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SRI LANKA ALMANAC US AMERICAN WAR CRIMES PORTAL
US USA American War Crimes Attrocities (Yuda Adikaranaya) a |
US USA American War Crimes Attrocities |
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US MILITARY INTERVENTION |
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| Year | Country | Details |
| 1890 | Argentina | Troops sent to Buenos Aires to protect business interests. |
| 1891 | Chile | Marines sent to Chile and clashed with nationalist rebels. |
| 1891 | Haiti | American troops suppress a revolt by Black workers on United States-claimed Navassa Island. |
| 1893 | Hawaii | Navy sent to Hawaii to overthrow the independent kingdom - Hawaii annexed by the United States. |
| 1894 | Nicaragua | Troops occupied Bluefields, a city on the Caribbean Sea, for a month. |
| 1894 - 1895 | China | Navy, Army, and Marines landed during the Sino-Japanese War. |
| 1894-96 | Korea | Troops kept in Seoul during the war. |
| 1895 | Panama | Army, Navy, and Marines landed in the port city of Corinto. |
| 1894-1900 | China | Troops occupied China during the Boxer Rebellion. |
| 1898-1910 | Philippines | Navy and Army troops landed after the Philippines fell during the Spanish-American War; 600,000 Filipinos were killed. |
| 1898-1902 | Cuba | Troops seized Cuba in the Spanish-American War; the United States still maintains troops at Guantanamo Bay today. |
| 1898 - present | Puerto Rico | Troops seized Puerto Rico in the Spanish-American War and still occupy Puerto Rico today. |
| 1898 | Nicaragua | Marines landed at the port of San Juan del Sur. |
| 1899 | Samoa | Troops landed as a result over the battle for succession to the throne. |
| 1901 - 1914 | Panama | Navy supported the revolution when Panama claimed independence from Colombia. American troops have occupied the Canal Zone since 1901 when construction for the canal began. |
| 1903 | Honduras | Marines landed to intervene during a revolution. |
| 1903 - 1904 | Dominican Republic | Troops landed to protect American interests during a revolution. |
| 1904 - 1905 | Korea | Marines landed during the Russo-Japanese War. |
| 1906 - 1909 | Cuba | Troops landed during an election. |
| 1907 | Nicaragua | Troops landed and a protectorate was set up. |
| 1907 | Honduras | Marines landed during Honduras' war with Nicaragua. |
| 1908 | Panama | Marines sent in during Panama's election. |
| 1910 | Nicaragua | Marines landed for a second time in Bluefields and Corinto. |
| 1911 | Honduras | Troops sent in to protect American interests during Honduras' civil war. |
| 1911 - 1941 | China | Navy and troops sent to China during continuous flare-ups. |
| 1912 | Cuba | Troops sent in to protect American interests in Havana. |
| 1912 | Panama | Marines landed during Panama's election. |
| 1912 | Honduras | Troops sent in to protect American interests. |
| 1912 - 1933 | Nicaragua | Troops occupied Nicaragua and fought guerrillas during its 20-year civil war. |
| 1913 | Mexico | Navy evacuated Americans during revolution. |
| 1914 | Dominican Republic | Navy fought with rebels over Santo Domingo. |
| 1914 - 1918 | Mexico | Navy and troops sent in to intervene against nationalists. |
| 1914 - 1934 | Haiti | Troops occupied Haiti after a revolution and occupied Haiti for 19 years. |
| 1916 - 1924 | Dominican Republic | Marines occupied the Dominican Republic for eight years. |
| 1917 - 1933 | Cuba | Troops landed and occupied Cuba for 16 years; Cuba became an economic protectorate. |
| 1917 - 1918 | World War I | Navy and Army sent to Europe to fight the Axis powers. |
| 1918 - 1922 | Russia | Navy and troops sent to eastern Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution; Army made five landings. |
| 1919 | Honduras | Marines sent during Honduras' national elections. |
| 1920 | Guatemala | Troops occupied Guatemala for two weeks during a union strike. |
| 1922 | Turkey | Troops fought nationalists in Smyrna. |
| 1922 - 1927 | China | Navy and Army troops deployed during a nationalist revolt. |
| 1924 - 1925 | Honduras | Troops landed twice during a national election. |
| 1925 | Panama | Troops sent in to put down a general strike. |
| 1927 - 1934 | China | Marines sent in and stationed for seven years throughout China. |
| 1932 | El Salvador | Naval warships deployed during the FMLN revolt under Marti. |
| 1941 - 1945 | World War II | Military fought the Axis powers: Japan, Germany, and Italy. |
| 1946 | Yugoslavia | Navy deployed off the coast of Yugoslavia in response to the downing of an American plane. |
| 1947 | Uruguay | Bombers deployed as a show of military force. |
| 1947 - 1949 | Greece | United States operations insured a victory for the far right in national "elections." |
| 1948 | Germany | Military deployed in response to the Berlin blockade; the Berlin airlift lasts 444 days. |
| 1948 - 1954 | Philippines | The CIA directed a civil war against the Filipino Huk revolt. |
