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" Fonda said she had no regrets about the broadcasts she made on Radio Hanoi, something she asked the North Vietnamese to do: " Our government was lying to us and men were dying because of it, and I felt I had to do anything that I could to expose the lies and help end the war.
The extent, however, to which this punishment was perpetrated may be impossible to gauge and while detailed accounts survive regarding how civilians were disemboweled by Viet Cong, the use of this torture appears to have been quite arbitrary and there is no record that such actions were sanctioned by the North Vietnamese government in Hanoi.
There were repeated attempts from 1954 onward to force the North Vietnamese out of Laos but, regardless of any agreements or concessions, Hanoi had no intention of abandoning the country or its Laotian communist allies.
Hanoi had in no way anticipated the political and psychological effect the offensive would have on the leadership and population of the U. S. When the northern leadership saw how the U. S. was reacting to the offensive, they began to propagandize their " victory ".
Cambodian neutrality in the war no longer existed, and China, preoccupied with its Cultural Revolution, did not intercede with Hanoi.
Hanoi no longer demanded that South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu be removed from office, the U. S. did not have to cease its aid to the southern government and both Washington and Hanoi could continue to resupply their allies or forces on a parity basis.
no: Hanoi Rocks
Hanoi, however, wasted no time in making use of what it had gained.
Vietnam did not mobilize its regular divisions, which was ment to protect Hanoi if necessary, and no troops were pulled out of Cambodia during the war.

no and Hilton
no: James Hilton
Despite the airport's name, there are currently no scheduled commercial international flights outside the United States from Savannah / Hilton Head.
Although the airport has no direct international flights, it was renamed Savannah International in 1983, then Savannah / Hilton Head International in 2003.
After knocking a bloodied Hines down twice, he let Hines back in the fight, and Hines steadily hammered a very tired and not very well prepared Hilton in winning a come-from-behind 12-round unanimous decision, after which Hilton would be champ no more.
Greg Hilton, the director of the now-defunct NCSF, had no funding for such trips ; he only arranged them with CNMI officials.
no: Nicky Hilton
no: Richard Hilton
* Electronic Antiquity Journal: Communicating the Classics, Vol 1 no 5, research by John Hilton at the University of Natal, Durban.
Nightlife and accommodation can be found across the district, Niseko Town is home to many of the larger Hotel properties, such as the Hilton Niseko Village and The Green Leaf Hotel, Northern Resort Annupuri, Hotel Ikoi no mura and Hotel Kanronomori, Grand Hotel and Hotel Ashiri Niseko.
He was brought in to investigate the bombing of the Sydney Hilton despite having no connections to the Special Branch investigating the case.
Due to new Catholic churches being built at nearby Hilton and Yangebup, it was decided that a Catholic church in Coolbellup was no longer needed, Saint Teresa's ceased services in 1999, however the building remains church property and is used as a community hall.
On the December 1, 2009 episode of ECW on SyFy, Croft and Barreta, no longer using the Dude Busters name, debuted as villains, defeating Tyler Hilton and Bobby Shields, two local competitors.
no: Hilton of Cadboll

Hanoi and Hilton
" Comparing the waterboarding of detainees to the North Vietnamese torture of American P. O. W. s, Ventura asserted, " We created our own Hanoi Hilton in Guantánamo.
That's our Hanoi Hilton.
In 1987, Webb produced the soundtrack for the film The Hanoi Hilton.
The Hanoi Hilton in a 1970 aerial surveillance photo.
The Hỏa Lò Prison, was a prison used by the French colonists in Vietnam for political prisoners, and later by North Vietnam for prisoners of war during the Vietnam War when it was sarcastically known to American prisoners of war as the " Hanoi Hilton ".
The prison complex was sarcastically nicknamed the " Hanoi Hilton " by the American POWs, in reference to the well-known Hilton Hotel chain.
There is some disagreement among the first group of POWs who coined the name but F8D pilot Bob Shumaker was the first to write it down, carving " Welcome to the Hanoi Hilton " on the handle of a pail to greet the arrival of Air Force Lieutenant Robert Peel.
The Hanoi Hilton was one site used by the North Vietnamese Army to house, torture and interrogate captured servicemen, mostly American pilots shot down during bombing raids.
Future U. S. Vice Presidential candidate James Stockdale and decorated U. S. Air Force pilot Bud Day were held as prisoners at the Hanoi Hilton, as was future Senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain, who spent parts of his five and a half years as a POW there.
The present government of Vietnam firmly holds to the view that the Hanoi Hilton was a prison for criminals, not POWs, and that those held in the Hanoi Hilton were " pirates " and " bandits " who had attacked Vietnam without authority.
After the war, Risner wrote the book Passing of the Night detailing his 7 years at the Hanoi Hilton.
In addition, the Hanoi Hilton was depicted in the eponymous 1987 Hollywood movie The Hanoi Hilton.
He mentions the last years of the prison, partly in fictional form, in Hỏa Lò / Hanoi Hilton Stories ( 2007 )
Displays in the room claim that Americans were treated well and not harmed ( and even cite the nickname " Hanoi Hilton " as proof that inmates found the accommodations comparable to a hotel's ).
* Hilton Hanoi Opera Hotel-opened by the Hilton Hotel group in Hanoi in 1999 and carefully named.

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