One Hundred
Years of US Intervention
by Zoltan Grossman
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SOUTH DAKOTA |
1890 (-?) |
Troops |
300 Lakota Indians massacred at Wounded Knee. |
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ARGENTINA |
1890 |
Troops |
Buenos Aires interests protected. |
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CHILE |
1891 |
Troops |
Marines clash with nationalist rebels. |
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HAITI |
1891 |
Troops |
Black revolt on Navassa defeated. |
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IDAHO |
1892 |
Troops |
Army suppresses silver miners' strike. |
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HAWAII |
1893 (-?) |
Naval, troops |
Independent kingdom overthrown, annexed. |
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CHICAGO |
1894 |
Troops |
Breaking of rail strike, 34 killed. |
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NICARAGUA |
1894 |
Troops |
Month-long occupation of Bluefields. |
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CHINA |
1894-95 |
Naval, troops |
Marines land in Sino-Japanese War |
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KOREA |
1894-96 |
Troops |
Marines kept in Seoul during war. |
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PANAMA |
1895 |
Troops, naval |
Marines land in Colombian province. |
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NICARAGUA |
1896 |
Troops |
Marines land in port of Corinto. |
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CHINA |
1898-1900 |
Troops |
Boxer Rebellion fought by foreign armies. |
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PHILIPPINES |
1898-1910 (-?) |
Naval, troops |
Seized from Spain, killed 600,000 Filipinos |
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CUBA |
1898-1902 (-?) |
Naval, troops |
Seized from Spain, still hold Navy base. |
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PUERTO RICO |
1898 (-?) |
Naval, troops |
Seized from Spain, occupation continues. |
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GUAM |
1898 (-?) |
Naval, troops |
Seized from Spain, still use as base. |
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MINNESOTA |
1898 (-?) |
Troops |
Army battles Chippewa at Leech Lake. |
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NICARAGUA |
1898 |
Troops |
Marines land at port of San Juan del Sur. |
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SAMOA |
1899 (-?) |
Troops |
Battle over succession to throne. |
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NICARAGUA |
1899 |
Troops |
Marines land at port of Bluefields. |
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IDAHO |
1899-1901 |
Troops |
Army occupies Coeur d'Alene mining region. |
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OKLAHOMA |
1901 |
Troops |
Army battles Creek Indian revolt. |
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PANAMA |
1901-14 |
Naval, troops |
Broke off from Colombia 1903, annexed Canal Zone
1914. |
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HONDURAS |
1903 |
Troops |
Marines intervene in revolution. |
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
1903-04 |
Troops |
U.S. interests protected in Revolution. |
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KOREA |
1904-05 |
Troops |
Marines land in Russo-Japanese War. |
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CUBA |
1906-09 |
Troops |
Marines land in democratic election. |
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NICARAGUA |
1907 |
Troops |
"Dollar Diplomacy" protectorate set up. |
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HONDURAS |
1907 |
Troops |
Marines land during war with Nicaragua |
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PANAMA |
1908 |
Troops |
Marines intervene in election contest. |
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NICARAGUA |
1910 |
Troops |
Marines land in Bluefields and Corinto. |
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HONDURAS |
1911 |
Troops |
U.S. interests protected in civil war. |
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CHINA |
1911-41 |
Naval, troops |
Continuous occupation with flare-ups. |
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CUBA |
1912 |
Troops |
U.S. interests protected in civil war. |
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PANAMA |
1912 |
Troops |
Marines land during heated election. |
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HONDURAS |
1912 |
Troops |
Marines protect U.S. economic interests. |
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NICARAGUA |
1912-33 |
Troops, bombing |
10-year occupation, fought guerillas |
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MEXICO |
1913 |
Naval |
Americans evacuated during revolution. |
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
1914 |
Naval |
Fight with rebels over Santo Domingo. |
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COLORADO |
1914 |
Troops |
Breaking of miners' strike by Army. |
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MEXICO |
1914-18 |
Naval, troops |
Series of interventions against nationalists. |
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HAITI |
1914-34 |
Troops, bombing |
19-year occupation after revolts. |
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
1916-24 |
Troops |
8-year Marine occupation. |
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CUBA |
1917-33 |
Troops |
Military occupation, economic protectorate. |
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WORLD WAR I |
1917-18 |
naval, troops |
Ships sunk, fought Germany for 1 1/2 years. |
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RUSSIA |
1918-22 |
Naval, troops |
Five landings to fight Bolsheviks |
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PANAMA |
1918-20 |
Troops |
"Police duty" during unrest after elections.
