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Sep 1, 1939 – Sep 2, 1945
Presidents: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman
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Yugoslavia created after World War 1. Serbs (Orthodox Christians), Croats (Catholics), Ethnic Albanians (Muslims).
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started late 1980
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Created after Would war 2 break up of Yugoslavia
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Used Nationalism and religious hatred to gain power. Created more tensions Serbs and Muslims in Kosovo.
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Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait because he thinks they where talking the oil and not paying
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on August 3, 1990 the UN ask for Iragi withdrawal from Kuwait
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42 days of attack. Leads to Iraq war in 2003
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Prevent possible attack on Saudi Arabia. Iraq has 300,000 troops in Kuwait. The UN gives them until January 15 1991.
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Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence from Yugoslavia begins Civil War. Slovenia wins its battle with Milosevic. Milosevic now focuses on Croatia. 12% are Orthodox Serbs their
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Recognize Kuwait. To get rid of all WMD (nuclear , Biological or chemical weapons). Deaths Of Iraq is 9,000-10,000. Deaths Of Coalition 300.
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Authorizes humanitarian relief effort.Establishes UN operation in Somalia (UNOSOM)
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Mostly Muslim country (32% Serbs). Milosevic responds by attacking Sarajevo (capital city) (Sarajevo- snipers killed civilians including over 3,500 children.
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US Invovement
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Somalia is experiencing famine and a Civil War.Somalis are being starved to death. U.S. troops there to help those people.
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Warlord are running the country. Ethnic and sectarian (of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian) warfare is the norm. a struggle for food supply.
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In October 1993 a dozens of U.S troops killed or wounded in fighting in the capital city of Mogadishu.
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Hussein are in power and brutal to Kurd in Northern Iraq and Shiites in Southern Iraq. 2002 return of weapons inspectors. 2/17/2003 Bush gives Hussein ultimatum to step down or to be removed and 3/20 the same year Persian Gulf War 2 Begins (Iraq War). And because the us thinks they give the people that use the weapons from 9/11
