Recent US Military and Clandestine Operations in Foreign Countries

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  1. 3. CIA-backed overthrow and assassination of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba.
  2. 4. CIA-backed military coup ousts President Kwame Nkrumah.
  3. 5. US aircraft bomb the cities of Tripoli and Benghazi, including direct strikes at the official residence of President Muamar al Gadaffi.
  4. 8. Major role in NATO blockade of Serbia and Montenegro.
  5. 11. Invasion with large ground, air and naval forces ousts government of Saddam Hussein and establishes new government.
  6. 12. Troops depose military rulers and restore President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to office.
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  1. 1. Major forces engaged in war in Korean peninsula.
  2. 2. 27,000 troops as well as naval and air power used to overthrow government of President Noriega.
  3. 3. CIA supports military coup against Prince Sihanouk, bringing Lon Nol to power. Intensive bombing for seven years along border with Vietnam.
  4. 6. CIA-backed military coup ousts government of President Salvador Allende. Gen. Augusto Pinochet comes to power.
  5. 7. CIA-backed Bay of Pigs invasion.
  6. 9. Financial and materiel support for colonial French military operations, leads eventually to direct US military involvement.
  7. 10. CIA-backed military coup overthrows the government of Joao Goulart and Gen. Castello Branco takes power.