Thursday 5 September 2013

Brief Summary of US Invasions or Supported Military Conflicts Since WW II

Ukrainian Nationalists, 1945-1952
Korean War, 1950-1953
Mossadeg, overthrow of Democratically Elected Government, 1953
Guatemala, CIA Backed Coup, 1954
Vietnam War, 1959-1975
Multiple Assassination Attempts Against Fidel Castro, 1960 
Assassination of Rafael Trujillo, 1961
Bay of Pigs, April 12, 1961
Thailand, US Marines Support Thai Dictator, 1962
Planned Assassination of Congo Premier, 1962
Bombing of Laos, 1964-1973
Dominican Republic, operation Power Pack, 1965-1966
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Coup, 1968
Invasion of Cambodia, 1970
General Augusto Pinochet’s CIA-Backed Coup, 1973
Angolan Civil War, 1976-1992
US Backs Mujahideen in the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, 1979-1989
Invasion of Grenada, 1983
Panamanian Invasion, 1989
First Gulf of Sidra Incident, 1981
Support For El Salvadoran Military, 1981 
Nicaraguan Contras, support For Contra Rebels, 1981-1988
Libya, operation El Dorado Canyon, 1986
Iran, operation Praying Mantis, 1988
Honduras, operation Golden Pheasant, 1988
Downing of Iran Air Flight 655, 1988
Second Gulf of Sidra Incident, 1989
First Gulf War, 1991
Somalia, operation Restore Hope, 1992 -1993
Iraqi "No Fly" Zones, 1992-2003
Macedonia, UN Protection Force, 1993
Bosnia, 1993-2004
Entry in Haiti, 1994-1997
Airstrikes in Afghanistan and Sudan, 1998
Airstrikes in Sudan and Afghanistan, 1998
Air Strikes against Iraq, 1998
NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia, 1999
Afghanistan War, 2001 
Iraq War, 2003 
Libya War, 2011 
Syria, ?
Iran, soon

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