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The First Gulf War
Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, led the invasion of the neighboring country of Kuwait. The war began with U.S. led air offenses. -
World Trade Center Bombing
Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, a terrorist, used a homemade bomb to bomb the World Trade center. 6 people were killed, and more than 1,000 were injured. -
Oklahoma City Bombing
Anti-government militant Timothy McVeigh set off the blast in front of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. 168 were killed and hundreds were injured. -
United States involvement in Serbia
The Serbs had decided to do an ethnic cleansing of the Kosovo. This led to the U.S. stepping in to end the genocide. -
The attack on the USS Cole
The U.S. ship, the USS Cole, was attacked by a small boat with lots of explosives. 17 of the ships crew members were killed, and 39 injured. -
9/11
Al-Qaeda, an Islamic extremist group, crashed suicide planes in the Twin towers, the pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania. Almost 3,000 people were killed in the attack. -
Invasion of Afghanistan
U.S. led an attack on Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. This was in response to 9/11. -
Invasion of Iraq
After explosions in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, we began war in Iraq. Iraq's dictator Saddam Hussein was on the way to build weapons of mass destruction. -
Paris attack
There was 3 explosions outside Stade de France, a sports stadium. The attack was done by ISIS, and killed at lest 130. -
Brussels, Belgium bombing
In Brussels, Belgium bombs were set of in a airport and a metro station with just a few hours.
