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Vietnamese anti-communist continues to oppose takeover of his country.


"I have a duty to liberate (Liberate Technologies, San Mateo, CA) A software company that specialized in the information appliance field. Formerly Network Computer, Inc. (NCI), a spin-off from Oracle in 1996, it changed its name in 1999.  my country. The only thing that matters is that the Communists still control my country."

After he commandeered a plane in Thailand six years ago, flew it to Hanoi, and dropped leaflets over the city calling for a popular uprising, former South Vietnamese military pilot Ly Tong Lý Tống (born Le Van Tong), a Vietnamese-American, was born in 1945 in Hue, South Vietnam and is an ardent anti-communist.[1] Early life
In 1965, at the age of 19, he served in the Republic of Vietnam Air Force.
 spent six years in a Thai prison and now faces extradition extradition (ĕkstrədĭsh`ən), delivery of a person, suspected or convicted of a crime, by the state where he has taken refuge to the state that asserts jurisdiction over him.  to Vietnam for his crime against the communist government.
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Title Annotation:QuickQuotes
Author:McManus, John F.
Publication:The New American
Date:Dec 25, 2006
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