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Suddam Hussein invaded Kuwait and ignored the demands of the United Nations to withdraw. The war began with Operation Desert Storm, which was a U.S.-led air invasion.
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The World Trade Center was bombed in 1993 by a terrorist group led by Bin-Laden. A truck bomb was detonated below the North Tower.
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A truck full of explosives was detonated outside of the Alfred P. Murrah building by an anti-government militant. 168 people were killed.
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The Serbs had decided to begin 'ethnic clenasing' (aka genocide) to rid Serbia of all Albanian Muslims.The U.S., part of NATO, began air strikes to stop them.
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The USS Cole was attacked by suicide bombers who were part of Al Qaeda. A hole was ripped in the hull and 17 people were killed.
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The U.S. invaded Afghanistan in response to the Taliban's refusal to hand over Osama Bin Laden. They intended to find him and to remove the Taliban from power.
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Four planes were hijacked by the terrorist group Al-Qaeda and flown into the Twin Towers. 2,996 people were killed.
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The U.S. invaded Iraq to remove Suddam Hussein from power. America was able to overthrow the Iraqi government.
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Armed Chechen rebels took about 1,200 hostages from a school in Beslan, Russia. 366 people were killed and 747 were injured.
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On June 12, 2016, a shooter opened fire inside the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people and injuring 53 others. This was the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
