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Description: By mid-December, the smoke from slash-and-burn farmers clearing new land from China to the Gulf of Thailand began to cover the area which limited air operations.
		On the 17th, resupply onto PDJ was cut short when the whole area was enveloped in smoke.
		By the next morning, every position had been breached, NVA tanks and 12.7mm AA guns were positioned throughout the PDJ, and the NVA had surrounded or controlled almost all of the Thai positions
	www.flyarmy.org /panel/battle/71121700.HTM (164 words)

	Memorandum for Joseph Califano (author unknown) Reporting that the Lao Deputy Prime Minister Would Like to Expand ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		His chief objective in his talks in Washington seemed to be to sound out U.S. attitudes toward Laos, also toward possible changes in the government of National Union and, during conversations at the Department of Defense, to seek support for expending military operations largely of a clandestine, guerrilla type in Northern Laos.
		These proposed operations, which would cut deeply into territory held by the Pathet Lao at the time of the Geneva 1962 settlement, would seek to deny communist access from North Viet Nam to the strategic Plaine des Jarres.
		General Phoumi was informed that the U.S. would continue its efforts to gain adherence to the 1962 Geneva agreements and stabilize the situation in Laos.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/intrel/pentagon3/doc208.htm (216 words)

	The Battle of Dien Bien Phu - France.com
		In 1953 the French had started the process of strengthening its defenses in the Hanoi delta region and were generally preparing for a series of offenses against the Viet Minh staging areas in north-west Vietnam.
		They had also set up a number of fortifed towns and outposts in the area, including Lai-Chau near the Chinese border to the north, Na San to the west of Hanoi, and Luang-Prabang and Plaine des Jarres in northern Laos.
		That spring General Vo Nguyen Giap launched a major offensive against Na San.
	www.france.com /docs/442.html (1442 words)

	information sur le laos, ses minorites ethniques, vientiane, luang-prabang, pakse
		Des informations pour votre voyage au Laos, illustrées de nombreuses photos
		Nous aimerions, à travers ces pages et ces photos, vous faire partager notre passion pour notre pays, le Laos et, pourquoi pas, vous donner envie de nous accompagner à la rencontre de ses habitants...
		As you go through these pages and these photos we hope you will came to share our passion for our beloved country, Laos, and perhaps you may be tempted to come join us to get to know its people...
	infolaos.free.fr (113 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		HIS GLOOMY FORECAST WAS PROMPTED NOT BY THE UPCOMING RAINY SEASON, BUT BY THE FESTERING, COMMUNIST-INDUCED POLITICAL CRISIS THAT IS SLOWLY TURNING " NEUTRAL " LAOS INTO A RED SATELLITE.
		BUT CONSISTENTLY NEUTRALIST, KONG LE TODAY IS AS BITTERLY OPPOSED TO VIET MINH INTERVENTION IN LAOS AS HE HAD BEEN TO THE PRESENCE OF U.S.
		MEANWHILE THE U.S., SHUDDERING AT THE PROSPECT OF ANOTHER MASSIVE MILITARY COMMITMENT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, WAS HOPEFUL THAT THE ONSET OF THE RAINY SEASON WOULD STALL OFF MAJOR HOSTILITIES.
	www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at /~andi/somlib/data/time60/ghsom/files/T226.html (670 words)

	Thunderchiefs at Yokota AB Japan 1963-1967
		Their first combat action took place on 12 August 1964, when 8th TFW F-105Ds, while flying support to search and rescue missions over Laos, attacked enemy antiaircraft gun sites in the Plaine des Jarres.
		Today, the 374th AW is USAF's only airlift wing in the Far East, providing airlift support to all Department of Defense agencies in the Pacific theater of operation.
		It also provides transport for people and equipment throughout the Japanese Kanto Plain and the Tokyo metropolitan area.
	members.aol.com /afskiers/yokota.htm (2274 words)

	CNN.com - Weather - Plaine des Jarres, Laos
		CNN.com - Weather - Plaine des Jarres, Laos
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	www.elephantguide.com /plainofjars/plainofjars_weather.htm (46 words)

	Republic F-105D Thunderchief
		In response to the Tonkin Gulf incident, the PACAF sent eight F-105Ds from the 18th TFW from Yokota from Yokota AB in Japan to Korat RTAFB in Thailand.
		The first action took place when aircraft from the 36th TFS flying a rescue mission over Laos attacked a antiaircraft site in the Plaine des Jarres.
		F-105D 62-4371 was hit by ground fire, but the pilot managed to eject safely and was recovered.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher1/f105_5.html (4095 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: News :: It Won't Rewrite History
		But they do throw some interesting light on what Kennedy and the New Frontiersmen around him thought about.
		For example, Kennedy was evidently considering basing American war planes in Laos as early as 1961, three years before the first large-scale American attacks on insurgent areas of Laos, and almost nine years before stepped-up systematic bombing of the Laotian Plaine des Jarres made refugees of 600,000 people.
		The Seno airport near Savannakhet could handle 60 stories by C-124 and C-130 aircraft daily, the Joint Chiefs of Staff told Kennedy in August 1961, in response to his "expressed interest in the current status" of two Laotian fields.
	www.thecrimson.com /printerfriendly.aspx?ref=159471 (401 words)

	POW Bio PAGE of SCOPE SYSTEMS. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		F4D Phantom fighter bomber flown by Capt. Andrew Ivan, Jr.
		on a forward air control mission which took them over the Plaine des Jarres
		The Plain of Jars region of Laos had only two months prior been taken over
	www.scopesys.com /cgi-bin/bio2.cgi?bio=C138 (268 words)

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