At War with War
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1998 Oklahoma City’s Federal Building bombed, killing 250 people
1998 Serbs attack Kosovo Albanian civilians. U.S. brokers a cease-fire
1999 NATO troops sent to maintain peace in Kosovo
1999 Second Chechen War
2001 More than 3000 dead when Osama bin Laden’s terrorists crash airliners into World Trade Center
2002 U.S. attacks Al-Qaida forces in Afghanistan
2002 Hindu majority and Muslim minority attack each other in India. Hundreds killed
2003 Liberia’s Charles Taylor defeated during Second Liberian Civil War
2003 Soldiers from U.S., U.K., Australia and Poland invade Iraq looking for nonexistent weapons of mass destruction. 3000 U.S. soldiers dead. 55,000 civilians killed
2004 Spain is rocked by terrorist attacks. Over 200 dead
2004 Chechen terrorists take 1200 schoolchildren hostage
2004 Pakistan’s A.Q. Khan sells nuclear-weapons designs to North Korea, Iran and Libya
2005 London hit by terrorist bombings killing 52 and wounding 700
2006 Bombs explode on commuter trains in Mumbai. Over 200 people dead
2013 South Sudanese Civil War (ongoing)
2013 Russians kill Islamist rebels in Chechnya
2014 Israel launches ground offensive into Gaza in July and August. 2143 Palestinians and 64 Israeli soldiers killed.
2014 In Ukraine armed conflict between Russian and separatist forces and the Ukrainian government
2015 Heavy fighting between Somali forces, Al-Qaida militants and Al-Shabaab militants
2015 Central African Republic: Seleka and rebel groups clash in Markounda
2015 In Syria and Iraq U.S. trained rebels fight with ISIL, Islamic State and the Levant, a jihadist fundamentalist group. Ongoing
If we do not learn from history we shall be compelled to relive it. True. But if we do not change the future, we shall be compelled to endure it. And that would be worse.
Alvin Toffler