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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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