Story Filed: Friday, September 21, 2001 5:20 PM EST

Sep 21, 2001 (Vanguard/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX)-- The United States has ordered 100 warplanes to the Gulf region in response to attacks on New York and Washington. Following is a chronology of some recent U.S. military interventions abroad:

March 24, 1999 - SERBIA - U.S aircraft and ships take the lead in NATO bombing campaign to force Belgrade to agree to an international peace plan in Kosovo. The campaign ended on June 10 after Serb troops began to withdraw from Kosovo and allow NATO peace-keeping forces (KFOR) into the province.

Aug 20, 1998 - SUDAN & AFGHANISTAN - The United States launches cruise missile strikes against bases in Afghanistan and a factory in Sudan, saying they were linked to the bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

Feb 94-Sept 95 - YUGOSLAVIA - The United States, as part of NATO, joins in air strikes against Serb forces.

1992-1994 - SOMALIA - At one stage the United States had 28,000 troops committed to a humanitarian aid mission in Somalia. The killing of 18 U.S. intervention troops in October 1993 led to a U.S. withdrawal early in 1994.

Sept 1994 - HAITI - A multinational force dominated by U.S. troops begins occupation of Haiti to restore democracy. U.S. commanders transferred authority to the United Nations in January 1995.

July 1992 - BOSNIA - In the Bosnian war, the United States, as part of NATO, agrees to use naval force in Adriatic to monitor U.N. sanctions imposed on Serbia and Montenegro, which make up the rump Yugoslav state. In April 1993 NATO began combat patrols with fighters over Bosnia to enforce compliance with U.N. ban on flights, in "Operation Deny Flight."

Aug 1990 - GULF - President Bush orders a military build-up in Saudi Arabia after Iraq sends tanks and troops to annex Kuwait. Bush commits the military to enforce U.N. resolutions demanding the unconditional withdrawal of Iraqi forces. By the end of January 1991, there were some 527,000 American troops in the Gulf. In January 1991, U.S.-led coalition bombed Iraq heavily. Iraqi targets still come under attack by Western planes policing two "no-fly" zones in the North and South of the country.

Dec 1989 - PANAMA - President George Bush orders U.S. paratrooper strike on Panama to support Panamanian-based U.S. forces in drive to oust and capture military strongman Manuel Noriega in "Operation Just Cause." Noriega was captured in January 1990 and sentenced to jail on drug-running charges in the United States.

April 1986 - LIBYA - U.S. Air and Naval forces attack Libyan coastal bases in retaliation for alleged Libyan-directed terrorist attacks on U.S. targets. Two Air Force crewmen are killed when Libyan batteries shoot down their F-111B bomber.

Oct 1983 - GRENADA - President Ronald Reagan sends U.S. troops to the Caribbean island of Grenada, ostensibly to protect American citizens after a leftist coup. About 300 military personnel from Jamaica, Barbados, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Antigua also took part. Eighteen U.S. servicemen died and 116 were wounded in the operation.

Oct 1983 - LEBANON - U.S. Marines sent to Lebanon by President Reagan as part of an international peacekeeping force are hit by suicide truck-bomb attack against their Beirut barracks. Some 241 Marines and sailors are killed in the attack, which leads to end of Marine participation in controversial peacekeeping effort.

April 1980 - IRAN - A U.S. commando mission to rescue 53 American embassy hostages in Iran is abandoned in the desert, with the loss of eight American lives, when a helicopter collides with a tanker aircraft.

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