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First Gulf War
In 1990, Iraq leader Saddam Hussein ordered the occupation of Kuwait in 1990. When Hussein defied the United Nations Security Counsel's demands to withdraw from Kuwait, the Persian Gulf War began with the airborne attack called Operation Desert Storm. -
World Trade Center Bombing
A terrorist drove a van with a bomb inside into a parking garage of the New York World Trade Center. This attack served as a prelude to future extremist events. -
Oklahoma City Bombing
A truck packed with explosives was detonated outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in New York City. Timothy McVeigh, one of the main conspirators who was an anti-government militant, was executed for his crimes in 2001 -
US involvement in Serbia
In 1999, NATO started airstrikes against Yugoslavia with the attack on Serbian military positions in Kosovo. The NATO offensive intervened when there were reports of ethnic cleansing of Armenians in Serbia. -
Attack on USS Cole
A small boat with explosives on board damaged the USS Cole, a navy battleship, during a refuel stop in Yemen. Evidence may have linked the attack to Osama bin Laden. -
9/11
Terrorists associated with al-Qaeda hijacked 4 planes and drove them into the Twin Towers in New York, the Pentagon in Washington DC, and another crashed in Pennsylvania. This last plane was supposedly en route to either the White House or the Capitol. -
Invasion of Afganistan
The invasion of Afganistan was intended to target Osama bin Laden, the perpetrator and mastermind behind the 9/11 attack. This invasion was after the Taliban refused to turn over bin Laden for prosecution -
Invasion of Iraq
On this day, the US declared war on Iraq. Iraq under Saddam Hussein was building weapons of mass destruction. -
Boston Marathon Bombing
During the 2013 Boston Marathon, two bombs in backpacks hidden in the crowds went off, killing three spectators. One of the terrorists died in a shootout with authorities, while another was apprehended following a mass manhunt when he was discovered under a boat. -
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
The Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 went offline and vanished. Clues are coming in about the case to this day, but no one knows the whereabouts of the plane.
