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Actually, the British Army.The US Army didn’t originate the naming of tanks after generals and didn’t adopt the practice until late in World War II. They were just referred to by their model nomenclature: M3, M4, M5, M6 and so on. The British Army and Air Force, on the other hand, avoided the use of alphanumeric nomenclature for both their armored vehicles and aircraft and gave just about every one of them a name. Note that the British-built tanks (Churchill, Cromwell, Matilda, Challenger) and aircraft (Hurricane, Spitfire, Typhoon, Lancaster, Halifax) had no prefix, and normally had a suffix “Mark” with a Roman numeral to differentiate the variants within the model type.When the British started receiving several US made tanks through the Lend-Lease program before the US even entered the war officially, the British continued to avoid using the American alphanumeric nomenclature system and decided to name them after American generals. The M3 light tank and its later improved version the M5 were both named the Stuart, the two variants of the M3 medium tank were respectively named the Lee and the Grant, and the M4 was named the Sherman, all after Civil War generals on both sides.Somewhere along the line, the US Army started referring to the various tanks by their British names, but always in written documents used their official alphanumeric nomenclature as as a prefix: M3/M5 Stuart, M3 Lee, M3 Grant, M4 Sherman. (The M6 heavy tank was never placed into production and, never being Lend-Leased to the Brits, never got a name.)As far as aircraft went, most US aircraft manufacturing companies preferred to give names to their aircraft and also had their own internal alphanumeric nomenclature until accepted by the US Army Air Force or Naval Aviation. For example, the North American Aviation fighter plane that ended being called the P-51 Mustang was initially named NA-73 when it was initially requested by the Royal Air Force to replace the Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk/Kittyhawk/Warhawk, then by mutual agreement was named the Mustang, but was not named the P-51 Mustang until two production models were delivered to the USAAF for evaluation per the standing agreement between the British and the US War Department.Back to tanks: Ironically, even after referring to the British names for US-made tanks, the US Army didn’t name any tank after a Civil War general until 20 years after the end of World War II. More on that later. The first tanks given names by the US Army, toward the end of World War II, were the M24 Chaffee light tank after Adna R. Chaffee Jr., who along with George S. Patton was a premier theorist and doctrinal author of US Army tank warfare between the two World Wars but who died of natural causes at the rank of major general three months before the US entered World War II; and the M26 Pershing heavy tank, named after General of the Armies John J. Pershing, commander of the World War I American Expeditionary Force.The M26 was the only US Army tank ever named after a living person; I personally suspect that some high-ranking officer at Army Ordnance decided to name it in memory of General Pershing, not realizing that he was still alive at 84 years of age, albeit ailing at Walter Reed Hospital and would be around for 4 more years. The one weakness of the M26 was that it had the same V-8 engine as the later model M4 Shermans while weighing about 12 tons more. Postwar, several M26s were retrofitted with a larger V-12 engine after World War II which were renamed the M46 Patton (in honor of Pershing’s recently deceased protege, General George S. Patton of World War II fame) when new tanks with the upgrade began leaving the factory. The basic chassis changed very little as later models of the Patton series, the M47, M48 and M60, saw improvements in armor, turret shape, fire control, replacement of gasoline engines with Diesel, and replacement of the 90mm main gun with a 105mm over the next several decades. (See my answer to What was the most ahead of its time tank ever? for more details.) The last of the Patton series, the M60A3, remained in US service until 1996, over half a century after the first M26 drew blood in Germany. Its immediate replacement was the current front line Main Battle Tank, the M1 Abrams, named after one of Patton’s World War II proteges who eventually commanded all US forces in the Vietnam War and then became Army Chief of Staff, General Creighton W. Abrams.The five basic models of the Pershing/Patton series were reclassified from Heavy Tank to Medium Tank while actually increasing in weight, with the classification eventually giving way to that of Main Battle Tank while only bearing the names of two generals. During that half century, two light tanks were developed and fielded. The first, developed during the Korean War, was the M41 Walker Bulldog, named after Lt General Walton H. “Bulldog” Walker, another of Patton’s World War II subordinates who was killed in a jeep accident in Korea during that war. The next light tank, fielded in 1965 in time for the Vietnam War, finally went back to the Civil War for a namesake a century after the end of that war, the M551 Sheridan, named after the Union cavalry commander Maj General Philip H. Sheridan.While the M1 Abrams series is the only operational US tank at the moment, another light tank, the M8, has been under development for several years with the unofficial name of M8 Buford, after Maj General John Buford, another Civil War Union cavalry commander, best known for securing the high ground at Gettysburg and setting the stage for the biggest battle ever fought in the Western Hemisphere which most historians consider the turning point of the war in favor of the union. That tank is still in development which has been placed on a back burner, in favor of a tank turret mounted on a Stryker wheeled armored vehicle (which has not been given a name to date).

It might have something to do with this:Timeline of United States military operations since WWI.1917–18 – World War I: On April 6, 1917, the United States declared war with Germany and on December 7, 1917, with Austria-Hungary. Entrance of the United States into the war was precipitated by Germany's submarine warfare against neutral shipping and the Zimmermann Telegram.[RL30172]1917–22 – Cuba: U.S. forces protected American interests during insurrection and subsequent unsettled conditions. Most of the United States armed forces left Cuba by August 1919, but two companies remained at Camaguey until February 1922.[RL30172]1918–19 – Mexico: After withdrawal of the Pershing expedition, U.S. troops entered Mexico in pursuit of bandits at least three times in 1918 and six times in 1919. In August 1918, American and Mexican troops fought at Nogales, Battle of Ambos Nogales. The incident began when German spies plotted an attack with Mexican soldiers on Nogales Arizona. The fighting began when a Mexican officer shot and killed a U.S. soldier on American soil. A full scale battle then ensued, ending with a Mexican surrender.[RL30172]1918–20 – Panama: U.S. forces were used for police duty according to treaty stipulations, at Chiriqui, during election disturbances and subsequent unrest.[RL30172]1918–20 – Russian SFSR: Marines were landed at and near Vladivostok in June and July to protect the American consulate and other points in the fighting between the Bolshevik troops and the Czech Army which had traversed Siberia from the western front. A joint proclamation of emergency government and neutrality was issued by the American, Japanese, British, French, and Czech commanders in July. In August 7,000 men were landed in Vladivostok and remained until January 1920, as part of an allied occupation force. In September 1918, 5,000 American troops joined the allied intervention force at Archangel and remained until June 1919. These operations were in response to the Bolshevik revolution in Russia and were partly supported by Czarist or Kerensky elements. [RL30172] For details, see the American Expeditionary Force Siberia and the American Expeditionary Force North Russia.1919 – Dalmatia (Croatia): U.S. forces were landed at Trau at the request of Italian authorities to police order between the Italians and Serbs.[RL30172]1919 – Turkey: Marines from the USS Arizona were landed to guard the U.S. Consulate during the Greek occupation of Constantinople.[RL30172]1919 – Honduras: From September 8 to 12, a landing force was sent ashore to maintain order in a neutral zone during an attempted revolution.[RL30172]1920–1929[edit]1920 – China: On March 14, a landing force was sent ashore for a few hours to protect lives during a disturbance at Kiukiang.[RL30172]1920 – Guatemala: From April 9 to 27, U.S. forces protected the American Legation and other American interests, such as the cable station, during a period of fighting between Unionists and the Government of Guatemala.[RL30172]1920–22 – Russia (Siberia): From February 16, 1920 to November 19, 1922, a Marine guard was sent to protect the United States radio station and property on Russian Island, Bay of Vladivostok.[RL30172]1921 – Panama and Costa Rica: American naval squadrons demonstrated in April on both sides of the Isthmus to prevent war between the two countries over a boundary dispute.[RL30172]1922 – Turkey: In September and October, a landing force was sent ashore with consent of both Greek and Turkish authorities, to protect American lives and property when the Turkish nationalists entered İzmir (Smyrna).[RL30172]1922–23 – China: From April 1922 to November 1923, Marines were landed five times to protect Americans during periods of unrest.[RL30172]1924 – Honduras: From February 28 to March 31, and from September 10 to 15, U.S. forces protected American lives and interests during election hostilities.[RL30172]1924 – China: In September, Marines were landed to protect Americans and other foreigners in Shanghai during Chinese factional hostilities.[RL30172]1925 – China: From January 15 to August 29, fighting of Chinese factions accompanied by riots and demonstrations in Shanghai brought the landing of American forces to protect lives and property in the International Settlement.[RL30172]1925 – Honduras: From April 19 to 21, U.S. forces protected foreigners at La Ceiba during a political upheaval.[RL30172]1925 – Panama: From October 12 to 23, strikes and rent riots led to the landing of about 600 American troops to keep order and protect American interests.[RL30172]1926–33 – Nicaragua: From May 7 to June 5, 1926 and August 27, 1926 to January 3, 1933, the coup d'état of General Chamorro aroused revolutionary activities leading to the landing of American marines to protect the interests of the United States. United States forces came and went intermittently until January 3, 1933.[RL30172]1926 – China: In August and September, the Nationalist attack on Hankow brought the landing of American naval forces to protect American citizens. A small guard was maintained at the consulate general even after September 16, when the rest of the forces were withdrawn. Likewise, when Nationalist forces captured Kiukiang, naval forces were landed for the protection of foreigners November 4 to 6.[RL30172]1927 – China: In February, fighting at Shanghai caused presence American naval forces and marines to be increased. In March, a naval guard was stationed at American consulate at Nanking after Nationalist forces captured the city. American and British destroyers later used shell fire to protect Americans and other foreigners. Subsequently additional forces of Marines and naval forces were stationed in the vicinity of Shanghai and Tientsin.[RL30172]1930–1939[edit]1932 – China: American forces were landed to protect American interests during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai.[RL30172]1932 – United States: "Bonus Army" of 17,000 WWI veterans plus 20,000 family cleared from Washington and then Anacostia flats "Hooverville" by 3rd Cavalry and 12th Infantry Regiments under Gen. Douglas MacArthur, July 28.1933 – Cuba: During a revolution against President Gerardo Machado naval forces demonstrated but no landing was made.[RL30172]1934 – China: Marines landed at Foochow to protect the American Consulate.[RL30172]1940–1944[edit]1940 – Newfoundland, Bermuda, St. Lucia, – Bahamas, Jamaica, Antigua, Trinidad, and British Guiana: Troops were sent to guard air and naval bases obtained under lease by negotiation with the United Kingdom. These were sometimes called lend-lease bases but were under the Destroyers for Bases Agreement.[RL30172]1941 – Greenland: Greenland was taken under protection of the United States in April.[RL30172]1941 – Netherlands (Dutch Guiana): In November, the President ordered American troops to occupy Dutch Guiana, but by agreement with the Netherlands government in exile, Brazil cooperated to protect aluminum ore supply from the bauxite mines in Suriname.[RL30172]1941 – Iceland: Iceland was taken under the protection of the United States, with consent of its government replacing British troops, for strategic reasons.[RL30172]1941 – Germany: Sometime in the spring, the President ordered the Navy to patrol ship lanes to Europe. By July, U.S. warships were convoying and by September were attacking German submarines. In November, in response to the October 31, 1941 sinking of the USS Reuben James, the Neutrality Act was partly repealed to protect U.S. military aid to Britain. [RL30172]1941–45 – World War II: On December 7, 1941, the United States declared war against Japan in response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. On that same day, Germany declared war against the United States.[RL30172]1945–1949[edit]1945 – China: In October 50,000 U.S. Marines were sent to North China to assist Chinese Nationalist authorities in disarming and repatriating the Japanese in China and in controlling ports, railroads, and airfields. This was in addition to approximately 60,000 U.S. forces remaining in China at the end of World War II.[RL30172]1945–49 – Occupation of part of Germany.1945–55 – Occupation of part of Austria.1945–52 – Occupation of Japan.1944–46 – Temporary reoccupation of the Philippines during World War II and in preparation for previously scheduled independence.[citation needed]1945–47 – U.S. Marines garrisoned in mainland China to oversee the removal of Soviet and Japanese forces after World War II.[5]1945–49 – Post-World War II occupation of South Korea; North Korean insurgency in Republic of Korea[6]1946 – Trieste, (Italy): President Truman ordered the increase of US troops along the zonal occupation line and the reinforcement of air forces in northern Italy after Yugoslav forces shot down an unarmed US Army transport plane flying over Venezia Giulia..[citation needed] Earlier U.S. naval units had been sent to the scene.[RL30172] Later the Free Territory of Trieste, Zone A.1948 – Jerusalem (British Mandate): A Marine consular guard was sent to Jerusalem to protect the U.S. Consul General.[RL30172]1948 – Berlin: Berlin Airlift After the Soviet Union established a land blockade of the U.S., British, and French sectors of Berlin on June 24, 1948, the United States and its allies airlifted supplies to Berlin until after the blockade was lifted in May 1949.[RL30172]1948–49 – China: Marines were dispatched to Nanking to protect the American Embassy when the city fell to Communist troops, and to Shanghai to aid in the protection and evacuation of Americans.[RL30172]1950–1959[edit]Map of military operations since 19501950–53 – Korean War: The United States responded to North Korean invasion of South Korea by going to its assistance, pursuant to United Nations Security Council resolutions. US forces deployed in Korea exceeded 300,000 during the last year of the active conflict (1953). Over 36,600 US military were killed in action.[RL30172]1950–55 – Formosa (Taiwan): In June 1950, at the beginning of the Korean War, President Truman ordered the U.S. Seventh Fleet to prevent Chinese Communist attacks upon Formosa and Chinese Nationalist operations against mainland China.[RL30172]1954–55 – China: Naval units evacuated U.S. civilians and military personnel from the Tachen Islands.[RL30172]1955–64 – Vietnam: First military advisors sent to Vietnam on 12 Feb 1955. By 1964, US troop levels had grown to 21,000. On 7 August 1964, US Congress approved Gulf of Tonkin resolution affirming "All necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States. . .to prevent further aggression. . . (and) assist any member or protocol state of the Southeast Asian Collective Defense Treaty (SEATO) requesting assistance. . ."