Willie Martin
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 Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2003 7:39 am Post subject: American Wars and Military Actions - 18 |
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Greece - 1947-49 - United States operations insured a
victory for the far right in national "elections."
Germany - 1948 - Military deployed in response to the
Berlin blockade; the Berlin airlift lasts 444 days.
Philippines - 1948-54 - The CIA directed a civil war
against the Filipino Huk revolt.
Puerto Rico - 1950 - Military helped crush an independence
rebellion in Ponce.
Korean War - 1951-53 - Military sent in during the war.
Iran - 1953 - The CIA orchestrated the overthrow of
democratically elected Mossadegh and restored the Shah to
power.
Vietnam - 1954 - The United States offered weapons to the
French in the battle against Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh.
Guatemala - 1954 - The CIA overthrew the democratically
elected Arbenz and placed Colonel Armas in power.
Egypt - 1956 - Marines deployed to evacuate foreigners
after Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal.
Lebanon - 1958 - Navy supported an Army occupation of
Lebanon during its civil war.
Panama - 1958 - Troops landed after Panamanians
demonstrations threatened the Canal Zone.
Vietnam - 1950s-75 - Vietnam War.
Cuba - 1961 - The CIA-directed Bay of Pigs invasions failed
to overthrow the Castro government.
Cuba - 1962 - The Navy quarantines Cuba during the Cuban
Missile Crisis.
Laos - 1962 - Military occupied Laos during its civil war
against the Pathet Lao guerrillas.
Panama - 1964 - Troops sent in and Panamanians shot while
protesting the United States presence in the Canal Zone.
Indonesia - 1965 - The CIA orchestrated a military coup.
Dominican Rep - 1965-66 - Troops deployed during a national
election.
Guatemala - 1966-67 - Green Berets sent in.
Cambodia - 1969-75 - Military sent in after the Vietnam War
expanded into Cambodia.
Oman - 1970 - Marines landed to direct a possible invasion
into Iran.
Laos - 1971-75 - Americans carpet-bomb the countryside
during Laos' civil war.
Chile - 1973 - The CIA orchestrated a coup, killing
President Allende who had been popularly elected. The CIA
helped to establish a military regime under General
Pinochet.
Cambodia - 1975 - Twenty-eight Americans killed in an
effort to retrieve the crew of the Ayaquez, which had been
seized.
Angola - 1976-92 - The CIA backed South African rebels
fighting against Marxist Angola.
Iran - 1980 - Americans aborted a rescue attempt to
liberate 52 hostages seized in the Teheran embassy.
Libya - 1981 - American fighters shoot down two Libyan
fighters.
El Salvador - 1981-92 - The CIA, troops, and advisers aid
in El Salvador's war against the FMLN.
Nicaragua - 1981-90 - The CIA and NSC directed the Contra
War against the Sandinistas.
Lebanon - 1982-84 - Marines occupied Beirut during
Lebanon's civil war; 241 were killed in the American
barracks and Reagan "redeployed" the troops to the
Mediterranean.
Honduras - 1983-89 - Troops sent in to build bases near the
Honduran border.
Grenada - 1983-84 - American invasion overthrew the Maurice
Bishop government.
Iran - 1984 - American fighters shot down two Iranian
planes over the Persian Gulf.
Libya - 1986 - American fighters hit targets in and around
the capital city of Tripoli.
Bolivia - 1986 - The Army assisted government troops on
raids of cocaine areas.
Iran - 1987-88 - The United States intervened on the side
of Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War.
Libya - 1989 - Navy shot down two more Libyan jets.
Virgin Islands - 1989 - Troops landed during unrest among
Virgin Island peoples.
Philippines - 1989 - Air Force provided air cover for
government during coup.
Panama - 1989-90 - 27,000 Americans landed in overthrow of
President
Noriega; over 2,000 Panama civilians were killed.
Liberia - 1990 - Troops entered Liberia to evacuate
foreigners during civil war.
Saudi Arabia - 1990-91 - American troops sent to Saudi
Arabia, which was a staging area in the war against Iraq.
Kuwait - 1991 - Troops sent into Kuwait to turn back Saddam
Hussein.
Somalia - 1992-94 - Troops occupied Somalia during civil
war.
Bosnia - 1993-95 - Air Force jets bombed "no-fly zone"
during civil war in Yugoslavia.
Haiti - 1994-96 - American troops and Navy provided a
blockade against Haiti's military government. The CIA
restored Aristide to power.
Zaire - 1996-97 - Marines sent into Rwanda Hutus' refugee
camps in the area where the Congo revolution began.
Albania - 1997 - Troops deployed during evacuation of
foreigners.
Sudan - 1998 - American missiles destroyed a pharmaceutical
complex where alleged nerve gas components were
manufactured.
Afghanistan - 1998 - Missiles launched towards alleged
Afghan terrorist training camps.
Yugoslavia - 1999 - Bombings and missile attacks carried
out by the United States in conjunction with NATO in the 11
week war against Milosevic. |
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