Impacts of Strait of Hormuz tensions stifle searches for US missing in Laos

For the second time since February, the ripple effects of the Iran war have spread to Laos, where fuel shortages have forced the cancellation or curtailment of searches by U.S recovery teams for the remains of troops missing-in-action from the so-called “secret war” in the Southeast Asia nation.

In a release last week, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said, “Due to significant…