[Vietnam timeline]1956 – Egypt: A marine battalion evacuated US nationals and other persons from Alexandria during the Suez Crisis.[RL30172]1958 – Lebanon: 1958 Lebanon crisis, Marines were landed in Lebanon at the invitation of President Camille Chamoun to help protect against threatened insurrection supported from the outside. The President's action was supported by a Congressional resolution passed in 1957 that authorized such actions in that area of the world.[RL30172]1959–60 – The Caribbean: Second Marine Ground Task Force was deployed to protect U.S. nationals following the Cuban Revolution.[RL30172]1959–75 – Vietnam War: U.S. military advisers had been in South Vietnam for a decade, and their numbers had been increased as the military position of the Saigon government became weaker. After citing what he falsely termed were attacks on U.S. destroyers, in what came to be known as the Gulf of Tonkin incident, President Johnson asked in August 1964 for a resolution expressing U.S. determination to support "freedom and protect peace in Southeast Asia." Congress responded with the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, giving President Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of conventional military force in Southeast Asia. Following this resolution, and following a communist attack on a U.S. installation in central Vietnam, the United States escalated its participation in the war to a peak of 543,000 military personnel by April 1969.[RL30172]1960–1969[edit]1961 – Cuba: The Bay of Pigs Invasion, known in Hispanic America as Invasión de Bahía de Cochinos (or Invasión de Playa Girón or Batalla de Girón), was an unsuccessful military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961.1962 – Thailand: The Third Marine Expeditionary Unit landed on May 17, 1962 to support that country during the threat of Communist pressure from outside; by July 30, the 5,000 marines had been withdrawn.[RL30172]1962 – Cuba: Cuban missile crisis, On October 22, President Kennedy instituted a "quarantine" on the shipment of offensive missiles to Cuba from the Soviet Union. He also warned Soviet Union that the launching of any missile from Cuba against nations in the Western Hemisphere would bring about U.S. nuclear retaliation on the Soviet Union. A negotiated settlement was achieved in a few days.[RL30172]1962–75 – Laos: From October 1962 until 1975, the United States played an important role in military support of anti-Communist forces in Laos.[RL30172]1964 – Congo (Zaïre): The United States sent four transport planes to provide airlift for Congolese troops during a rebellion and to transport Belgian paratroopers to rescue foreigners.[RL30172]1965 – Invasion of Dominican Republic: Operation Power Pack, The United States intervened to protect lives and property during a Dominican revolt and sent 20,000 U.S. troops as fears grew that the revolutionary forces were coming increasingly under Communist control.[RL30172] A popular rebellion breaks out, promising to reinstall Juan Bosch as the country's elected leader. The revolution is crushed when U.S. Marines land to uphold the military regime by force. The CIA directs everything behind the scenes.1967 – Israel: The USS Liberty incident, whereupon a United States Navy Technical Research Ship was attacked June 8, 1967 by Israeli armed forces, killing 34 and wounding more than 170 U.S. crew members.1967 – Congo (Zaïre): The United States sent three military transport aircraft with crews to provide the Congo central government with logistical support during a revolt.[RL30172]1968 – Laos & Cambodia: U.S. starts secret bombing campaign against targets along the Ho Chi Minh trail in the sovereign nations of Cambodia and Laos. The bombings last at least two years. (See Operation Commando Hunt)1970–1979[edit]1970 – Cambodian Campaign: U.S. troops were ordered into Cambodia to clean out Communist sanctuaries from which Viet Cong and North Vietnamese attacked U.S. and South Vietnamese forces in Vietnam. The object of this attack, which lasted from April 30 to June 30, was to ensure the continuing safe withdrawal of American forces from South Vietnam and to assist the program of Vietnamization.[RL30172]1972 – North Vietnam: Christmas bombing Operation Linebacker II (not mentioned in RL30172, but an operation leading to peace negotiations). The operation was conducted from 18–29 December 1972. It was a bombing of the cities Hanoi and Haiphong by B-52 bombers.1973 – Operation Nickel Grass, a strategic airlift operation conducted by the United States to deliver weapons and supplies to Israel during the Yom Kippur War.1974 – Evacuation from Cyprus: United States naval forces evacuated U.S. civilians during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.[RL30172]1975 – Evacuation from Vietnam: Operation Frequent Wind, On April 3, 1975, President Ford reported U.S. naval vessels, helicopters, and Marines had been sent to assist in evacuation of refugees and US nationals from Vietnam.[RL30172]1975 – Evacuation from Cambodia: Operation Eagle Pull, On April 12, 1975, President Ford reported that he had ordered U.S. military forces to proceed with the planned evacuation of U.S. citizens from Cambodia.[RL30172]1975 – South Vietnam: On April 30, 1975, President Ford reported that a force of 70 evacuation helicopters and 865 Marines had evacuated about 1,400 U.S. citizens and 5,500 third country nationals and South Vietnamese from landing zones in and around the U.S. Embassy, Saigon and Tan Son Nhut Airport.[RL30172]1975 – Cambodia: Mayaguez incident, On May 15, 1975, President Ford reported he had ordered military forces to retake the SS Mayaguez, a merchant vessel which was seized from Cambodian naval patrol boats in international waters and forced to proceed to a nearby island.[RL30172]1976 – Lebanon: On July 22 and 23, 1976, helicopters from five U.S. naval vessels evacuated approximately 250 Americans and Europeans from Lebanon during fighting between Lebanese factions after an overland convoy evacuation had been blocked by hostilities.[RL30172]1976 – Korea: Additional forces were sent to Korea after two American soldiers were killed by North Korean soldiers in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea while cutting down a tree.[RL30172]1978 – Zaïre (Congo): From May 19 through June, the United States utilized military transport aircraft to provide logistical support to Belgian and French rescue operations in Zaïre.[RL30172]1980–1989[edit]1980 – Iran: Operation Eagle Claw, on April 26, 1980, President Carter reported the use of six U.S. transport planes and eight helicopters in an unsuccessful attempt to rescue the American hostages in Iran.1980 – U.S. Army and Air Force units arrive in the Sinai in September as part of "Operation Bright Star". They are there to train with Egyptians armed forces as part of the Camp David peace accords signed in 1979. Elements of the 101st Airborne Division, (1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry) and Air Force MAC (Military Airlift Command) units are in theater for four months & are the first U.S. military forces in the region since World War II.1981 – El Salvador: After a guerrilla offensive against the government of El Salvador, additional U.S. military advisers were sent to El Salvador, bringing the total to approximately 55, to assist in training government forces in counterinsurgency.[RL30172]1981 – Libya: First Gulf of Sidra incident, on August 19, 1981, U.S. planes based on the carrier USS Nimitz shot down two Libyan jets over the Gulf of Sidra after one of the Libyan jets had fired a heat-seeking missile. The United States periodically held freedom of navigation exercises in the Gulf of Sidra, claimed by Libya as territorial waters but considered international waters by the United States.[RL30172]1982 – Sinai: On March 19, 1982, President Reagan reported the deployment of military personnel and equipment to participate in the Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai. Participation had been authorized by the Multinational Force and Observers Resolution, Public Law 97-132.[RL30172]1982 – Lebanon: Multinational Force in Lebanon, on August 21, 1982, President Reagan reported the dispatch of 800 Marines to serve in the multinational force to assist in the withdrawal of members of the Palestine Liberation force from Beirut. The Marines left September 20, 1982.[RL30172]1982–83 – Lebanon: On September 29, 1982, President Reagan reported the deployment of 1200 marines to serve in a temporary multinational force to facilitate the restoration of Lebanese government sovereignty. On September 29, 1983, Congress passed the Multinational Force in Lebanon Resolution (P.L. 98-119) authorizing the continued participation for eighteen months.[RL30172]1983 – Egypt: After a Libyan plane bombed a city in Sudan on March 18, 1983, and Sudan and Egypt appealed for assistance, the United States dispatched an AWACS electronic surveillance plane to Egypt.[RL30172]1983 – Grenada: Operation Urgent Fury, citing the increased threat of Soviet and Cuban influence and noting the development of an international airport following a coup d'état and alignment with the Soviet Union and Cuba, the U.S. invades the island nation of Grenada.[RL30172]1983–89 – Honduras: In July 1983, the United States undertook a series of exercises in Honduras that some believed might lead to conflict with Nicaragua. On March 25, 1986, unarmed U.S. military helicopters and crewmen ferried Honduran troops to the Nicaraguan border to repel Nicaraguan troops.[RL30172]1983 – Chad: On August 8, 1983, President Reagan reported the deployment of two AWACS electronic surveillance planes and eight F-15 fighter planes and ground logistical support forces to assist Chad against Libyan and rebel forces.[RL30172]1984 – Persian Gulf: On June 5, 1984, Saudi Arabian jet fighter planes, aided by intelligence from a U.S. AWACS electronic surveillance aircraft and fueled by a U.S. KC-10 tanker, shot down two Iranian fighter planes over an area of the Persian Gulf proclaimed as a protected zone for shipping.[RL30172]1985 – Italy: On October 10, 1985, U.S. Navy pilots intercepted an Egyptian airliner and forced it to land in Sicily. The airliner was carrying the hijackers of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro who had killed an American citizen during the hijacking.[RL30172]1986 – Libya: Action in the Gulf of Sidra (1986), on March 26, 1986, President Reagan reported on March 24 and 25, U.S. forces, while engaged in freedom of navigation exercises around the Gulf of Sidra, had been attacked by Libyan missiles and the United States had responded with missiles.[RL30172]1986 – Libya: Operation El Dorado Canyon, on April 16, 1986, President Reagan reported that U.S. air and naval forces had conducted bombing strikes on terrorist facilities and military installations in the Libyan capitol of Tripoli, claiming that Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi was responsible for a bomb attack at a German disco that killed two U.S. soldiers.[RL30172]1986 – Bolivia: U.S. Army personnel and aircraft assisted Bolivia in anti-drug operations.[RL30172]1987 – Persian Gulf: USS Stark was struck on May 17 by two Exocet antiship missiles fired from a Dassault Mirage F1 of the Iraqi Air Force during the Iran–Iraq War, killing 37 U.S. Navy sailors.1987 – Persian Gulf: Operation Nimble Archer. Attacks on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf by United States Navy forces on October 19. The attack was a response to Iran's October 16, 1987 attack on the MV Sea Isle City, a reflagged Kuwaiti oil tanker at anchor off Kuwait, with a Silkworm missile.1987–88 – Persian Gulf: Operation Earnest Will. After the Iran–Iraq War (the Tanker War phase) resulted in several military incidents in the Persian Gulf, the United States increased U.S. joint military forces operations in the Persian Gulf and adopted a policy of reflagging and escorting Kuwaiti oil tankers through the Persian Gulf to protect them from Iraqi and Iranian attacks. President Reagan reported that U.S. ships had been fired upon or struck mines or taken other military action on September 21 (Iran Ajr), October 8, and October 19, 1987 and April 18 (Operation Praying Mantis), July 3, and July 14, 1988. The United States gradually reduced its forces after a cease-fire between Iran and Iraq on August 20, 1988.[RL30172] It was the largest naval convoy operation since World War II.[7]1987–88 – Persian Gulf: Operation Prime Chance was a United States Special Operations Command operation intended to protect U.S.-flagged oil tankers from Iranian attack during the Iran–Iraq War. The operation took place roughly at the same time as Operation Earnest Will.1988 – Persian Gulf: Operation Praying Mantis was the April 18, 1988 action waged by U.S. naval forces in retaliation for the Iranian mining of the Persian Gulf and the subsequent damage to an American warship.1988 – Honduras: Operation Golden Pheasant was an emergency deployment of U.S. troops to Honduras in 1988, as a result of threatening actions by the forces of the (then socialist) Nicaraguans.1988 – USS Vincennes shoot-down of Iran Air Flight 655.1988 – Panama: In mid-March and April 1988, during a period of instability in Panama and as the United States increased pressure on Panamanian head of state General Manuel Noriega to resign, the United States sent 1,000 troops to Panama, to "further safeguard the canal, US lives, property and interests in the area." The forces supplemented 10,000 U.S. military personnel already in the Panama Canal Zone.[RL30172]1989 – Libya: Second Gulf of Sidra incident. On January 4, 1989, two U.S. Navy F-14 aircraft based on the USS John F. Kennedy shot down two Libyan jet fighters over the Mediterranean Sea about 70 miles north of Libya. The U.S. pilots said the Libyan planes had demonstrated hostile intentions.[RL30172]1989 – Panama: On May 11, 1989, in response to General Noriega's disregard of the results of the Panamanian election, President Bush ordered a brigade-sized force of approximately 1,900 troops to augment the estimated 1,000 U.S. forces already in the area.[RL30172]1989 – Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru: Andean Initiative in War on Drugs, On September 15, 1989, President Bush announced that military and law enforcement assistance would be sent to help the Andean nations of Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru combat illicit drug producers and traffickers. By mid-September there were 50–100 U.S. military advisers in Colombia in connection with transport and training in the use of military equipment, plus seven Special Forces teams of 2–12 persons to train troops in the three countries.[RL30172]1989 – Philippines: Operation Classic Resolve, On December 2, 1989, President Bush reported that on December 1, Air Force fighters from Clark Air Base in Luzon had assisted the Aquino government to repel a coup attempt. In addition, 100 marines were sent from U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay to protect the United States Embassy in Manila.[RL30172]1989–90 – Panama: Operation Just Cause, On December 21, 1989, President Bush reported that he had ordered U.S. military forces to Panama to protect the lives of American citizens and bring General Noriega to justice. By February 13, 1990, all the invasion forces had been withdrawn.[RL30172] Around 200 Panamanian civilians were reported killed. The Panamanian head of state, General Manuel Noriega, was captured and brought to the U.S.1990–1999[edit]1990 – Liberia: On August 6, 1990, President Bush reported that a reinforced rifle company had been sent to provide additional security to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, and that helicopter teams had evacuated U.S. citizens from Liberia.[RL30172]1990 – Saudi Arabia: On August 9, 1990, President Bush reported that he launched Operation Desert Shield by ordering the forward deployment of substantial elements of the U.S. armed forces into the Persian Gulf region to help defend Saudi Arabia after the August 2 invasion of Kuwait by Iraq. On November 16, 1990, he reported the continued buildup of the forces to ensure an adequate offensive military option.[RL30172]American hostages being held in Iran.[RL30172] Staging point for the troops was primarily Bagram air field.1991 – Iraq and Kuwait: Operation Desert Storm, On January 16, 1991, in response to the refusal by Iraq to leave Kuwait, U.S. and Coalition aircraft attacked Iraqi forces and military targets in Iraq and Kuwait in conjunction with a coalition of allies and under United Nations Security Council resolutions. On February 24, 1991, U.S.