During the Buddhist crisis , he and Neil Sheehan debunked the claim by the Diệm regime that the Army of the Republic of Vietnam regular forces had perpetrated the brutal raids on Buddhist temples , which the American authorities had initially believed , but that the Special Forces , loyal to Diệm 's brother and strategist Nhu , had done so to frame the army generals . He was also involved in a scuffle with Nhu 's secret police after they punched fellow journalist Peter Arnett while the pressmen were covering a Buddhist protest
brutal raids on Buddhist temples
Xá Lợi Pagoda raids
David Halberstam