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The First Gulf War
Iraq leader Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait -
World Trade Center
a truck bomb built by Islamic extremists exploded in the parking garage of the North Tower of New York's World Trade Center -
Oklahoma City Bombing
massive homemade bomb concealed in a rental truck exploded, heavily damaging the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building -
United States involvement in Serbia
the US and NATO stepped in to stop the genocide -
The attack on the USS Cole
U.S. Navy destroyer Cole was attacked by a small boat laden with explosives during a brief refueling stop in the harbor of Aden, Yemen -
Invasion of Iraq
4 days after 9/11 Bush decides he wants to invade Iraq after what happened to the Twin Towers (9/11) -
Fall of Twin Towers in NYC (9/11)
19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States -
Invasion of Afghanistan
toppling the Taliban, was marked by a U.S. strategy of defeating the Taliban militarily and rebuilding core institutions of the Afghan state, turn to classic counterinsurgency doctrine -
The Libyan War
began as a protest movement against long-time Libyan leader Colonel Muamar Gadhafi and quickly escalated into a full-scale civil war. -
USA vs Korea
U.S. troops on the Korean Peninsula—numbering roughly 28,500—would be outnumbered and undersupplied. But most of the fighting in such a conflict would fall on South Korean troops.