-led United Nation (UN) forces launched a ground offensive that finally drove Iraqi forces out of Kuwait within 100 hours. Combat operations ended on February 28, 1991, when President Bush declared a ceasefire.[RL30172]1991–96 – Iraq: Operation Provide Comfort, Delivery of humanitarian relief and military protection for Kurds fleeing their homes in northern Iraq during the 1991 uprising, by a small Allied ground force based in Turkey which began in April 1991.1991 – Iraq: On May 17, 1991, President Bush stated that the Iraqi repression of the Kurdish people had necessitated a limited introduction of U.S. forces into northern Iraq for emergency relief purposes.[RL30172]1991 – Zaire: On September 25–27, 1991, after widespread looting and rioting broke out in Kinshasa, Air Force C-141s transported 100 Belgian troops and equipment into Kinshasa. American planes also carried 300 French troops into the Central African Republic and hauled evacuated American citizens.[RL30172]1992 – Sierra Leone: Operation Silver Anvil, Following the April 29 coup that overthrew President Joseph Saidu Momoh, a United States European Command (USEUCOM) Joint Special Operations Task Force evacuated 438 people (including 42 Third Country nationals) on May 3. Two Air Mobility Command (AMC) C-141s flew 136 people from Freetown, Sierra Leone, to the Rhein-Main Air Base in Germany and nine C-130 sorties carried another 302 people to Dakar, Senegal.[RL30172]1992–96 – Bosnia and Herzegovina: Operation Provide Promise was a humanitarian relief operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav Wars, from July 2, 1992, to January 9, 1996, which made it the longest running humanitarian airlift in history.[8]1992 – Kuwait: On August 3, 1992, the United States began a series of military exercises in Kuwait, following Iraqi refusal to recognize a new border drawn up by the United Nations and refusal to cooperate with UN inspection teams.[RL30172]1992–2003 – Iraq: Iraqi no-fly zones, The U.S., United Kingdom, and its Gulf War allies declared and enforced "no-fly zones" over the majority of sovereign Iraqi airspace, prohibiting Iraqi flights in zones in southern Iraq and northern Iraq, and conducting aerial reconnaissance and bombings. Often, Iraqi forces continued throughout a decade by firing on U.S. and British aircraft patrolling no-fly zones.(See also Operation Northern Watch, Operation Southern Watch) [RL30172]1992–95 – Somalia: Operation Restore Hope, Somali Civil War: On December 10, 1992, President Bush reported that he had deployed U.S. armed forces to Somalia in response to a humanitarian crisis and a UN Security Council Resolution in support for UNITAF. The operation came to an end on May 4, 1993. U.S. forces continued to participate in the successor United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM II).(See also Battle of Mogadishu)[RL30172]1993–95 – Bosnia: Operation Deny Flight, On April 12, 1993, in response to a United Nations Security Council passage of Resolution 816, U.S. and NATO enforced the no-fly zone over the Bosnian airspace, prohibited all unauthorized flights and allowed to "take all necessary measures to ensure compliance with [the no-fly zone restrictions]."1993 – Macedonia: On July 9, 1993, President Clinton reported the deployment of 350 U.S. soldiers to the Republic of Macedonia to participate in the UN Protection Force to help maintain stability in the area of former Yugoslavia.[RL30172]1994 – Bosnia: Banja Luka incident, NATO become involved in the first combat situation when NATO U.S. Air Force F-16 jets shot down four of the six Bosnian Serb J-21 Jastreb single-seat light attack jets for violating UN-mandated no-fly zone.1994–95 – Haiti: Operation Uphold Democracy, U.S. ships had begun embargo against Haiti. Up to 20,000 U.S. military troops were later deployed to Haiti to restore democratically-elected Haiti President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from a military regime which came into power in 1991 after a major coup.[RL30172]1994 – Macedonia: On April 19, 1994, President Clinton reported that the U.S. contingent in Macedonia had been increased by a reinforced company of 200 personnel.[RL30172]1995 – Bosnia: Operation Deliberate Force, On August 30, 1995, U.S. and NATO aircraft began a major bombing campaign of Bosnian Serb Army in response to a Bosnian Serb mortar attack on a Sarajevo market that killed 37 people on August 28, 1995. This operation lasted until September 20, 1995. The air campaign along with a combined allied ground force of Muslim and Croatian Army against Serb positions led to a Dayton Agreement in December 1995 with the signing of warring factions of the war. As part of Operation Joint Endeavor, U.S. and NATO dispatched the Implementation Force (IFOR) peacekeepers to Bosnia to uphold the Dayton agreement.[RL30172]1996 – Liberia: Operation Assured Response, On April 11, 1996, President Clinton reported that on April 9, 1996 due to the :"deterioration of the security situation and the resulting threat to American citizens" in Liberia he had ordered U.S. military forces to evacuate from that country "private U.S. citizens and certain third-country nationals who had taken refuge in the U.S. Embassy compound...."[RL30172]1996 – Central African Republic, Operation Quick Response: On May 23, 1996, President Clinton reported the deployment of U.S. military personnel to Bangui, Central African Republic, to conduct the evacuation from that country of "private U.S. citizens and certain U.S. government employees", and to provide "enhanced security for the American Embassy in Bangui."[RL30172] United States Marine Corps elements of Joint Task Force Assured Response, responding in nearby Liberia, provided security to the embassy and evacuated 448 people, including between 190 and 208 Americans. The last Marines left Bangui on June 22.1996 – Kuwait: Operation Desert Strike, American Air Strikes in the north to protect the Kurdish population against the Iraqi Army attacks. U.S. deploys 5,000 soldiers from the 1ST Cavalry Division at Ft Hood Texas in response to Iraqi attacks on the Kurdish people.[citation needed]1996 – Bosnia: Operation Joint Guard, On December 21, 1996, U.S. and NATO established the SFOR peacekeepers to replace the IFOR in enforcing the peace under the Dayton agreement.1997 – Albania: Operation Silver Wake, On March 13, 1997, U.S. military forces were used to evacuate certain U.S. government employees and private U.S. citizens from Tirana, Albania.[RL30172]1997 – Congo and Gabon: On March 27, 1997, President Clinton reported on March 25, 1997, a standby evacuation force of U.S. military personnel had been deployed to Congo and Gabon to provide enhanced security and to be available for any necessary evacuation operation.[RL30172]1997 – Sierra Leone: On May 29 and May 30, 1997, U.S. military personnel were deployed to Freetown, Sierra Leone, to prepare for and undertake the evacuation of certain U.S. government employees and private U.S. citizens.[RL30172]1997 – Cambodia: On July 11, 1997, In an effort to ensure the security of American citizens in Cambodia during a period of domestic conflict there, a Task Force of about 550 U.S. military personnel were deployed at Utapao Air Base in Thailand for possible evacuations. [RL30172]1998 – Iraq: Operation Desert Fox, U.S. and British forces conduct a major four-day bombing campaign from December 16–19, 1998 on Iraqi targets.[RL30172]1998 – Guinea-Bissau: Operation Shepherd Venture, On June 10, 1998, in response to an army mutiny in Guinea-Bissau endangering the U.S. Embassy, President Clinton deployed a standby evacuation force of U.S. military personnel to Dakar, Senegal, to evacuate from the city of Bissau.[RL30172]1998–99 – Kenya and Tanzania: U.S. military personnel were deployed to Nairobi, Kenya, to coordinate the medical and disaster assistance related to the bombing of the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.[RL30172]1998 – Afghanistan and Sudan: Operation Infinite Reach, On August 20, President Clinton ordered a cruise missile attack against two suspected terrorist training camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical factory in Sudan.[RL30172]1998 – Liberia: On September 27, 1998, America deployed a stand-by response and evacuation force of 30 U.S. military personnel to increase the security force at the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia. [1] [RL30172]1999–2001 – East Timor: Limited number of U.S. military forces deployed with the United Nations-mandated International Force for East Timor restore peace to East Timor.[RL30172]1999 – Serbia: Operation Allied Force: U.S. and NATO aircraft began a major bombing of Serbia and Serb positions in Kosovo on March 24, 1999, during the Kosovo War due to the refusal by Serbian President Slobodan Milošević to end repression against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. This operation ended in June 10, 1999, when Milošević agreed to pull out his troops out of Kosovo. In response to the situation in Kosovo, NATO dispatched the KFOR peacekeepers to secure the peace under UNSC Resolution 1244.[RL30172]2000–2009[edit]2000 – Sierra Leone: On May 12, 2000, a U.S. Navy patrol craft deployed to Sierra Leone to support evacuation operations from that country if needed.[RL30172]2000 – Nigeria: Special Forces troops are sent to Nigeria to lead a training mission in the county.[9]2000 – Yemen: On October 12, 2000, after the USS Cole attack in the port of Aden, Yemen, military personnel were deployed to Aden.[RL30172]2000 – East Timor: On February 25, 2000, a small number of U.S. military personnel were deployed to support the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). [RL30172]2001 – On April 1, 2001, a mid-air collision between a United States Navy EP-3E ARIES II signals surveillance aircraft and a People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) J-8II interceptor fighter jet resulted in an international dispute between the United States and the People's Republic of China called the Hainan Island incident.2001 – War in Afghanistan: The War on Terror begins with Operation Enduring Freedom. On October 7, 2001, U.S. Armed Forces invade Afghanistan in response to the 9/11 attacks and "begin combat action in Afghanistan against Al Qaeda terrorists and their Taliban supporters."[RL30172]2002 – Yemen: On November 3, 2002, an American MQ-1 Predator fired a Hellfire missile at a car in Yemen killing Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi, an al-Qaeda leader thought to be responsible for the USS Cole bombing.[RL30172]2002 – Philippines: OEF-Philippines, As of January, U.S. "combat-equipped and combat support forces" have been deployed to the Philippines to train with, assist and advise the Philippines' Armed Forces in enhancing their "counterterrorist capabilities."[RL30172]2002 – Côte d'Ivoire: On September 25, 2002, in response to a rebellion in Côte d'Ivoire, U.S. military personnel went into Côte d'Ivoire to assist in the evacuation of American citizens from Bouaké.[10][RL30172]2003–2011 – War in Iraq: Operation Iraqi Freedom, March 20, 2003, The United States leads a coalition that includes the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland to invade Iraq with the stated goal being "to disarm Iraq in pursuit of peace, stability, and security both in the Gulf region and in the United States."[RL30172]2003 – Liberia: Second Liberian Civil War, On June 9, 2003, President Bush reported that on June 8 he had sent about 35 U.S. Marines into Monrovia, Liberia, to help secure the U.S. Embassy in Nouakchott, Mauritania, and to aid in any necessary evacuation from either Liberia or Mauritania.[RL30172]2003 – Georgia and Djibouti: "US combat equipped and support forces" had been deployed to Georgia and Djibouti to help in enhancing their "counterterrorist capabilities."[11]2004 – Haiti: 2004 Haitian coup d'état occurs, The US first sent 55 combat equipped military personnel to augment the U.S. Embassy security forces there and to protect American citizens and property in light. Later 200 additional US combat-equipped, military personnel were sent to prepare the way for a UN Multinational Interim Force, MINUSTAH.[RL30172]2004 – War on Terrorism: U.S. anti-terror related activities were underway in Georgia, Djibouti, Kenya, Ethiopia, Yemen, and Eritrea.[12]2004–present: Drone attacks in Pakistan2005–06 – Pakistan: President Bush deploys troops from US Army Air Cav Brigades to provide Humanitarian relief to far remote villages in the Kashmir mountain ranges of Pakistan stricken by a massive earthquake.2006 – Lebanon, U.S. Marine Detachment, the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit[citation needed], begins evacuation of U.S. citizens willing to leave the country in the face of a likely ground invasion by Israel and continued fighting between Hezbollah and the Israeli military.[13][14]2007 – Somalia: Battle of Ras Kamboni, On January 8, 2007, while the conflict between the Islamic Courts Union and the Transitional Federal Government continues, an AC-130 gunship conducts an aerial strike on a suspected al-Qaeda operative, along with other Islamist fighters, on Badmadow Island near Ras Kamboni in southern Somalia.[15]2008 – South Ossetia, Georgia: Helped Georgia humanitarian aid,[16] helped to transport Georgian forces from Iraq during the conflict. In the past, the US has provided training and weapons to Georgia.2010–11 – War in Iraq: Operation New Dawn, On February 17, 2010, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced that as of September 1, 2010, the name "Operation Iraqi Freedom" would be replaced by "Operation New Dawn". This coincides with the reduction of American troops to 50,000.2011 – Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn, Coalition forces enforcing U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973 with bombings of Libyan forces.2011 – Osama Bin Laden is killed by U.S. military forces in Pakistan as part of Operation Neptune Spear.2011 – Drone strikes on al-Shabab militants begin in Somalia.[17] This marks the 6th nation in which such strikes have been carried out,[18] including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Yemen[19] and Libya.2011 – Uganda: U.S. Combat troops sent in as advisers to Uganda.[20]2012 – Jordan: 150 U.S. troops deployed to Jordan to help it contain the Syrian Civil War within Syria's borders.2012 – Turkey: 400 troops and two batteries of Patriot missiles sent to Turkey to prevent any missile strikes from Syria.2012 – Chad: 50 U.S. troops have deployed to the African country of Chad to help evacuate U.S. citizens and embassy personnel from the neighboring Central African Republic's capital of Bangui in the face of rebel advances toward the city.2013 – Mali: U.S. forces assisted the French in Operation Serval with air refueling and transport aircraft.2013 – Somalia: U.S. Air Force planes supported the French in the Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt. However, they did not use any weapons.2013 – 2013 Korean crisis2013 – Navy SEALs conducted a raid in Somalia and killed a senior Al-Shabaab official, simultaneously another raid took place in Tripoli, Libya, where Special Operations Forces captured Abu Anas al Libi (also known as Anas al-Libi)[21]2014 – Uganda: V-22 Ospreys, MC-130s, KC-135s and additional U.S. soldiers are sent to Uganda to continue to help African forces search for Joseph Kony. [22]2014 - Iraq: American intervention in Iraq, hundreds of U.S. troops deployed to protect American assets in Iraq and to advise Iraqi and Kurdish fighters.[23] In August the U.S. Air Force conducted a humanitarian air drop and the U.S. Navy began a series of airstrikes against Islamic State-aligned forces throughout northern Iraq.[24][25]2014 - Syria: American aircraft bomb an Islamic State base in Uqayrishah, Syria known as "Osama bin Laden." In conjunction with this, two dozen American commandos are deployed to raid the village in order to rescue James Foley. The operation was unsuccessful, with one American soldier being wounded.[26]