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HONDURAS |
1919 |
Troops |
Marines land during election campaign. |
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YUGOSLAVIA |
1919 |
Troops/Marines |
intervene for Italy against Serbs in Dalmatia. |
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GUATEMALA |
1920 |
Troops |
2-week intervention against unionists. |
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WEST VIRGINIA |
1920-21 |
Troops, bombing |
Army intervenes against mineworkers. |
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TURKEY |
1922 |
Troops |
Fought nationalists in Smyrna. |
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CHINA |
1922-27 |
Naval, troops |
Deployment during nationalist revolt. |
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HONDURAS |
1924-25 |
Troops |
Landed twice during election strife. |
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PANAMA |
1925 |
Troops |
Marines suppress general strike. |
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CHINA |
1927-34 |
Troops |
Marines stationed throughout the country. |
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EL SALVADOR |
1932 |
Naval |
Warships send during Marti revolt. |
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WASHINGTON DC |
1932 |
Troops |
Army stops WWI vet bonus protest. |
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WORLD WAR II |
1941-45 |
Naval, troops, bombing, nuclear |
Hawaii bombed, fought Japan, Italy and Germany for
3 years; first nuclear war. |
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DETROIT |
1943 |
Troops |
Army put down Black rebellion. |
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IRAN |
1946 |
Nuclear threat |
Soviet troops told to leave north. |
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YUGOSLAVIA |
1946 |
Nuclear threat, naval |
Response to shoot-down of US plane. |
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URUGUAY |
1947 |
Nuclear threat |
Bombers deployed as show of strength. |
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GREECE |
1947-49 |
Command operation |
U.S. directs extreme-right in civil war. |
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GERMANY |
1948 |
Nuclear Threat |
Atomic-capable bombers guard Berlin Airlift. |
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CHINA |
1948-49 |
Troops/Marines |
evacuate Americans before Communist victory. |
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PHILIPPINES |
1948-54 |
Command operation |
CIA directs war against Huk Rebellion. |
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PUERTO RICO |
1950 |
Command operation |
Independence rebellion crushed in Ponce. |
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KOREA |
1951-53 (-?) |
Troops, naval, bombing , nuclear threats |
U.S./So. Korea fights China/No. Korea to stalemate;
A-bomb threat in 1950, and against China in 1953. Still have bases. |
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IRAN |
1953 |
Command Operation |
CIA overthrows democracy, installs Shah. |
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VIETNAM |
1954 |
Nuclear threat |
French offered bombs to use against seige. |
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GUATEMALA |
1954 |
Command operation, bombing, nuclear threat |
CIA directs exile invasion after new gov't
nationalized U.S. company lands; bombers based in Nicaragua. |
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EGYPT |
1956 |
Nuclear threat, troops |
Soviets told to keep out of Suez crisis; Marines
evacuate foreigners. |
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LEBANON |
l958 |
Troops, naval |
Marine occupation against rebels. |
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IRAQ |
1958 |
Nuclear threat |
Iraq warned against invading Kuwait. |
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CHINA |
l958 |
Nuclear threat |
China told not to move on Taiwan isles. |
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PANAMA |
1958 |
Troops |
Flag protests erupt into confrontation. |
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VIETNAM |
l960-75 |
Troops, naval, bombing, nuclear threats |
Fought South Vietnam revolt & North Vietnam;
one million killed in longest U.S. war; atomic bomb threats in l968 and l969.
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LAOS |
1962 |
Command operation |
Military build-up during guerrilla war. |
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CUBA |
l961 |
Command operation |
CIA-directed exile invasion fails. |
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GERMANY |
l961 |
Nuclear threat |
Alert during Berlin Wall crisis. |
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CUBA |
l962 |
Nuclear threat, naval |
Blockade during missile crisis; near-war with
Soviet Union. |
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PANAMA |
l964 |
Troops |
Panamanians shot for urging canal's return. |
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INDONESIA |
l965 |
Command operation |
Million killed in CIA-assisted army coup. |
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
1965-66 |
Troops, bombing |
Marines land during election campaign. |
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GUATEMALA |
l966-67 |
Command operation |
Green Berets intervene against rebels. |
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DETROIT |
l967 |
Troops |
Army battles Blacks, 43 killed. |
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UNITED STATES |
l968 |
Troops |
After King is shot; over 21,000 soldiers in cities.
