USA: CONFLICTS AFTER THE COLD WAR

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    The Persian Gulf War

    It was a conflict between Iraq against 34 nations -U.S.A amongs them, of course-
    CAUSES:
    *A direct response to the Kuwait invasion, which happened in 1990, and it was made by the Iraqi regime.
    *U.S.A's government (and many other countries, to say the least) didn't tolerate the invasion, which led them directly to Kuwait's side.
    CONSEQUENCES:
    *The over-hoped liberation of Kuwait by the entire world.
    *The contamination of the Persian Gulf
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    The Yugoslav Wars

    It had too many countries involved as well, although there weren't that many as in the previous case.
    CAUSES:
    *A somewhat multiethnic composition of the first kingdom of Yugoslavia.
    *Both political and demographic supremacy of the serbs.
    CONSEQUENCES:
    *A massive desorganization and instability in the nation.
    *The total dissolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of... guess it! Yugoslav
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    Operation Restore Hope

    It was a war, as you may've guessed, between U.S.A and Somalia.
    CAUSES:
    *A dissaster in Somalia, in almost any aspect imaginable, which was boosted by the exxagerated collapse of Civil Order
    *Many agreements between the countries, just as the food distribution agreements, were totally worthless when the resources had to be shipped acroos the both.
    CONSEQUENCES:
    *Out of all the people involved, there are 100,000 people that were saved by external help.
    *Over 60 armycraft operated in Somalia.
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    Operation Uphold Democracy

    Haiti was the main character of this chapter, as well as U.S.A, of course.
    CAUSES:
    *The restored democracy as a result of eliminating the "Facto military Regime"
    *The overthrow of Jean-Bertrand Aristide by the disgruntled elements of the army
    CONSEQUENCES:
    *The democratic government was finally restored in Haiti
    *U.S.A transferred peacekeeping responsabilities to the UN.
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    Invasion Of Iraq

    Iraq is famous for being kind of crazy, which is the main reason why you've seen it more than once in this time line.
    CAUSES:
    *Saddam Hussein regime collaborated with terrorism. Yes, you read right.
    *Charge of possession of weapons of mass destruction, with the capability of destruying whole cities.
    CONSEQUENCES:
    *The reorganization of the Iraqi army, as well as its police
    *An overthrow of the Baathist government of Saddam Hussein
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    Operation Enduring Freedom

    The main countries were U.S.A (duh) and Afghanistan.
    CAUSES:
    *A Fight between the factions of the Mujahideen, which was a fight made for the desire of the control over a country mired in anarchy.
    *Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda organization began using the Taliban-controlled country, and gave it the function of a Base of operations
    CONSEQUENCES:
    *The inevitable fall of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
    *Destruction of all Al Qaeda camps.
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    The War Against Islamic State

    U.S.A and the Islamic state. Yikes.
    CAUSES:
    *The rise of the islamic state, which made it feel invincible and ambitious.
    *The Islamic State group, along with Sunni militants and anti-government tribes, launched an offensive against the different armies of Iraq and Syria
    CONSEQUENCES:
    *The overall winning against the Islamic State around the world, such as Iraq, Sirya, Lebanon and Libya
    *The leader of the Islamic State, Iraq and the Levant, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed.

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