We will not consider the entire history of the United States, but take only the 20th and 21st centuries. Here is a list of all the war crimes of the United States of America:1901 - the introduction of troops into Colombia.1902 - invasion of Panama.1903 - The US sent warships to the Panamanian Isthmus in order to isolate Colombian troops. On November 3, the political independence of the Panamanian Republic was proclaimed. In the same month, Panama, which was in fact completely dependent on the United States, was forced to sign an agreement with the United States, according to which the territory for the construction of the channel was "forever" provided for use by the United States. The USA was allowed to build and then operate a canal in a certain zone, to maintain armed forces there, etc. In 1904, the Panama Constitution was adopted granting the US the right to land troops in any part of the country, which was repeatedly used by the US government to suppress anti-imperialist actions. The presidential elections of 1908, 1912, and 1918 took place under the supervision of US troops.1903 - the entry of troops into Honduras, the Dominican Republic and Syria.1904 - the entry of troops into Korea, Morocco and the Dominican Republic.1904-1905 - American troops interfere in the Russo-Japanese War.1905 - US troops interfere in the revolution in Honduras.1905 - the entry of troops to Mexico (helped dictator Porfirio D? Az suppress the uprising).1905 - the entry of troops into Korea.1906 - invasion of the Philippines, suppression of the liberation movement.1906-1909 - US troops enter Cuba during the elections.1906 - The uprising of liberals protesting against lawlessness, created by the government of President E. Palma. Palma asks the US to send troops, but the US government sends mediators to Cuba. After the resignation of President E. Palma, the United States announced the creation of an interim government in the country that will remain in power until the state regains its order. 1906.10.02 - The victory of the liberals in the elections. President H. Gomez was elected President of Cuba.1907 - US troops enforce the protectorate of "dollar diplomacy" in Nicaragua.1907 - US troops interfere in the revolution in the Dominican Republic.1907 - American troops participate in the war of Honduras with Nicaragua.1908 - US troops enter Panama during the elections.1910 - Nicaragua. US forces invade the Bluefields and Corintho ports. The US sent armed forces to Nicaragua and organized an anti-government conspiracy (1909), as a result of which Celaya was forced to flee the country. In 1910, a junta was formed from pro-American generals: H. Estrada, E. Chamorro and employee of the American mining company A. Diaz. In the same year, Estrada became president, but the following year he was succeeded by A. Diaz, supported by American troops.1911 - Americans landed in Honduras to support the uprising led by former President Manuel Bonnily against the legally elected President Miguel Davil.1911 - suppression of the anti-American uprising in the Philippines.1911 - the introduction of troops in China. 1912 - US troops enter Havana (Cuba).1912 - US troops enter Panama during the elections.1912 - the invasion of American troops in Honduras.1912-1933 - the occupation of Nicaragua, a constant struggle against the partisans. Nicaragua has become a colony of the monopoly of the United Fruit Company of other US companies. In 1914, Washington signed an agreement under which the United States was granted the right to build an inter-Pacific channel in Nicaragua. In 1917 E. Chamorro became the president, who concluded several new agreements with the US, which led to even greater enslavement of the country.1914 - US troops enter the Dominican Republic, fighting with the rebels for Santa Domingo.1914-1918 - a series of incursions into Mexico. In 1910, there began a powerful peasant movement Francisco Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata against the protege of America and England, the dictator Porfirio Diaz. In 1911, Diaz fled the country, and he was replaced by the liberal Francisco Madero.But even he did not fit the Americans, and again in 1913 the pro-American General Victoriano Huerta overthrew Madero, killing him. Zapata and Villa pushed, and in late 1914 took the capital of Mexico City. The Junta of Werta collapsed, and the US moved on to direct intervention. Actually, in April 1914, an American landing landed in the Mexican port of Veracruz, which remained there until October. President of Mexico was meanwhile an experienced politician and a landowner, V. Carranza. He defeated William, but opposed the US imperialist policy and promised to carry out land reform. In March 1916, parts of the American army under the command of Pershing crossed the Mexican border, but the Yankees did not get an easy walk. Government forces and partisan armies P. Vilia and A. Zapata, temporarily forgetting the civil strife, merged and Pershing from the country were thrown out.1914-1934 - Haiti. After numerous uprisings, America introduces its troops, the occupation continues for 19 years.1916-1924 - 8-year occupation of the Dominican Republic.1917-1933 - the military occupation of Cuba, an economic protectorate.1917-1918 - participation in the 1st World War. At first, America "respected neutrality", i.e. sold arms to astronomical sums, rampantly grew richer, entered the war as much in 1917, i.е. in almost the very end; lost only 40,000 people (Russians, for example, 200,000), but after the war found themselves the main winner. In Europe, America did not come for Europe, but for America's sake. The overseas capital was preparing this war, and it won it. After the end of the war, through various machinations, more than other allies, they succeeded in enslaving Germany, as a result of which the country, weakened by war, fell into absolute chaos, where fascism also arose. Fascism, by the way, developed with the active assistance of America, which helped him until the end of World War II. States, other than the United States, found themselves in debt to international financial groups and monopolies after the war, where US capital was already playing the first, but by no means the only violin. In total, what the United States wanted was achieved both in Paris in 1919 and in Paris in 1929.1917 - American tycoons gladly financed the socialist revolution in Russia, hoping to provoke a civil war, chaos and complete liquidation of this country. After the 1917 revolution, US President Woodrow Wilson outlined the US political course on Russia in the following way: all White Guard governments in Russia should receive the assistance and recognition of the Entente; The Caucasus is part of the problem of the Turkish empire; Central Asia should become a protectorate of the Anglo-Saxons; in Siberia there should be a separate government, and in Great Russia - a new (that is, not Soviet). After the victory over the "red plague," Wilson planned to send detachments from youth Christian associations to Russia "for the moral education and guidance of the Russian people." In 1918, American troops entered Vladivostok, and they were finally able to drive them out of the Russian territory only by 1922. As early as December 23, 1917 Clemenceau, Pichon and Foch from France, the lords Milner and Cecile from England concluded a secret convention on the division of spheres of influence in Russia: England - the Caucasus, the Kuban, the Don; France - Bessarabia, Ukraine, Crimea. The US formally did not participate in the convention, although in fact they held all the threads in their hands, especially claiming Siberia and the Far East ...1918-1922 - intervention in Russia. In total, 14 states participated in it. There was active support for the territories that had separated from Russia - Kolchakia and the Far Eastern Republic.1918-1920 - Panama. After the elections, troops are introduced to quell the riots.1919 - Costa Rica. The uprising against the regime of President Tinoko. Under US pressure, Tinoko resigned as president, but the unrest in the country did not stop. The landing of US troops to "protect American interests." Election of President D. Garcia. Democratic rule was restored in the country.1919 - US troops are fighting on the side of Italy against the Serbs in Dolmatia.1919 - US troops enter Honduras during the elections. 1920 - Guatemala. 2-week intervention.1921 - American support for militants who fought for the overthrow of the President of Guatemala Carlos Herrera for the benefit of the United Fruit Company.1922 - intervention in Turkey.1922-1927 - American troops in China during the popular uprising.1924-1925 - Honduras. The troops invade the country during the elections.1925 - Panama. American troops disperse the general strike.1926 - Nicaragua. Invasion.1927-1934 - American troops are stationed throughout China.1932 - invasion of El Salvador from the sea. There at that time there was an uprising.1936 - Spain. The introduction of troops during the Civil War.1937 - a single military clash with Japan.1937 - Nicaragua. With the help of American troops, Somoz comes to power, displacing the legitimate government of H. Sakasa. Somoza became a dictator, his family members ruled the country for the next 40 years.1939 - the introduction of troops into China.1941 - Yugoslavia. A coup d'état on the night of March 26 to March 27, 1941, organized by the Anglo-American special services, as a result of which the Tsvetkovic-Machek government was overthrown by the putschists. 1941-1945 - while the Soviet troops fought the fascist army, the Americans and the British were engaged in what they usually do - terror. They methodically destroyed the peaceful population of Germany, than showed that they were no better than the fascists. This was done from the air by carpet bombing of cities that had nothing to do with war and military production: Dresden, Hamburg. In Dresden, approximately 120,000 - 250,000 civilians were killed per night, most of them refugees.1945 - two atomic bombs, dropped on already defeated Japan, which resulted in the death of about 200,000 (according to other sources, 0.5 million) people, mostly women and children. It is widely believed that these bombs were dropped to save the lives of Americans. This is not true. Bombs were dropped to intimidate a new enemy, Stalin, when Japan was already trying to enter into negotiations for surrender. Leading warlords of the Second World War, including Dwight Eisenhower, Chester Nimitz and Curtis Limae, have all disapproved of the use of atomic bombs against a defeated enemy. In addition, the bombs were dropped in defiance of the prohibition of the Hague Convention of 1907 - "there is no justification for unlimited destruction or attacks on civilians and civilian objects per se". Nagasaki was at least a naval base ... After the occupation of Japan by American troops, 10 million people died of starvation.1946-1949 - The United States bombed China and exerted all kinds of opposition to the Communists.1947 - Italy. In order to fight communism, pro-American forces are funded in elections, the CIA massively kills communists, and carries out anti-Soviet campaigns in the media. In the end, the results of the elections were forged by American money and, of course, the Communists lost.1947-1948 - France. With the aim of combating communism and recolonization of Vietnam, pro-American forces are funded in elections, and military support is provided. The death of thousands of civilians.1947-1949 - Greece. American troops participate in the civil war, supporting the fascists. Under the pretext of "defending democracy," the United States interferes with the first general parliamentary elections in Italy, and introduces warships of the Sixth Operational Fleet into Italian ports in order to prevent the Communist Party from coming to power peacefully. For several decades after the war, the CIA and the US corporations continued to interfere in the elections in Italy, and spent hundreds of millions of dollars in order to block the electoral struggle of the Communists.1948-1953 - military operations in the Philippines. Decisive participation in punitive actions against the Philippine people. The death of many thousands of Filipinos. The US military has launched a struggle against the leftist forces of the country at a time when they fought against the Japanese invaders. After the war, the US brought to power a number of puppets, including the president-dictator Marcos. In 1947, pro-American forces were financially supported to open American military bases in the Philippines.1948 - Peru. Military coup, conducted by America. Manuel Odria came to power. The undemocratic government was later armed and supported by America, the next elections were held only in 1980.1948 - Nicaragua: military support is provided to establish control over the government. About the dictator Anastasio Somoza, American President Roosevelt said: "Maybe he and the son of a bitch, but this is our son of a bitch." The dictator was killed in 1956, but his dynasty remained in power.1948 - Costa Rica. America supports a military coup led by Jos? Figueres Ferrer.1949-1953 - Albania. The United States and Britain have made several unsuccessful attempts to overthrow the "communist regime" and replace it with a pro-Western government from among monarchists and fascist collaborators.1950 - The uprising in Puerto Rico was crushed by American troops. At that time there was a struggle for independence.1950-1953 - armed intervention in Korea about a million American soldiers. The death of hundreds of thousands of Koreans. Only in 2000 it became known about the mass killings of tens of thousands of political prisoners by the army and the police of the Seoul regime, committed during the Korean War. This was done on the orders of America, which feared that prisoners of conscience arrested for their political beliefs would be liberated by the People's Army of the DPRK. Americans actively use chemical and biological weapons produced for them by Nazi criminals and tested on our prisoners.1950 - the beginning of American military assistance to France in Vietnam. Supply of weapons, military consultations, payment of half of the military expenses of France.1951 - American military assistance to Chinese rebels.1953-1964 - British Guyana. For 11 years, the United States and Britain have three times tried to prevent the democratically elected leader Jegan from coming to power, pursuing a neutral and independent policy that, in the opinion of the United States, could lead to the construction of an alternative society to capitalism. Using a wide range of means - from strikes to terrorism - the United States got him out of the political arena in 1964. As a result, Guyana is one of the prosperous countries in the region - by the early 1980s. became one of the poorest.1953 - Iran. The popular politician Mossadegh decided to nationalize the Iranian oil industry (1951), which was controlled by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. Thus, the economic interests of Great Britain were affected.Attempts by Britain to "influence" Mossadegh with the help of the head of state Shah failed. Mossadegh held a referendum, which scored 99.9% of the vote, received extraordinary powers, took over the command of the armed forces and, in the end, deposed the Shah and sent him into exile. Great Britain and the United States especially scared that Mossadegh relied not only on nationalists and clerics, but also on the Communist Party of Iran. In Washington and London, it was decided that Mossadegh was preparing "Sovietization" of Iran, so the CIA and British intelligence MI5 conducted an operation to overthrow Mossadegh. In Iran, popular unrest began, where monarchists, supported by the United States and Britain, collided, and supporters of Mossadegh, and then a coup d'état organized by the military took place. Shah returned to Tehran and at an official reception said, addressing the head of the Middle East department of the CIA: "I own this throne thanks to Allah, the people, the army and you!". Mossadegh was arrested, judged by the Iranian court, sentenced to long prison terms, and spent the rest of his life under house arrest. The Shah canceled the decision to nationalize the Iranian oil industry. Shah Pahlevi (Pahlevi) for a quarter of a century turned into a jailer of the Iranian people.1953 - Forcible deportation of the Inuit (Greenland), which resulted in the degradation of this people.1954 - Guatemala. President of Guatemala Jacobo Arbens Guzman. He led the country in 1951-1954 and tried to take the trade in agricultural products (the main export item) under state control. This he touched on the interests of the American firm United Fruit, which accounted for 90% of Guatemalan exports. Arbens was accused of being a secret member of the Communist Party and wants to build communism in Guatemala (it was a lie). United Fruit asked the US Administration for help. The CIA hired several hundred Guatemalan military, who invaded the territory of Guatemala from neighboring Honduras. Army