Violence in the 1990's

By gheiting4

  • Reagan bombs Libya

    Response to terrorism in West Berlin night club that was linked to Libyan leader Mu'ammar Gadhafi.

  • Pan American flight blown up by Libyans

    Gadhafi would not send the two suspects to the United States.

  • Armenia and Azerbaijan join Commonwealth of Independent States

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    Ethnic fighting in Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Killed or vanished 150,000 Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes. UN and NATO sent peacekeeping forces but fighting continued.

  • Operation Restore Hope launched

    UN and many Americans gave relief to famine-stricken Somalia. Response to civil war in Mali, Somalia, Zambia.

  • Peace Accord between Israel and Palestine overseen at White House

    Palestinian and Israeli leaders signed peace accord and officially recognized each other.

  • Clinton bombs Iraqi intelligence service HQ

    FBI uncovered plot to assassinate former president Bush.
  • Period: to

    South African All-Race National Elections

    Won by Nelson Mandela

  • Israeli extremist assassinated Israeli Prime Minister

    Setback in the peace between Palestine and Israel.

  • Clinton took leaders of warring groups in Bosnia to Ohio for Peace Accord

    Attempts failed.
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    War crime trials and NATO troops sent to Bosnia

    Multiethnic Bosnian federation agreed upon in Peace Accord was warring with deep ethnic hatred.

  • U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania bombed

    Killed more than 200 people.

  • Serbian military forces increased attacks in Kosovaars

    NATO launched air strikes on Serbia in response.

  • Clinton tries to help Israeli/Palestinian tension at Camp David

  • Israeli official visits religious site in Jerusalem

    Led to violence that lasted until 2001 when the official was elected as Prime Minister, so violence continued.