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List of wars involving the United States
Konflikter
Kæmper 1
Kæmper 2
Resultat for USA og dets allierede
Krig i Afghanistan(2001-nuværende)En del af krigen mod terror
Beliggenhed: Afghanistan
 Ingeniører fra den amerikanske hær rydder et stykke vej i Gor Tepa-regionen i Kunduz-provinsen i det nordlige Afghanistan sammen med afghanske og tyske tropper som led i en fælles operation.
 Resolute Support Mission Afghanistan USA Canada Det Forenede Kongerige Australien Kroatien Tjekkiet Georgien Tyskland Italien Italien Rumænien Spanien Tyrkiet Tyrkiet
 Tidligere: ISAF
 Taliban
Islamisk Jihad Union
Haqqani-netværket
Allierede grupper
  HIG
  al-Qaeda
  IJU
IMU
Talibans splintergrupper
Fidai Mahaz
 IS-tilknyttede grupper:
Wilayat Khorasan (ISIL-K)
Invasionen i 2001: Islamisk Emirat af Afghanistan
Talibani-hæren
Salafistiske ekstremister
055 Brigade
Igangværende
Den amerikansk-ledede koalitions invasion og besættelse af Afghanistan
Ødelæggelse af al-Qaeda-uddannelseslejre
Taleban-styrets fald
Oprettelse af Den Islamiske Republik Afghanistan under Karzai-regeringen
Begyndelse af Talibans oprør
Osama bin Laden dræbt af amerikanske Navy SEALs i sin lejr ved et angreb i Pakistan
NATO iværksætter en støttemission
Ayman al-Zawahiri flygter
Tilbagetrækningen standses, og der etableres en langvarig tilstedeværelse i regionen
Irak-krigen(2003-2011)En del af krigen mod terror
Beliggenhed: Irak
 Amerikanske tropper i dækning under en ildkamp i slaget om Ramadi.
 USA Irak Det Forenede Kongerige Australien Sydkorea Italien Georgien Polen Spanien Nederlandene Ukraine Rumænien
 MNF-I
 Ba'ath-loyalister
 Islamisk Stat i Irak al-Qaeda i Irak Mahdi-hæren Specialgrupper IAI Ansar al-Sunnah
  Invasionen i 2003:
 Irak
Victory
Invasion og besættelse af Irak
Omstyrtelse af Baath-partiets regering og henrettelse af Saddam Hussein
Irakisk oprør, fremkomsten af al-Qaeda i Irak og sekterisk vold og endnu en borgerkrig
Senere nedbringelse af volden og udtynding af al-Qaeda i Irak
Indførelse af demokratiske valg og dannelse af en ny demokratisk regering
Aftale mellem USA og Irak om status for styrkerne
Tilbagetrækning af de amerikanske styrker fra Irak i 2011
Større iransk indflydelse i Irak[tvivlsom - diskutere]
Eskalation af sekteriske oprør efter USA's tilbagetrækning, hvilket førte til fremkomsten af Islamisk Stat i Irak og Levanten, efterfølgeren til al-Qaeda i Irak
Irakisk borgerkrig (2014-2017)
De amerikanske styrkers tilbagevenden til Irak i 2014 for at bekæmpe ISIL
Krig i det nordvestlige Pakistan(2004-nuværende)En del af krigen mod terror
Beliggenhed: Pakistan
 MQ-1 Predator-droner anvendes typisk til hemmelige bombeoperationer i de føderalt administrerede stammeområder i Pakistan
 USA
 Pakistan
 Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan al-Qaeda Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Turkistans islamiske parti Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi
 Daesh
Igangværende
Løbende oprør i de nordlige stammeområder i Pakistan samt i Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
De Forenede Staters igangværende droneangreb
Krig i Somalia (2007 til i dag)
Beliggenhed: Somalia og det nordøstlige Kenya
 MQ-9 Reaper, der almindeligvis anvendes i hemmelige droneangreb i Somalia.