command, bribed by the CIA, denied Arbenz obedience, and he fled to Mexico, where he died 20 years later. The commander-in-chief of the armed forces came to power in Guatemala. The US welcomed the change of power and urged the new Guatemalan authorities not to "revenge" Arbenz. Then America is stationing its bombers there.1999 - US President Bill Clinton acknowledged the involvement of US intelligence agencies in the facts of the violation of the law during the recent internal armed conflict in Guatemala. The head of the White House said this in the capital of Guatemala, where he was in the course of his tour of Central America. The support of the Guatemalan military by the US special services involved in "severe and prolonged repression was a mistake on the part of the US that should not be repeated," Clinton said. Such a statement Clinton made in response to repeated calls by Guatemalan human rights defenders to open access to the secret archives of American intelligence services, which would determine the role of Washington and the Guatemalan military in the "dirty war" that accompanied the internal armed conflict in Guatemala. In a report recently released by the Guatemalan "Truth Commission", it is noted that the United States has repeatedly intervened in the internal affairs of Guatemala during the conflict. Thus, the CIA "directly or indirectly supported some illegal operations" of the government against insurgent formations. Until the mid-1980s, "the US government exerted pressure on the Guatemalan authorities in order to maintain an unjust social and economic structure in this country." According to the "Commission of Truth", during the 36-year civil war in Guatemala, which ended in 1996 after the signing of a peace agreement between the authorities and the rebels, more than 200,000 people were killed and missing. In the course of the armed confrontation, numerous gross violations of the law were committed, most of which were committed by the army and special services.1956 - the beginning of American military assistance to the Tibetan insurgents in the fight against China.The militants were trained at foreign bases of the CIA, supplied with weapons and equipment.1957-1958 - Indonesia. Like Nasser, Sukarno was one of the leaders of the Third World, he maintained neutrality in the cold war, made several visits to the USSR and the PRC, nationalized Dutch property, refused to ban the Communist Party, which was rapidly expanding its influence among voters. All this, in the opinion of the United States, served as a "bad example" for other developing countries. To prevent "diffusion of wrong ideas in the third world", the CIA began to "throw in" large sums of money in the election, developed a plan to assassinate Sukarno, blackmailed him with a fabricated sex film and, with the help of opposition officers, launched a war against the Sukarno government, which was unsuccessful.1958 - Lebanon. The occupation of the country, the fight against the insurgents.1958 - confrontation with Panama.1958 - American military assistance to rebels on Quemoy Island in the fight against China.1958 - In Indonesia, an uprising has begun, prepared by the CIA since 1957. The Americans are providing anti-government insurgents with bombardment and military consultations. After the American plane was shot down, the CIA retreated, the insurrection failed.1959 - America introduces troops to Laos, the first clashes of American troops begin in Vietnam.1959 - Haiti. The suppression of the popular uprising against the pro-American government.1960 - after Jose Maria Velasco was elected president of Ecuador and refused to comply with US demands to break off relations with Cuba, the Americans conducted several military operations. All anti-government organizations are supported, comes to bloody provocations, which are then attributed to the government. After all, the Americans are organizing a coup, their agent CIA Carlos Aroseman comes to power.1960 - US troops enter Guatemala to prevent the removal from power of the puppet of the United States. The coup attempt fails.1960 - Support for a military coup in El Salvador.1960-1965 - Congo / Zaire. In June 1960, Lumumba became the first Prime Minister of the Congo after gaining independence. But Belgium retained control over mineral wealth in Katanga, and prominent officials of the Eisenhower administration - financial interests and connections in this province. At the Independence Day ceremony, Lumumba called on the people to economic and political liberation. In 11 days Katanga separated from the country. Soon Lumumba was dismissed from his post at the instigation of the United States, and in January 1961 he was the victim of a terrorist attack. After several years of civil conflicts, the CIA-related Mobutu, who ruled the country for more than 30 years and became a multi-billionaire, came to power. During this time, the level of corruption and poverty in this resource-rich country has reached such proportions that it even hit its owners in the CIA.1961-1964 - Brazil. After assuming the power of President Gulart, the country took the path of an independent foreign policy, restored relations with the socialist countries, opposed the blockade of Cuba, limited the export of TNC revenues, nationalized the subsidiary of ITT, and began economic and social reforms. Despite the fact that Gulart was a large landowner, the US accused him of domination of "communists in the government" and overthrown in a military coup. In the next 15 years, the military dictatorship rules here, the congress was covered, the political opposition dispersed, the arbitrariness prevailed in the judicial system, and the criticism of the president was prohibited by law. Trade unions were governed by the government, protests were suppressed by the police and the army. Disappearance of people, rampant death squads, cult of vices, wild torture became an integral part of the government's program of "moral rehabilitation". Brazil broke off relations with Cuba and became one of the most reliable allies of the United States in Latin America.1961 - Americans kill the president of the Dominican Republic, Rafael Trujillo, who himself was brought to power in the 30s. A brutal dictator was killed not because he had frankly plundered the country (60% of the country's revenues went directly to his pocket), but because his predatory policy caused too much damage to American companies. In 1961, the CIA had at its disposal budget funds ($ 560 million), which were used to finance the special group Mongoose, which organized bombing of hotels and other Cuban buildings that infested cattle and agricultural plantations, adding poisonous substances to sugar exported from Cuba, e. In early 1961, the US broke off diplomatic relations with Cuba and declared economic blockade to it. In April they organized an armed attack by Cuban counter-revolutionaries in the region of Playa Giron. 1962 - Dictator of Guatemala Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes suppresses with the help of the Americans a popular uprising, hundreds of people are missing, torture and murder are widely used, the country is plunged into terror. American-trained graduates of the infamous "School of the Americas" particularly distinguished themselves in the torture and massacres of civilians.1963 - El Salvador. Destroying a group of dissidents with anti-American views.1963-1966 - The Dominican Republic. In 1963, Bosch became a democratically elected president. He called on the country to carry out land reform, provide the people with cheap housing, moderate nationalization of business and limit excessive exploitation of the country by foreign investors.Bosch's plans were regarded as "creeping into socialism" and aroused the wrath of the United States, the US seal declared it "red." In September 1963, Mr .. Bosch was overthrown in a military coup with the consent of the United States. When the rebellion broke out in 19 months and the threat of Bosch's return to power arose, the US sent 23,000 soldiers to help suppress the "rebellion."1963 - Americans actively help the Baath Party in Iraq to destroy all Communists in the country. By the way, it was with the help of the CIA that Saddam Hussein came to power and then fought with hated America by Iran.1964 - the bloody suppression of the Panamanian national forces demanding the return of Panama rights in the zone of the Panama Canal.1964 - America supports a military coup in Brazil, the military junta overthrows legally elected President Joao Goulart. The regime of General Castelo Branco, who came to power, is considered one of the bloodiest in the history of mankind. The death squads trained by the CIA tortured and killed all those who were considered a political opponent of Branco, especially the Communists. 1964 - Congo (Zaire). America supports the coming to power of the dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, who later became famous for his cruelty and stole from the poor country billions of dollars.1964-1974 - Greece. Two days before the elections in August 1967, a military coup was carried out in the country to prevent Prime Minister Papandreou from coming back to power. The intrigues against him by the US military and the CIA in Greece began immediately after his election to this post in April 1964. After the coup, martial law and censorship were introduced, arrests, torture and killings began. The number of victims during the first month of the rule of the "black colonels" under the guise of saving the nation from the "seizure of power by the Communists" reached 8 thousand. In 1965, when Indonesia nationalized the oil, Washington and London again responded with a coup d'etat in which a dictatorship General Suharto (Suharto). Dictatorship on the mountain of bones - half a million people. In 1975, Suharto captured East Timor and killed one third of the population, turning the island into a giant cemetery. The New York Times called this tragedy "one of the most savage mass killings in modern political history." No one even remembers these atrocities.1965 - military assistance to the pro-American governments of Thailand and Peru.1965-1973 - military aggression against Vietnam. Since the beginning of the war, 250,000 children have been killed, 750,000 have been wounded and injured. 14 million tons of bombs and shells were dropped, which is equivalent to 700 atomic bombs of the Hiroshima type and three times the tonnage of bombs and shells of the Second World War. The war in Vietnam cost 58,000 US soldiers, mostly draftees, about 300,000 wounded. Tens of thousands committed suicide in the years to come, or were mentally and morally destroyed by their military experience. In 1995, 20 years after the defeat of US imperialism, the Vietnamese government stated that the colossal number of 4 million Vietnamese civilians and 1,100,000 soldiers were killed in the war. In Vietnam, bloody military operations were carried out as a "Phoenix operation", peaking in 1969, when almost 20,000 Vietnamese guerrillas and their supporters were exterminated by death squads organized by the United States. At the same time, "violent urbanization" was carried out, including the expulsion of peasants from the land by bombing and chemical defoliation of the jungle. During the infamous Mei Lai massacre in 1968, American soldiers killed 500 civilians. A platoon known as the "Tiger Squad" swept through the center of Vietnam, killing and killing an unknown number of civilians from May to November 1967. The platoon passed through more than 40 villages, including, among other things, an attack on 10 old peasants in the Song We Valley on July 28, 1967 and the bombing of women and children in grenades in three underground shelters near Chu Lai in August 1967. The prisoners were tortured and executed - their ears and scalps were saved for souvenirs.One of the "Tiger Squad" cut off the head to the baby to remove the necklace from his neck, and the teeth were beaten for the sake of the golden crowns. The former platoon commander, Sergeant William Doyle, recalls: "We killed anyone who walked. It does not matter that they were civilians. They should not have been there. " The peasants were destroyed when they refused to go to transit centers, which the US State Department criticized in 1967 for a lack of food and a roof over their heads. Surrounded by concrete walls and barbed wire, these camps were shaped prisons. Describing the extreme brutality shown against the peasants, the former sanitary officer of the platoon, Larry Cottingham, said: "This was when everyone wore a necklace of cut ears." Despite a four-year army investigation, which began in 1971, the longest consequence of this war, 30 charges of crimes against international law, including the Geneva Convention of 1949, have not even been charged.1966 - Guatemala. Americans lead to power their puppet Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro. The US troops entered the country, massacres of Indians were organized, which were considered potential rebels. Entire villages are being destroyed, napalm is actively used against peaceful peasants. Throughout the country, people disappear, torture is actively used, which the American specialists trained the local police.1966 - military assistance to the pro-American governments of Indonesia and the Philippines. Despite the brutality of the repressive regime of Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines (60,000 people were arrested for political reasons, the government officially employed 88 torture specialists), George Bush Sr. later praised Marcos for his "adherence to democratic principles."1967 - when the Americans saw that George Popandreous could win an election in Greece, they supported a military coup that for six years plunged the country into terror. Actively applied torture, the murder of political opponents George Papadopoulos (who was, by the way, an agent of the CIA, and before that fascist). In the first month of his reign, he executed 8,000 people. America admitted to supporting this fascist regime only in 1999.1968 - Bolivia. Hunting for the detachment of the famous revolutionary Chegevara. The Americans wanted to take him alive, but the Bolivian government was so afraid of international protest (Chegevara became a cult figure even during his lifetime) that he preferred to kill him as soon as possible.1970 - Uruguay. American experts on torture teach their skills to local fighters for democracy in order to combat the anti-American opposition.1971-1973 - the bombing of Laos. More bombs were dropped on this country than on fascist Germany. In the beginning of February.1971, the US-Saigon troops (30 thousand people), with the support of US aircraft, invaded from South Vietnam to the territory of South Laos. Elimination of the popular ruler of the country - Prince Sahounek, who was replaced by the American puppet Lol Noloy, who immediately sent his troops to Vietnam. 