| 1950 | Puerto Rico | Military helped crush an independence rebellion in Ponce. |
| 1951 - 1953 | Korean War | Military sent in during the war. |
| 1953 | Iran | The CIA orchestrated the overthrow of democratically elected Mossadegh and restored the Shah to power. |
| 1954 | Vietnam | The United States offered weapons to the French in the battle against Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh. |
| 1954 | Guatemala | The CIA overthrew the democratically elected Arbenz and placed Colonel Armas in power. |
| 1956 | Egypt | Marines deployed to evacuate foreigners after Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal. |
| 1958 | Lebanon | Navy supported an Army occupation of Lebanon during its civil war. |
| 1958 | Panama | Troops landed after Panamanians demonstrations threatened the Canal Zone. |
| 1950 - 1975 | Vietnam War | Vietnam War. |
| 1961 | Cuba | The CIA-directed Bay of Pigs invasions failed to overthrow the Castro government. |
| 1962 | Cuba | The Navy quarantines Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis. |
| 1962 | Laos | Military occupied Laos during its civil war against the Pathet Lao guerrillas. |
| 1964 | Panama | Troops sent in and Panamanians shot while protesting the United States presence in the Canal Zone. |
| 1965 | Indonesia | The CIA orchestrated a military coup. |
| 1965 - 1966 | Dominican Republic | Troops deployed during a national election. |
| 1966 - 1967 | Guatemala | Green Berets sent in. |
| 1969 - 1975 | Cambodia | Military sent in after the Vietnam War expanded into Cambodia. |
| 1970 | Oman | Marines landed to direct a possible invasion into Iran. |
| 1971 - 1975 | Laos | Americans carpet-bomb the countryside during Laos' civil war. |
| 1973 | Chile | The CIA orchestrated a coup, killing President Allende who had been popularly elected. The CIA helped to establish a military regime under General Pinochet. |
| 1975 | Cambodia | Twenty-eight Americans killed in an effort to retrieve the crew of the Mayaquez, which had been seized. |
| 1976 - 1992 | Angola | The CIA backed South African rebels fighting against Marxist Angola. |
| 1980 | Iran | Americans aborted a rescue attempt to liberate 52 hostages seized in the Teheran embassy. |
| 1981 | Libya | American fighters shoot down two Libyan fighters. |
| 1981 - 1992 | El Salvador | The CIA, troops, and advisers aid in El Salvador's war against the FMLN. |
| 1981 - 1990 | Nicaragua | The CIA and NSC directed the Contra War against the Sandinistas. |
| 1982 - 1984 | Lebanon | Marines occupied Beirut during Lebanon's civil war; 241 were killed in the American barracks and Reagan "redeployed" the troops to the Mediterranean. |
| 1983 - 1989 | Honduras | Troops sent in to build bases near the Honduran border. |
| 1983 - 1984 | Grenada | American invasion overthrew the Maurice Bishop government. |
| 1984 | Iran | American fighters shot down two Iranian planes over the Persian Gulf. |
| 1986 | Libya | American fighters hit targets in and around the capital city of Tripoli. |
| 1986 | Bolivia | The Army assisted government troops on raids of cocaine areas. |
| 1987 - 1988 | Iran | The United States intervened on the side of Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War. |
| 1989 | Libya | Navy shot down two more Libyan jets. |
| 1989 | Virgin Islands | Troops landed during unrest among Virgin Island peoples. |
| 1989 | Philippines | Air Force provided air cover for government during coup. |
| 1989 - 1990 | Panama | 27,000 Americans landed in overthrow of President Noriega; over 2,000 Panama civilians were killed. |
| 1990 | Liberia | Troops entered Liberia to evacuate foreigners during civil war. |
| 1990 - 1991 | Saudi Arabia | American troops sent to Saudi Arabia, which was a staging area in the war against Iraq. |
| 1991 | Kuwait | Troops sent into Kuwait to turn back Saddam Hussein. |
| 1992 - 1994 | Somalia | Troops occupied Somalia during civil war. |
| 1993 - 1995 | Bosnia | Air Force jets bombed "no-fly zone" during civil war in Yugoslavia. |
| 1994 - 1996 | Haiti | American troops and Navy provided a blockade against Haiti's military government. The CIA restored Aristide to power. |
| 1996 - 1997 | Zaire | Marines sent into Rwanda Hutus' refugee camps in the area where the Congo revolution began. |
| 1997 | Albania | Troops deployed during evacuation of foreigners. |
| 1998 | Sudan | American missiles destroyed a pharmaceutical complex where alleged nerve gas components were manufactured. |
| 1998 | Afghanistan | Missiles launched towards alleged Afghan terrorist training camps. |
| 1998 - 2001 | Iraq | Missiles launched into Baghdad and other large Iraq cities for four days. American jets enforced "no-fly zone" and continued to hit Iraqi targets since December 1998. |
| 1999 | Yugoslavia | Bombings and missile attacks carried out by the United States in conjunction with NATO in the 11 week war against Milosevic. |