 Somalia USA Det Forenede Kongerige Kenya Etiopien AMISOM
 Al-ShabaabHizbul Islam
 Daesh
Påstået støtte:
 Eritrea
Igangværende
Droneangreb i Somalia
Razziaer mod al-Shabaab-militante udført af amerikanske specialstyrker
Flere højtstående al-Shabaab-medlemmer dræbt
USA støttede den etiopiske invasion i 2006
Kenyansk indgriben
Nyligt dannet føderal regering blev oprettet i 2012
Magtkamp inden for al-Shabaab
Fortsat oprør
Udvidede amerikanske militære operationer
Operation Ocean Shield (2009-2016)
Sted: Det Indiske Ocean
 En høj, sort røgstænk stiger op fra et ødelagt piratskib, der blev ramt af USS Farragut i marts 2010.
 NATO USA Malaysia Norge Norge Storbritannien New Zealand Danmark Nederlandene Italien Italien Sydkorea Indien
Somaliske pirater
Victory
Antallet af piratangreb er faldet drastisk siden starten af sådanne operationer, men der sker stadig angreb nær kystfarvandene i Oman, Yemen, Kenya og Somalia.
US Office of Naval Intelligence har officielt rapporteret, at der i 2013 kun blev rapporteret om 9 tilfælde af pirateri, og at ingen af dem blev kapret med succes
Pirateriet falder med 90 %.
Amerikansk ledet intervention i Libyen(2011)En del af Libyen-krisen
Beliggenhed: Libyen
 Amerikanske fartøjer affyrer missiler til støtte for den libyske borgerkrig.
 NATO USA Forenede Stater Storbritannien Belgien Bulgarien Canada Danmark Frankrig Grækenland Italien Nederlandene Norge Rumænien Spanien Tyrkiet Spanien Sverige Jordan Qatar Qatar Forenede Arabiske Emirater
 Anti-Gaddafi-oprørere
 Libyen
Victory
Omstyrtelse af Gaddafis regering og Muammar Gaddafis død
Det Nationale Overgangsråd (NTC) overtager den midlertidige kontrol
Diplomatisk anerkendelse af NTC som Libyens eneste styrende myndighed af 105 lande, FN, EU, AL og AU
Vold efter borgerkrigen i Libyen, der førte til den igangværende borgerkrig i 2014
Oprør fra Herrens Modstandsbevægelseshær
(2011-2017)
Beliggenhed: Uganda
 USA
 Uganda
 DR Congo
 Den Centralafrikanske Republik
 Sydsudan
 Herrens modstandsbevægelse
Delvis sejr
LRA's medlemmer er faldet fra ca. 3 000 til ca. 100 medlemmer.
Overgivelse af højtstående ledere som Dominic Ongwen til de amerikanske tropper.
USA indstiller jagten på LRA-lederen Joseph Kony, da man mener, at han og LRA ikke længere udgør en væsentlig sikkerhedsrisiko for Uganda.
Amerikansk ledet intervention i Irak(2014-2017)En del af Operation Inherent Resolve, den irakiske borgerkrig, den syriske borgerkrigs afsmitning og den internationale ISIS-kampagne
Beliggenhed: Irak
 General Stephen J. Townsend observerer et HIMARS-angreb, der ødelagde en bygning nær Haditha, september 2016
 USA Irak Kurdistan Australien Belgien Canada Canada Danmark Frankrig Tyskland Jordan Jordan Marokko Nederlandene Storbritannien Tyrkiet
 Iran Hizbollah
 Islamisk Stat i Irak og Syrien
Victory
Over 10.000 amerikanske luftangreb udført i Irak siden 2014
Store skader påført ISIS-styrkerne, hvilket resulterede i tab af ca. 40 % af det område, som ISIS holdt, i 2016, og i december 2017 var de resterende bastioner ødelagt og efterlod små lommer af flygtninge.