1971 - American military assistance in the coup in Bolivia. President Juan Torres was dropped, in his place came dictator Hugo Banzer, who first sent to the painful death of 2000 of his political opponents.1972 - Nicaragua. US troops are being introduced to support the government, which is beneficial to Washington.1973 - The CIA arranges a coup in Chile to get rid of the pro-Communist president. Allende was one of the most prominent Chilean socialists and tried to carry out economic reforms in the country. In particular, he began the process of nationalization of a number of key economic sectors, set high taxes on the activities of transnational corporations and introduced a moratorium on the payment of public debt. As a result, the interests of American firms (ITT, Anaconda, Kennecot and others) have seriously suffered. The last straw for the United States was the visit to Chile of Fidel Castro. As a result, the CIA was ordered to organize the overthrow of Allende. Ironically, probably the only time in history, the CIA financed the Communist Party (the Chilean Communists were among the main political competitors of the Allende Party). In 1973, the Chilean military under the leadership of General Pinochet committed a coup d'état. Allende shot himself with a machine gun given to him by Castro. The junta suspended the constitution, dissolved the national congress, banned the activities of political parties and mass organizations. It launched a bloody terror (30,000 Chilean patriots perished in the junta's chambers, 2,500 people "disappeared"). The junta liquidated the social and economic achievements of the people, returned land to the latifundists, enterprises - to their former owners, paid compensation to foreign monopolies, etc. Relations with the USSR and other socialist countries were severed. In Dec. 1974 A. Pinochet proclaimed by the President of Chile.The anti-national and anti-people policies of the junta led to a sharp deterioration in the situation in the country, impoverishment of the working people, and the cost of living increased significantly. In the field of foreign policy, the military-fascist government followed the United States.1973 - The War of Doomsday. Syria and Egypt are against Israel. America is helping Israel with weapons.1973 - Uruguay. American military assistance in the coup, which led to total terror throughout the country.1974 - Zaire. The government receives military support, the US goal is to seize the country's natural resources. America is not embarrassed that Mobutu Sese Seko, the leader of the country, appropriates all the money (1.4 million), as it does not confuse her and the fact that he actively uses torture, throws opponents into prisons without trial, robs the starving population, etc. .1974 - Portugal. Financial support for the pro-American forces in the elections to prevent the decolonization of the country, which had been ruled by a loyal US fascist regime before the age of 48 years. Large-scale NATO exercises are conducted off the coast of Portugal in order to intimidate opponents.1974 - Cyprus. The Americans support a military coup that was supposed to bring CIA agent Nicos Sampson to power. The coup failed, but the Turks, who invaded Cyprus and who are still staying there, took advantage of the temporary chaos.1975 - Morocco occupies Western Sahara with military support from the United States, despite the condemnation of the international community. Remuneration - America was allowed to place military bases on the territory of the country.1975 - Australia. The Americans help to dump democratically elected prime minister Edward Whitlam.1975 - a two-day attack on Cambodia, when an American merchant vessel was arrested by the government there. The story is anecdotal: the Americans decided to organize an "advertising war" to restore the image of an invincible superpower, although the ship's crew was safely released after the inspection. At the same time, the valiant Amer. the troops nearly ditched the "rescue" ship, lost several dozen soldiers and several helicopters. Nothing is known about the losses of Cambodia.1975-2002. The pro-Soviet government of Angola faced increasing resistance from the Unita movement, which was supported by South Africa and US special services. The USSR rendered military, political and economic assistance in organizing the intervention of Cuban troops in Angola, supplied the Angolan army with a considerable number of modern weapons, and sent several hundred military advisers to the country. In 1989, Cuban troops were withdrawn from Angola, but a full-scale civil war continued until 1991. The military conflict in Angola ended only in 2002, after the death of Jonas Savimbi, the permanent leader of the Unita.1975-2003 - East Timor. In December 1975, a day after the departure of US President Ford from Indonesia, which became the most valuable instrument of the United States in Southeast Asia, Suharto's military with the blessing of the US invaded the island and used American weapons in this aggression. By 1989, Indonesian troops, with the goal of forcibly annexing Timor, killed 200,000 people. from its 600-thousand population. The United States supports Indonesia's claims to Timor, supports this aggression and diminishes the scale of bloodshed on the island.1978 - Guatemala. Military and economic assistance to the pro-American dictator Lucas Garcia, who introduced one of the most repressive regimes of this country. More than 20,000 civilians were killed with US financial assistance.1979-1981. A series of military coups in the Seychelles - a small state off the East coast of Africa. French, South African and American special services took part in preparing coups and invasions of mercenaries.1979 - Central Africa. Over 100 children were killed when they staged a protest against the obligation to buy school uniforms exclusively in the shops owned by the president. The international community condemned this murder and put pressure on the country. In a difficult moment, Central Africa came to the aid of the United States, who benefited from this pro-American government.America was not at all embarrassed by the fact that the "Emperor" Jean-Bedel Bokassa personally took part in the massacre, after which he ate some of the murdered children.1979 - Yemen. America provides military assistance to the insurgents in order to please Saudi Arabia.1979-1989 - Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. After numerous attacks by the Mujahideen on the territory of the USSR, provoked and paid for by America, the Soviet Union decides to enter its troops in Afghanistan to support the pro-Soviet government there. Struggling with the official Kabul government, the Mujahideen, including the volunteer from Saudi Arabia, Osama bin Laden, supported the United States. The Americans supplied Bin Laden with weapons, information (including the results of satellite reconnaissance), propaganda materials for distribution on the territory of Afghanistan and the USSR. We can say that they waged war by the hands of Afghan insurgents. In 1989, Soviet troops left Afghanistan, in which the civil war continued between the opposing factions of the Mujahideen and tribal associations.1980-1992 - El Salvador. Under the pretext of exacerbating internal struggles in a country growing into a civil war, the US first expanded its military presence in El Salvador by sending advisers, and then joined in special operations using the Pentagon's and Langley's espionage capabilities on an ongoing basis. The proof of this is that about 20 Americans were killed or injured as a result of helicopter and aircraft crashes during reconnaissance or other missions over the battlefield.There is also evidence of US participation in ground combat operations. The war officially ended in 1992. It cost El Salvador 75,000 civilian deaths, the US Treasury - $ 6 billion, withdrawn from the pockets of taxpayers. Since then, there have been no social changes in the country. A handful of rich still owns and rules the country, the poor have become even poorer, the opposition is being suppressed by the "death squads". So, women were hanged in the trees for their own hair and cut off their breasts, they cut out the insides in the genital area and put them on their face. The men were cut off by the genitals and thrust them into their mouths, children were torn with barbed wire in front of their parents. All this was done in the name of democracy with the help of American specialists, every year several thousand people died like this. Active participation in the killings of graduates of the American School of the Americas, which is known for its training in torture and terrorist activities. The 1980s. in Honduras there are military death squads, prepared and paid for by the United States. The number of victims killed in this country was estimated at tens of thousands. Many officers of those death squads have been trained in the United States. Honduras was turned into a military base for the United States to fight against El Salvador and Nicaragua.1980 - military assistance to Iraq in order to destabilize the new anti-American regime of Iran. The war lasts 10 years, the number of dead is estimated at one million. America protests when the UN tries to condemn Iraq's aggression. In addition, the United States is removing Iraq from the list of "nations that support terrorism." At the same time, America is secretly sending weapons to Iran through Israel in the hope of organizing a pro-American coup.1980 - Cambodia. Under pressure from the United States, the World Food Program is providing Thailand with $ 12 million worth of products, these products are taken to the Khmer Rouge, the previous government of Cambodia, which is responsible for the destruction of 2.5 million people in 4 years of rule. In addition, America, the Federal Republic of Germany and Sweden supply the supporters of Pol Pot with arms through Singapore, the Khmer Rouge bands have been terrorizing Cambodia for another 10 years since the fall of their regime. 1980 - Italy. As part of Operation Gladio America arranges an explosion at the Bologna railway station, 86 people die. The goal is to discredit the Communists in the upcoming elections.1980 - South Korea. With the support of the Americans, thousands of demonstrators in the city of Kwangju were killed. The protest was directed against the use of torture, mass arrests, falsified elections and personally against the American puppet Chun Doo Hwan. Years later, Ronald Reagan told him that he "did a lot to maintain the five-thousand-year tradition of commitment to freedom."1981 - Zambia. America very much did not like the government of this country, tk. it did not support the much-beloved US apartheid in South Africa. Therefore, the Americans are trying to organize a coup d'état, which Zambian dissidents were supposed to carry out with the support of the South African detachments. The coup attempt failed.1981 - The US shoots down 2 Libyan aircraft. This terrorist attack was aimed at destabilizing the anti-American government of M. Kadaffi. At the same time, exemplary maneuvers were conducted near the coast of Libya. Kadaffi supported the Palestinians in the struggle for independence and overthrew the previous pro-American government.1981-1990 - Nicaragua. The CIA directs the invasion of the country of the insurgents and the installation of mines. After the fall of the dictatorship of Samos and the coming to power of Sandinista in 1978, it became clear that in Latin America "another Cuba" might appear. President Carter resorted to the sabotage of the revolution in diplomatic and economic form. Reagan who replaced him bets on strength. At that time, Nicaragua was poor among the poorest countries on the planet: in the country there were only five elevators and one single escalator, and that one did not work.But Reagan said that Nicaragua is a terrible danger, and while he was making his speech, they showed on television a map of the United States that was red with paint, as if portraying the danger coming from Nicaragua. For 8 years, the people of Nicaragua were attacked by the contras created by the United States from the remnants of the Samos Guard and other supporters of the dictator. They launched a total war against all progressive social and economic programs of the government. Reagan's "fighters for freedom" burned schools and clinics, engaged in violence and torture, bombing and shooting peaceful people, which led to the defeat of the revolution. In 1990, elections were held in Nicaragua, during which America spent $ 9 million to support the pro-American party (National Opposition Union) and blackmailing the people that if this party gets power, the raids of the contras financed from the US will cease , and instead of them a massive assistance will be rendered to the country. Indeed, the Sandinista lost. In 10 years of "freedom and democracy", no assistance has been received in Nicaragua, but the economy was destroyed, the country became impoverished, widespread illiteracy spread, and social services that were the best in Central America before the arrival of pro-American forces were destroyed.1982 - The government of the South African Republic, Suriname, begins to implement socialist reforms and invites Cuban advisers. US special services support democratic and workers' organizations. In 1984, the pro-socialist government resigned as a result of well-organized popular unrest.1982-1983 - the terrorist act of 800 American Marines against Lebanon. Again numerous victims.1982 - Guatemala. America helps to come to power to General Efrain Rios Montt. Over 17 months of rule, he destroyed 400 Indian villages.1983 - military intervention in Grenada about 2 thousand marines. Hundreds of lives are lost. A revolution took place in Grenada, as a result of which left-wing forces came to power. The new government of this small island country tried to conduct economic reforms with the help of Cuba and the USSR. This frightened the US, extremely apprehensive of the "export" of the Cuban revolution. Despite the fact that the leader of Grenadian Marxists, Maurice Bishop, was killed by party comrades, the US decided to invade Grenada. A formal verdict on the use of military force was issued by the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, and the reason for the beginning of the military operation was the seizure of American students hostage. President of the United States Ronald Reagan said that "the Cuban-Soviet occupation of Grenada was being prepared," and that weapons stores are being built on Grenada that international terrorists can use. After the capture of the island by the US Marine Corps (1983), it turned out that the students were not held hostage, and the warehouses were filled with old Soviet weapons. Before the invasion began, the US announced that there were 1.2 thousand Cuban commandos on the island. After it turned out that the Cubans were no more than 200, one third of them were civilians. The members of the revolutionary government were arrested by the US military and handed over to US proteges. The court, appointed by the new Grenada authorities, sentenced them to various terms of imprisonment. The UN Assembly condemned such actions by a majority of votes. President Reagan (Reagan) respectfully commented on this news: "It did not even break my breakfast."1983 - Destabilizing activities in Angola: support for armed anti-government forces, terrorist attacks and sabotage at factories1984 - Americans shoot down 2 Iranian aircraft.1984 - America continues to finance anti-government militants in Nicaragua. When Congress officially banned the transfer of money to terrorists, the CIA simply classified the funding. In addition to money, the Contras also received more effective help: the Nicaraguans caught the Americans, who were mining the three gulfs;leading a typical terrorist activity. The case was discussed at the International Court of Justice, America was awarded $ 18 billion, but she did not pay attention to it.1985 - Chad. The government, headed by President Hissen Habré, was supported by the Americans and the French. This repressive regime actively used the most terrible torture, burning people alive and other techniques of intimidation of the population: electric shocks, inserting the exhaust pipe of the car into the person's mouth, keeping in one cell with decaying corpses and starvation. The destruction of hundreds of peasants in the south of the country is documented. Training and financing of the regime - at the expense of the Americans.1985 - Honduras. The United States sends torture experts and military advisers to the Nicaraguan contras, famous for their cruelty and sophisticated tortures. America's cooperation with influential drug traffickers. As compensation, the Honduran government receives 231 million dollars.1986 - an attack on Libya. The bombing of Tripoli and Benghazi. Numerous victims. The reason was a terrorist attack, organized by agents of the Libyan special services in a disco in West Berlin, popular among US servicemen. In May 1986, during the exercises of the US Navy, two military ships of Libya were sunk, another one was damaged. On the question of journalists, whether the war began, the White House press secretary Larry Speks replied that a "peaceful sea maneuver in international waters" was conducted. Further comments were not forthcoming.1986-1987 - "Tanker War" between Iraq and Iran - attacks by aircraft and naval forces of warring parties on oil fields and tankers. The United States established an international force to protect communications in the Persian Gulf. This was the beginning of the permanent presence of the US Navy in the Persian Gulf zone. Unprovoked US attack on an Iranian ship in international waters, the destruction of the Iranian oil platform.1986 - Colombia. America's support for the pro-American regime - the "fight against drugs" of Colombia - is being given a mass of military equipment after the Colombian government showed its loyalty to the United States: in "social cleansing," ie, when the leaders of trade unions and members of any more or less significant movements and organizations, peasants and disliked politicians were destroyed, it "cleared" the country of anti-American and anti-government elements. Actively used brutal torture, for example, from 1986 to 1988. The Center for the Organization of Workers lost 230 people, almost all were found tortured to death. In just six months of "cleansing" (1988), more than 3,000 people were killed, after which America stated that "Colombia has a democratic form of government and does not violate to a significant extent internationally recognized human rights." From 1988 to 1992, for political reasons, about 9,500 people were killed (including 1,000 members of the sole independent political party "Patriotic Union"), not including 313 killed peasants; 830 political activists are listed as missing. By 1994, the number of people killed for political reasons had already grown to 20,000. The following incidents were no longer linked to the mythical "fight against drugs". In 2001, a tribe of Indians, the Uwa tried a peaceful protest against the production of oil on its territory by the American firm Occidental Petroleum. The firm, of course, did not ask for their permission, but simply let the government troops to civilians. The result in the Valle del Cauca region was attacked on two villages of Uwa, 18 people were killed, 9 of them were children. A similar incident occurred in 1998 in Santa Domingo. When trying to block the road, three children were shot and dozens injured. 