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Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait and declares it a province of Iraq.
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U.S. sends troops to Kuwait. They are not given orders to attack Iraqi army, but to stay stationed there.
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Operation Desert Storm begins. U.S. soldiers stationed in Kuwait are ordered to remove Iraq and Saddam Hussain by any means neccesasary.
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Terrorists attack the World Trade Center, Pentagon and make and attempt on the White House.
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President Bush demmands the handover of Osama Bin Laden by Afghanistan or face immediate war.
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Operation Enduring Freedom begins. After Osama Bin Laden is not handed over the U.S. invades Afghanistan and the Afghan War begins.
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Hamid Karzai is sworn in as Afghanistan's President. This represents a U.S. victory over Afghanistan's conventional forces and the first democracy in Afghanistan in years.
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After Congress gives military power to the President for use against Iraq the first troops are sent to the country, but no orders are given to engage.
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Saddam Hussein is given the ultimatum to leave Iraq in 48 hours or face war from the U.S.
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Operation Iraqi Freedom begins. U.S. troops are given the order to take Baghdad/Iraq and remove Saddam Hussein.
