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121Opposition to the War in Afghanistan (2001–present) — Foreign troops forcibly breaking into an Afghan home to conduct a house search, with a woman and child in the background. Opposition to the decade long Afghanistan war stems from numerous factors these include the view that the U.S. invasion of… …
122Attack on Pearl Harbor — Part of the Pacific Theater of World War II …
123NSC-68 — National Security Council Report 68 (NSC 68) was a 58 page formerly classified report issued by the United States National Security Council on April 14, 1950, during the presidency of Harry S. Truman. Written during the formative stage of the… …
1241950 British Columbia B-36 crash — On February 13, 1950, a Convair B 36B, serial number 44 92075, assigned to the 7th Bomb Wing at Carswell Air Force Base, crashed in northern British Columbia, after jettisoning a Mark IV atomic bomb. This was the first time in history that a… …
125Ṣaddām Ḥussein — born April 28, 1937, Tikrīt, Iraq President of Iraq (1979–2003). He joined the Bath Party in 1957. Following participation in a failed attempt to assassinate Iraqi Pres. ʽAbd al Karīm Qāsim in 1959, Ṣaddām fled to Cairo, where he briefly attended …
126Warfare in the 21st Century — ▪ 2003 Introduction by Peter Saracino The war that began in Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2001, demonstrated both the capabilities and the limitations of modern military technology. It should have come as no surprise that the U.S. led 17 member… …
127Foreign policy of Japan — The primary responsibility for the Japanese foreign policy, as determined by the 1947 constitution, is exercised by the cabinet and subject to the overall supervision of the National Diet. The prime minister is required to make periodic reports… …
128Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich — ▪ premier of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Introduction born April 17 [April 5, Old Style], 1894, Kalinovka, Russia died September 11, 1971, Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1953–64)… …