25% of Colombian soldiers are engaged in the protection of foreign oil companies.1986-2000 - popular unrest in Haiti. For 30 years, the United States supported the Duvalier family dictatorship, until the reformist priest Aristide spoke out against her. Meanwhile, the CIA worked secretly with "death squads" and drug traffickers. The White House pretended to support Aristide's return to power after his overthrow in 1991. After more than two years of delay, the US military restored his rule. But only after receiving firm guarantees that he will not help the poor at the expense of the rich and will follow the "free market economy". 1987-1988 - The US helps Iraq in the war against Iran not only with weapons, but also with bombing. In addition, America and Britain are supplying Iraq with weapons of mass destruction, including deadly gas, which poisoned 6000 civilians in the Kurdish village of Halabja. It was this incident that Bush cited in prewar rhetoric as an excuse for the 2003 US aggression.Of course, he "forgot" to mention that chemical weapons were provided by America, which wanted to change Iran's anti-American regime at any cost. Here you can see the photos of the victims of this gas attack.1988 - Turkey. Military support for the country during the mass repression against the discontented pro-American government. Extensive use of torture, including torture of children, thousands of victims. For such zeal, Turkey is on the third place in terms of the amount of US financial assistance received. 80% of Turkish weapons are purchased in the US, the US military bases are on the territory of the country. Such profitable cooperation allows the Turkish government to commit any crimes without fear that the "world community" will take countermeasures. For example, in 1995 a campaign against the Kurdish minority began: 3,500 villages were destroyed, 3 million people were driven out of the house, tens of thousands were killed. Neither the "world community", nor the more so the US was not worried about this fact.1988 - The CIA arranges an explosion of the Pan American company over Scotland, hundreds of Americans were killed. This incident was attributed to Arab terrorists. It turned out that such fuses are manufactured in America and are sold exclusively to the CIA, not to Libya. However, for so many years, America has pressed economic sanctions on Libya (while conducting unobtrusive bombing of cities from time to time), that she decided to "admit" her guilt in 2003.1988 - the invasion of American troops in Honduras to protect the terrorist movement "contras", which for many years attacked from there to Nicaragua. The troops have not left Honduras to this day.1988 - US warship Vincennes, located in the Persian Gulf, shot down an Iranian airplane with 290 passengers on board, among which 57 children. The plane had just flown into the air and was not even in the international space, but over Iranian territorial waters. When the Vincennes ship returned to the base in California, a huge jubilant crowd met him with banners and balloons, the brass band of the Navy played on the quay march, and from the ship itself, bravura music flashed from the speakers turned on at full power. The warships on the roadside saluted the heroes with artillery salvos. S. Kara-Murza writes about the content of articles in American newspapers devoted to a shot down Iranian aircraft: "You read these articles, and the head is circling around. The plane was shot down for good reasons, and the passengers "did not die in vain", because Iran may think a little ... "Instead of apologies, Bush Sr. said:" I will never apologize for the United States. I do not care about the facts. " The captain of the cruiser Vincennes was awarded a medal for bravery. Later, the US government fully admitted its guilt in the occurred inhuman action. However, to date, the US has not fulfilled its obligations to compensate for moral and material damage to the relatives of the unprecedented act that died as a result of this. In addition, this year the US bombs Iran's oil plants.1989 - armed intervention in Panama, seizure of President Noriega (still kept in the US prison). Thousands of Panamans were killed, in official documents, their number was reduced to 560. The UN Security Council almost unanimously opposed the occupation. The United States vetoed the Security Council resolution and began planning its subsequent "operations for liberation." The disappearance of the Soviet counterweight, contrary to all expectations that such a situation will save the US from the need to display belligerence, led to the fact that "for the first time in many years the United States could resort to force without worrying about the Russian reaction," as one of the Panamanian representatives of the US State Department. It turned out that the proposed after the end of the Cold War administration of the Bush budget allocation for the needs of the Pentagon - already without the pretext "the Russians are going" - was even greater than before.1989 - Americans shoot down 2 Libyan planes.1989 - Romania.The CIA is involved in the overthrow and murder of Ceausescu. At first, America treated him very favorably, because he looked like a schismatic in the socialist camp: he did not support the entry of Soviet troops into Afghanistan and the boycott of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, insisted on the simultaneous disbandment of NATO and the Warsaw Pact. But by the end of the 80's it became clear that he would not follow the traitors of socialism like Gorbachev. Moreover, it was hampered by increasingly loud exposures in opportunism and treachery of communism, which sounded from Bucharest. And in Langley decided: Ceausescu must be removed (of course, then it was impossible to do without the consent of Moscow ...). The operation was entrusted to the head of the Eastern European department of the CIA Milton Borden. Now he admits that the US government sanctioned the action to overthrow the socialist regime and eliminate Ceausescu. First, world public opinion was processed. Through agents in the western media, negative materials about the dictator and interviews with Romanian dissidents who fled abroad were launched. The keynote of these publications was this: Ceausescu is tormenting the people, stealing state money, does not develop the economy. Information in the West was a great success. In parallel, the "PR" of the most likely successor to Ceausescu began, for the role of which Ion Iliescu was chosen. This nomination eventually arranged for Washington and Moscow. And through the "already cleared" of socialism from Hungary, the Romanian opposition quietly supplied weapons. And, finally, simultaneously on several world TV channels there was a story about the murders of civil secret agents of the secret Romanian security service "Securitate" in the city of Timisoara, the "capital" of the Romanian Hungarians.1989 - The Philippines. The government has been given air support to fight the coup attempt.1989 - American troops suppress riots on the Virgin Islands.1990 - military assistance to the pro-American government of Guatemala "in the fight against communism". In practice, this is expressed in massacres, by 1998, 200,000 people were the victims of fighting, only 1% of civilians killed are "the merit" of anti-government insurgents. Over 440 villages have been destroyed, tens of thousands of people fled to Mexico, over a million refugees are inside the country. Poverty is rapidly spreading in the country (1990 - 75% of the population), tens of thousands die of hunger, "farms" are opened to raise children, which are then dismantled for organs for rich American and Israeli clients. On American coffee plantations, people live and work in a concentration camp.1990 - Support for a military coup in Haiti. The popular and lawfully elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was dropped, but the people began actively demanding him back. Then the Americans launched a disinformation company that he is mentally ill. Delivered by America, General Prosper Enwil was forced to flee to Florida in 1990, where he now lives in luxury for stolen money.1990 - the sea blockade of Iraq begins.1990 - Bulgaria. America spends $ 1.5 million to finance the opponents of the Bulgarian Socialist Party during the elections. Nevertheless, the BSP wins. America continues to finance the opposition, which leads to the early resignation of the socialist government and the establishment of a capitalist regime. The result: the colonization of the country, the impoverishment of the people, the partial destruction of the economy.1991 - a large-scale military action against Iraq, 450 thousand servicemen and many thousands of modern equipment are involved. At least 150 thousand civilians were killed. Intentional bombing of peaceful targets in order to intimidate the people of Iraq. For the first invasion of Iraq, America used the following excuses: US government approval True Iraq attacked an independent state Kuwait Kuwait was for centuries a part of Iraq, and only British imperialists tore it off by force in the 1920s. 20 th century, following the policy of "divide and conquer". No country in the region has recognized this branch. Hussein produces nuclear weapons and is going to use it against America. The plans for the production of nuclear weapons were in an embryonic state, under the pretext that it is possible to bomb most of the world's countries. His intention to attack America, of course, was pure invention. Iraq did not want to start peace negotiations and withdraw troops. When America attacked Iraq, peace negotiations were already under way, and the Iraqi army was leaving Kuwait. the atrocities of the Iraqi army in Kuwait. The most terrible atrocities such as the above-mentioned murder of babies were invented by the American propaganda, the use of weapons of mass destruction by the Iraqi army. America itself provided Hussein with these weapons. Iraq was going to attack Saudi Arabia. Evidence so far. There is no democracy in Iraq. The Americans themselves brought power to Hussein1991 - Kuwait. Kuwait was also delivered, which the Americans "liberated": the camp was bombed, troops were introduced.1992-1994 - the occupation of Somalia. Armed violence against civilians, killings of civilians. In 1991, the President of Somalia, Mohammad Siad Barr, was overthrown. Since then, the country is actually divided into clan territories. The central government does not control the entire territory of the country. US officials call Somalia "an ideal place for terrorists." Nevertheless, some clan leaders, for example, the late Mohammad Farah Aidid, cooperated with UN peacekeepers in 1992. But not for long. A year later he began to fight with them. The leaders of the Somali clans have their own small, but very mobile and well-armed armies.But the Americans did not fight with these armies, they limited themselves to the extermination of the civilian population (which is armed there as an evil, and therefore began to resist). The Yankees lost two combat helicopters, several armored "hummers", 18 people killed and 73 wounded (special forces, the Delta group and pilots of the turntables), destroyed several city blocks, killing at the same time, according to various sources, from one to ten thousand people (including women and children). In 1994, an American almost 30-thousand unit of the US Army after an unsuccessful two-year attempt to "clean up" the country had to be evacuated. Aidid was then not taken (killed in 1995), and there are no diplomatic relations between Somalia and the United States until now (2005). The Americans shot the film Black Hawk Down, where they presented themselves as heroic liberators of Somalis, fighting terrorists, and that's the end of it. Americans in Somalia. After the destruction of thousands of civilians by American thugs, the Somalis showed their "gratitude" for "helping" Uncle Sam - they dragged one dead occupant through the streets of the city. The effect was stunning: after showing these shots on US television in the United States, such a hubbub began (why are we helping them if they are such barbarians?) That the troops had to be evacuated urgently under public pressure. We draw the appropriate conclusions.1992 - Angola. In the hope of getting rich oil and diamonds, America finances its presidential candidate Jonas Savimbi. He loses. Before and after these elections, the US provides him with military assistance to fight against the legitimate government. As a result of the conflict, 650,000 people died. The official reason for supporting the insurgents is the fight against the communist government. In 2002, America still got the desired benefits for its companies, and Savimbi became a burden. The US demanded that he cease hostilities, but he refused. As one American diplomat stated in this regard: "The problem with dolls is that they do not always twitch, if you pull a string." On the tip of American intelligence, the "doll" was found and destroyed by the government of Angola.1992 - in Iraq, the pro-American coup fails, which was to replace Hussein by US citizen Sa'd Salih Jabr.1993 - Americans help Yeltsin to shoot several hundred people during the storming of the Supreme Council. Unconfirmed rumors of American snipers who helped in the fight against the "Red-Fascist coup" persistently persist. In addition, the Americans took care of Yeltsin's victory in the next election, although only a few months before they were supported by only 6% of Russians.1993-1995 - Bosnia. Patrolling during the civil war zones prohibited for flights; shot down planes, bombardment of Serbs.1994-1996 - Iraq. Attempt to throw off Hussein by destabilization in the country. The bombings did not stop for a day, people died of hunger and disease because of sanctions, explosions were constantly held in public places, while the Americans used the terrorist organization Iraqi National Congress (INA). It came even to fighting clashes with the troops of Hussein, tk. the Americans promised the National Congress support from the air. True, military assistance did not come. The attacks were directed against civilians, the Americans hoped in this way to provoke popular anger towards the regime of Hussein, who admits all this. But the regime did not allow this for long, and by 1996 the majority of INA members were destroyed. In the new government of Iraq, INA was also not allowed.1994-1996 - Haiti. The blockade directed against the military government; troops restore President Aristide in office 3 years after the coup. 1994 - Rwanda. The story is dark, much remains to be seen, but now we can say the following. Under the leadership of a CIA agent, Jonas Savimbi, about ca. 800 thousand people. And at first, reported about three million, but over the years the number decreases in proportion to the growth of the number of mythical Stalinist is about ethnic cleansing - the destruction of the Hutu people. The UN contingent, armed to the teeth, who was in the country, did nothing. How much America is involved in all of this, what goals were pursued by it, is still unclear. It is known that the army of Rwanda, which mainly engaged in the excision of civilians, exists with US money and is trained by American instructors. It is known that