UNITED STATES POST-COLD WAR

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    Persian Gulf War

    It was a conflict between Iraq and a 34-nation coalition force led by the United States.
    Causes:
    -It was a response to the invasion of Kuwait by the Iraqi regime in 1990.
    -The decision of the United States government not to tolerate the invasion, under the pretext that the rules of international law had been violated.
    Consequences:
    -The liberation of Kuwait from Iraqi rule.
    -The destruction and burning of the Kuwaiti oil wells, which caused the contamination of the waters of the Persian Gulf.
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    Yugoslav wars

    Participants:
    -West Bosnia
    -Bosnia and Herzegovina
    -Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
    -Krajina
    -Croatia
    -Slovenia
    -Kosovo
    Causes:
    -Multiethnic composition of the first Kingdom of Yugoslavia
    -The relative political and demographic supremacy of the Serbs.
    Consequences:
    -The former Yugoslavia reduced to poverty, with massive economic disorganization and instability.
    -The total dissolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
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    Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)

    Participants:
    -United States
    -Somalia
    Causes:
    -A humanitarian disaster in Somalia, exacerbated by a total collapse of civil order.
    -Food distribution agreements with one party were worthless when stores had to be shipped across the territory of another.
    Consequences:
    -An estimated 100,000 lives were saved as a result of external assistance.
    -More than 60 Army aircraft and approximately 1,000 aviation personnel operated in Somalia between 1992 and 1994.
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    Operation Uphold Democracy (Haiti)

    Participants:
    -Poland
    -Argentina
    -United States
    -Haiti
    Causes:
    -The overthrow of Jean-Bertrand Aristide by disgruntled elements of the army and forced to leave the country in September of that same year.
    -Restore democracy by eliminating the de facto military regime, return the previously elected Aristide regime to power.
    Consequences:
    -The democratically elected government of Haiti was restored.
    -The United States transferred peacekeeping responsibilities to the United Nations.
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    Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan)

    Participants:
    -Afghanistan
    -USA
    -UK
    -France
    -Canada
    -Italy
    -Germany
    -Poland
    -Spain
    -Czech Republic
    -Etc
    Causes:
    -Fight between factions of the Mujahideen for control of a country mired in anarchy.
    -Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda organization began using the Taliban-controlled country as a base of operations.
    Consequences:
    -Fall of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
    -Destruction of Al Qaeda camps
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    2003 Invasion of Iraq

    Participants:
    -USA
    -UK
    -Australia
    -Poland
    -Iraqi National Congress
    Causes:
    -Charge of possession of weapons of mass destruction.
    -Collaboration of the Saddam Hussein regime with terrorism
    Consequences:
    -Overthrow of the Baathist government of Saddam Hussein
    -Reorganization of the Iraqi army and police.
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    War against the Islamic State

    Participants:
    -Afghanistan
    -Cameroon
    -Chad
    -Iraq
    -Syria
    -Libya
    -Egypt
    Causes:
    -The rise of the Islamic State
    -The Islamic State group, along with Sunni militants and anti-government tribes, launched an offensive against the armies of Iraq and Syria.
    Consequences:
    -Defeat of the Islamic State in Iraq, Libya, Lebanon and Syria.
    -Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
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