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CAMBODIA |
l969-75 |
Bombing, troops, naval |
Up to 2 million killed in decade of bombing,
starvation, and political chaos. |
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OMAN |
l970 |
Command operation |
U.S. directs Iranian marine invasion. |
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LAOS |
l971-73 |
Command operation, bombing |
U.S. directs South Vietnamese invasion;
"carpet-bombs" countryside. |
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SOUTH DAKOTA |
l973 |
Command operation |
Army directs Wounded Knee siege of Lakotas. |
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MIDEAST |
1973 |
Nuclear threat |
World-wide alert during Mideast War. |
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CHILE |
1973 |
Command operation |
CIA-backed coup ousts elected marxist president. |
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CAMBODIA |
l975 |
Troops, bombing |
Gas captured ship, 28 die in copter crash. |
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ANGOLA |
l976-92 |
Command operation |
CIA assists South African-backed rebels. |
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IRAN |
l980 |
Troops, nuclear threat, aborted bombing |
Raid to rescue Embassy hostages; 8 troops die in
copter-plane crash. Soviets warned not to get involved in revolution. |
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LIBYA |
l981 |
Naval jets |
Two Libyan jets shot down in manoeuvres. |
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EL SALVADOR |
l981-92 |
Command operation, troops |
Advisors, overflights aid anti-rebel war, soldiers
briefly involved in hostage clash. |
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NICARAGUA |
l981-90 |
Command operation, naval |
CIA directs exile (Contra) invasions, plants harbour
mines against revolution. |
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LEBANON |
l982-84 |
Naval, bombing, troops |
Marines expel PLO and back Phalangists, Navy bombs
and shells Muslim positions. |
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GRENADA |
l983-84 |
Troops, bombing |
Invasion four years after revolution. |
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HONDURAS |
l983-89 |
Troops |
Manoeuvres help build bases near borders. |
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IRAN |
l984 |
Jets |
Two Iranian jets shot down over Persian Gulf. |
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LIBYA |
l986 |
Bombing, naval |
Air strikes to topple nationalist gov't. |
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BOLIVIA |
1986 |
Troops |
Army assists raids on cocaine region. |
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IRAN |
l987-88 |
Naval, bombing |
US intervenes on side of Iraq in war. |
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LIBYA |
1989 |
Naval jets |
Two Libyan jets shot down. |
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VIRGIN ISLANDS |
1989 |
Troops |
St. Croix Black unrest after storm. |
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PHILIPPINES |
1989 |
Jets |
Air cover provided for government against coup. |
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PANAMA |
1989 (-?) |
Troops, bombing |
Nationalist government ousted by 27,000 soldiers,
leaders arrested, 2000+ killed. |
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LIBERIA |
1990 |
Troops |
Foreigners evacuated during civil war. |
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SAUDI ARABIA |
1990-91 |
Troops, jets |
Iraq countered after invading Kuwait. 540,000
troops also stationed in Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Israel. |
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IRAQ |
1990-? |
Bombing, troops, naval |
Blockade of Iraqi and Jordanian ports, air strikes;
200,000+ killed in invasion of Iraq and Kuwait; no-fly zone over Kurdish
north, Shiite south, large-scale destruction of Iraqi military. |
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KUWAIT |
1991 |
Naval, bombing, troops |
Kuwait royal family returned to throne. |
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LOS ANGELES |
1992 |
Troops |
Army, Marines deployed against anti-police
uprising. |
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SOMALIA |
1992-94 |
Troops, naval, bombing |
U.S.-led United Nations occupation during civil
war; raids against one Mogadishu faction. |
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YUGOSLAVIA |
1992-94 |
Naval |
NATO blockade of Serbia and Montenegro. |
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BOSNIA |
1993-? |
Jets, bombing |
No-fly zone patrolled in civil war; downed jets,
bombed Serbs. |
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HAITI |
1994-? |
Troops, naval |
Blockade against military government; troops
restore President Aristide to office three years after coup. |
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ZAIRE (CONGO) |
1996-97 |
Troops |
Marines at Rwandan Hutu refugee camps, in area
where Congo revolution begins. |
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LIBERIA |
1997 |
Troops |
Soldiers under fire during evacuation of
foreigners. |
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ALBANIA |
1997 |
Troops |
Soldiers under fire during evacuation of
foreigners. |
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SUDAN |
1998 |
Missiles |
Attack on pharmaceutical plant alleged to be
"terrorist" nerve gas plant. |
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AFGHANISTAN |
1998 |
Missiles |
Attack on former CIA training camps used by Islamic
fundamentalist groups alleged to have attacked embassies. |
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IRAQ |
1998-? |
Bombing, Missiles |
Four days of intensive air strikes after weapons
inspectors allege Iraqi obstructions. |
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YUGOSLAVIA |
1999 |
Bombing, Missiles |
Heavy NATO air strikes after Serbia declines to
withdraw from Kosovo. |