US Foreign Policy Timeline

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    U.S. overthrows Prime Minister Mossadegh of Iran. U.S. installs Shall as dictator
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    US Foreign Policy Timeline

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    U.S. overthrows democratically-elected President Arbenz of Guatemala. 200,000 civilians killed.

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    U.S. backs assassination of South Vietnamese President Diem

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    U.S. stages coup in Chile. Democratically-elected President Salvador Allende assassinated. Dictator Augusto Pinochet installed. 5,000 Chilleans murdered.

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    U.S. backs military rulers of El Salvador. 70,000 Salvadorans killed and four American nuns killed.

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    U.S. trains Osama Bin Laden and fellow terrorists to kill Soviets. CIA gives them $3 billion.

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    Iraq invades Kuwait with weapons from U.S.

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    U.S. invades Iraq. Bush reinstates dictator of Kuwait.

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    Clinton bombs "weapons factory" in Sudan. Factory turns out to be making aspirin.

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    U.S. gives Taliban-ruled Afghanistan $245 million in "aid"