the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, under which massacres occurred, received military education in the United States. As a result, Kagame perfectly established contacts not only with the US military, but also with American intelligence. However, Americans did not receive any visible benefit from the genocide. Maybe out of love for art?1994 -? The first, the second Chechen campaigns. Already in 1995, there were reports that individual militants-bandits Dudayev were trained in training camps of the CIA in Pakistan and Turkey. Undermining stability in the Middle East, the United States, as is known, declared the Caspian oil wealth a zone of its vital interests. They, through intermediaries in this zone, helped to nurture the idea of ​​separating the North Caucasus from Russia. People close to them, with large bags of money, tried to basayev's gangs for "jihad", a holy war in Dagestan and other areas where quite normal and peaceful Muslims live.In addition, in the United States, according to the information provided on the Internet site of the Federal Investigation Agency, 16 Chechen and pro-Chechen organizations are based. And here is a quote from a letter sent to the Danish authorities by Messrs. Zbigniew Brzezinski (one of the key figures of the Cold War, absolute Russophobe), Alexander M. Haig (former US Secretary of State) and Max M. Kampelman (former US Ambassador to the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ). They suggested that the Government of Denmark refrain from extraditing Zakayev to Russia. In the letter, in particular, it was noted: "... We know Mr. Zakaev, and we had to work with him ... The extradition of Mr. Zakaev will seriously undermine the decisive attempts to stop the war." And look how many Shaitans were trained in America: Khattab, bin Laden, "American" Chitigov and many others. They studied there far from drawing. Known scandal with the English organization "Helo Trust." Theoretically, Halo Trust, established in the UK in the late 1980s as a charitable non-profit organization, provides assistance in the demining of territories affected by armed conflict. Practically, according to the testimony of detained Chechen militants, which they gave to the FSB, since 1997, more than 100 specialists of the mine-blasting business have been trained by this "Helo". It is known that the Ministry of International Development of Great Britain, the US State Department, the European Union, the governments of Germany, Ireland, Canada, Japan, Finland, as well as private individuals, carry out the financing of Halo Trust. Moreover, the Russian counterintelligence authorities established that the employees of "Halo-Trust" were actively engaged in the gathering of intelligence information on the territory of Chechnya on socio-political, economic and military issues. As you know, the US GPS system is used by our military for lack of financing of their own similar projects. So, the signal during the war in Chechnya was intentionally aggravated, which made it impossible for the Russian military to destroy the militant leaders using this system. Known as the case when the already mentioned Brzezinski loudly declared in the media that the Russians are about to use chemical weapons against peaceful Chechens. At the same time, our military intercepted the negotiations of Chechen fighters who had obtained somewhere large quantities of chlorine and were preparing to use them against their own civilians, in order to attribute this crime to the Russians. The connection here is nowhere more clear. By the way, it was Brzezinski who came up with the idea of ​​drawing the Soviet Union into Afghanistan, it was he who sponsored bin Laden, who was famous for his claims that Orthodoxy is America's main enemy, and Russia is an extra country. So every time Chechens take our children hostage or undermine a train, one can not doubt who is behind all this.1995 - Mexico. The US government sponsors a campaign against Zapatista. Under the guise of "fighting against drugs" there is a struggle for territories that are attractive to American companies. To destroy local residents, helicopters with machine guns, rockets and bombs are used. CIA-trained gangs cut out the population and widely use torture. It all began this way. A few days before the new 1994, some Indian communities warned the Mexican authorities that in the early days of the NAFTA treaty they would raise an uprising. The authorities did not believe them. On New Year's Eve, hundreds of Indians in black masks and old carbines occupied the capital city of Chiapas, immediately seized the telegraph and presented themselves to the world as the Zapatista National Liberation Army (SANO). Their military leader, who spoke with the press, was a certain subcommandante, Marcos. The next day, the army of the country attacked the largest cities in the state and conducted military operations for 17 days. In the first days of the war, the Indians across the country took to the streets and demanded that the insurgent state be left alone. The largest public organizations of the world also spoke in support of the Indians.And the government of the country announced the cessation of hostilities and the desire to agree with the rebels. All the past time, the negotiations were being conducted, then again interrupted, and the rebellious Indians remained the masters of the capital of Chianas, several large cities and some other lands in neighboring states. Their main requirement is to give the Indians a legitimate broad regional autonomy. The Zapatista communities are not only in Chiapas, but also in the four neighboring states. But in general, Zapatists are a minority of Mexican Indians. The majority - under the authority of either the supporters of the former ruling party, or the new one, who has been in power for two years.1995 - Croatia. Bombing of the airfields of Serbian Krajina before the arrival of Croats.1996 - On July 17, 1996, Flight 800 of TWA exploded in the evening sky near the island of Long Island and collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean - all 230 people on board were killed. There is strong evidence that Boeing was shot down by an American missile. The motivation for this attack has not been established, among the main versions is the error during the exercises and the elimination of the objectionable person on board the aircraft.1996 - Rwanda. 6,000 civilians are destroyed by government troops that are trained and funded by America and South Africa. In the Western media this event was ignored.1996 - Congo. The US Department of Defense secretly participated in the wars in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). To the secret operations of Washington in the DRC were also involved American companies, one of which is connected with the former US President George Bush Sr.. Their role is determined by economic interests in mining operations in the DRC. The US special forces trained armed detachments of the opposing sides in the DRC. To maintain confidentiality, private military recruiters were used. Washington actively assisted Rwandans and Congolese rebels to drop dictator Mobutu. Then the Americans supported the rebels, who started the war against the late President of the DRC Laurent-Désiré Kabila, because "by 1998 the Kabila regime was annoying the interests of American mining companies." When Kabila received the support of other African countries, the United States changed tactics. American special agents began to train as opponents of Kabila - Rwandans, Ugandans and Burundians, and supporters - Zimbabweans and Namibians.1997 - Americans staged a series of bombings in Cuban hotels.1998 - Sudan. The Americans are destroying a pharmaceutical plant with a missile attack, claiming that it produces a nerve gas. Since this plant produced 90% of the country's medicines, and Americans imported it from abroad, naturally, the result of the missile strike was the death of tens of thousands of people. They simply had nothing to heal.1998 - 4 days of active bombing of Iraq after inspectors report that Iraq is not cooperative enough.1998 - Afghanistan. A blow to the former CIA training camps used by Islamic fundamentalist groups.1999 - ignoring the norms of international law, bypassing the UN and the Security Council, the United States forces launched a campaign of 78-day aerial bombardment of the sovereign state of Yugoslavia. The aggression against Yugoslavia, conducted under the pretext of "preventing a humanitarian disaster," caused the largest humanitarian catastrophe in Europe since the Second World War. For 32,000 combat sorties, a total of 21,000 tons of bombs were used, which is equivalent to the fourfold power of the atomic bomb dropped by the Americans on Hiroshima. More than 2,000 civilians were killed, 6,000 wounded and mutilated, over a million left homeless and 2 million without any sources of income. Bombing paralyzed the production capacity and infrastructure of Yugoslavia's daily life, leading to an increase in unemployment of up to 33% and discarding 20% ​​of the population below the poverty line, resulting in direct economic losses of $ 600 billion. Destructive and prolonged damage to the ecological environment of Yugoslavia, as well as of Europe as a whole, has been caused.From the testimony gathered by the International Tribunal for the Investigation of American War Crimes in Yugoslavia chaired by former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark, it clearly follows that the CIA has created, fully armed and financed the gangs of the Albanian terrorists (the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA) in Yugoslavia . With a view to financing the gangs, the CAO CIA has established a well-organized criminal structure for drug trafficking in Europe. Before the bombing of Serbia, the Yugoslav government gave NATO a map of objects that were not subject to bombing. this will cause an ecological catastrophe. Americans with the inherent cynicism of this nation began to bomb precisely those objects that were listed on the Serbian map. For example, Panchevo refinery complex they bombed 6 times. As a result, 1200 tons of monomers of vinyl chloride, 3000 tons of sodium hydroxide, 800 tons of hydrochloric acids, 2350 tons of liquid ammonia and 8 tons of mercury got into the environment along with the poisonous gas phosgene formed in huge quantities. All this has gone to the ground. The soil is poisoned. Groundwater, especially in Novi Sad, contains mercury. As a result of NATO's use of bombs with a uranium core, diseases of the so-called. "The syndrome of the Persian Gulf", born-freaks. Ecologists of the West, especially Greenpeace, completely ignore the brutal crimes of the US military in Serbia.2000 - a coup in Belgrade. The Americans finally overthrew the hated Milosevic.2001 - invasion of Afghanistan. A typical program of Americans: torture, illegal weapons, mass destruction of civilians, assurances of the country's soonest restoration, the use of depleted uranium and, finally, sucked from the finger "proof" of bin Laden's involvement in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, based on a questionable videotape with an illegible sound and quite unlike bin Laden man.2001 - Americans are chasing throughout Macedonia for Albanian terrorists from the Kosovo Liberation Army, who were trained and armed by the Americans themselves to fight the Serbs.2002 - Americans are deploying troops to the Philippines, because they are afraid of popular unrest there.2002-2004 - Venezuela. In 2002, there was a pro-American coup, the opposition illegally displaced popular President Hugo Chavez. The next day, a popular uprising began in support of the president, Chavez was rescued from prison and returned to office. Now there is a struggle between the government and the American-backed opposition. There is chaos and anarchy in the country. Venezuela, as expected, is rich in oil. In addition, it's no secret that Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, is the best friend of Cuban leader Fidel Castro. And Venezuela is one of the few countries that openly criticizes US foreign policy. For example, in April 2004, speaking at a rally on the occasion of the anniversary of an attempted military coup in the country, Chavez said that the power in Washington was captured by the imperialist government, which, in order to achieve its goals, is ready to kill women and children. Such "impudence" America will not forgive him, even if Bush loses in the next election.2003 - "antiterrorist operation" in the Philippines.2003 - Iraq.2003 - Liberia.2003 - Syria. As it usually happens, in a fit of passion, the United States begins to destroy not only the victim country (in this case Iraq) but also the surrounding countries. To know. On June 24, the Pentagon announced that it might have destroyed Saddam Hussein or his eldest son Uday. According to a senior representative of the US military department, an unmanned Predator aircraft struck a suspicious motor convoy. As it turned out, pursuing the leaders of the former Iraqi regime, the US military operated in Syria. The US military command recognized the fact of a clash with the Syrian border guards. Parachutists were thrown out onto the terrain. From the air, special forces assaulted planes and helicopters.2003 - A coup in Georgia. Directly the help of the Georgian opposition was provided by the US ambassador to Tbilisi, Richard Miles, that is, it was done with the sanction of the White House. By the way, the fame of the grave-digger of the regimes was long established behind Miles: he was the ambassador to Azerbaijan when Heydar Aliyev came to power, in Yugoslavia during the bombings on the eve of the overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic and in Bulgaria, when the successor to the throne was won by the Simeon Sachskorgurgotsky, who ultimately led the government. In addition to political support, the Americans provided opposition and financial assistance. For example, the Soros Foundation allocated $ 500,000 to the radical opposition organization Kmara (Pretty). He funded a popular opposition television channel, which played a key role in supporting the "velvet revolution" and is said to have financially supported the youth organization that led the street protests. In addition, according to Globe and Mail, it was with money from Soros organizations in Tbilisi that oppositionists were brought in special buses from different cities, and a huge screen was set up in front of the parliament in front of the parliament, in front of which Shevardnadze's opponents met. According to the newspaper, before the overthrow of Shevardnadze in Tbilisi, the method of organizing mass protests in Yugoslavia, which led to the resignation of Milosevic, was specially studied. According to Globe and Mail, the most likely candidate for the post of the next president of Georgia, Mikhail Saakashvili, who received a law degree in New York, personally maintains warm relations with Soros. Chechen militants accepted for service by the Georgian army receive from Soros a supplement to their salary.2004 - Haiti. Anti-government protests continued in Haiti for several weeks. The rebels occupied the main cities of Haiti. President Jean-Bertrand Aristide fled. The assault on the capital of the country, Port-au-Prince, was postponed by the rebels at the request of the United States. America introduces troops. 2004 - Attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea, where there are solid oil reserves.British intelligence MI6, the US CIA and the Spanish secret service attempted to bring into the country 70 mercenaries who were to overthrow the regime of President Theodor Obisango Nguema Mbasogo with the support of local traitors. The mercenaries were detained, and their leader Mark Thatcher (incidentally, the son of Margaret Thatcher herself!) Found refuge in the United States.2004 - pro-American revolution in Ukraine.2008 - 8 of August. The war in South Ossetia. The US-sponsored aggression of Georgia to the Republic of South Ossetia. On the side of the Georgian aggressors, American military specialists fought.2011 - the bombing of Libya.2013-2014 - a pro-American military coup in Ukraine, the removal from power of the legally elected president, Yanukovych. Dispersal of the state rush, persecution for political reasons of opponents of the regime. The use of nationalist and pro-fascist organizations in eliminating the objectionable.Here is just a short list of US intervention in the affairs of sovereign countries, support of reactionary regimes and waging wars of conquest.