General Vang Pao, leader of the Hmong, has passed away. (Edited to add: AP obit, by way of the NYT.)
There’s more that I’d like to write about this, but I don’t have my references in front of me right now. In the meantime, for a good take on the general’s legal troubles, here’s a link to a good Popehat essay by the inimitable Patrick.
Edited to add 1/11/2011: Peter over at Bayou Renaissance Man says pretty much everything I would have said.