Multinational humanitær støtte til civile og bevæbning af lokale landtropper og militser
Rådgivning og uddannelse af irakiske styrker
Massivt antal krigsforbrydelser begået af ISIS, herunder etnisk udrensning, mord, voldtægt og slavebinding. Desuden er der rapporter om handel med organer
Amerikansk ledet intervention i Syrien(2014-nuværende)En del af Operation Inherent Resolve, den syriske borgerkrig og den internationale ISIS-kampagne
Beliggenhed: Syrien
 USS Ross affyrer Tomahawk-missiler mod Shayrat-militærbasen under et gengældelsesangreb mod den syriske regering i 2017.
 USA
 Syriske demokratiske styrker
 Den Demokratiske Føderation i det nordlige Syrien
 IFB
 Folkets Beskyttelsesenheder
 Kvindernes beskyttelsesenheder
 Medlemmer af CJTF-OIR:
 Forenede Kongerige Frankrig Australien Canada Jordanien Danmark Nederlandene Belgien Belgien Libanon Marokko Saudi-Arabien UAE Qatar Bahrain
 Tyrkiet
 Tyrkisk-støttede oprørere
 Israel (begrænset deltagelse; kun mod Hizbollah og regeringsstyrker)
Tidligere:
 Den frie syriske hær (2011-2017)
 ISIS
 al-Qaeda-relaterede grupper:
 al-Nusra Front
 Khorasan-gruppen
 Tahrir al-Sham
 Jaysh al-Sunna
 Jund al-Aqsa
 Ahrar al-Sham
Delvis støtte:  Qatar UAE Saudi-Arabien
  Syrien (begrænsede møder med USA og Israel)
Støttet af:   Rusland Iran Hizbollah Kina
Igangværende
Over 11 200 amerikanske og allierede luftangreb har ramt ISIS og andre ekstremistiske grupper i Syrien
Tusindvis af ISIS-mål er ødelagt/militante dræbt
Kemisk angreb i Ghouta
Amerikansk støtte til regeringsfjendtlige oprørere
Indsættelse af amerikanske marinesoldater og specialstyrker
Syriske regeringsstyrker indtager og befrier Aleppo
Massive mængder af krigsrelaterede menneskerettighedskrænkelser og krigsforbrydelser
Kemisk angreb i Khan Shaykhun resulterer i et gengældelsesangreb fra flåden på den syriske regeringskontrollerede Shayrat-luftbase
Russisk-tyrkisk krise
Forskellige konfrontationer og luftangreb, herunder nedskydning af en syrisk SU-17 mellem USA og den syriske regering
Flere episoder mellem Israel og Syrien, herunder flere syriske S-200-missiler, der er affyret mod israelske kampfly under en mission fra det israelske luftvåben inde på syrisk territorium, og en israelsk F-16, der blev skudt ned af syriske luftforsvarsstyrker efter gengældelsesangreb mod iranske mål nær Damaskus, efter at en syrisk drone havde krydset israelsk luftrum
Tyrkisk invasion af Afrin
Yemenitisk borgerkrig (2015-nuværende)
Beliggenhed: Yemen
 Amerikansk flådefartøj, der patruljerer langs Yemens kystlinje for at håndhæve den amerikansk-saudiske blokade mod Iran.
 Hadi-regeringen
 Koalition under ledelse af Saudi-Arabien: Saudi-Arabien Forenede Arabiske Emirater Senegal Sudan Qatar (2015-2017)
Under 1 000 soldater:
 Bahrain Egypten Kuwait Jordan Jordan Marokko
   USA Frankrig Det Forenede Kongerige
 Det øverste politiske råd Houthis Ahrar al-Najran
 Støttet af:   Iran Hizbollah Nordkorea
 AQAP
 Ansar al-Sharia
 IS-tilknyttede grupper:
 Wilayah al-Yaman
Igangværende
Yemens hovedstad Sana'a falder under Houthi-kontrol
Saudi-ledet koalition begynder at bombe Houthi-oprørers stillinger
Aden bliver den nye hovedstad for Hadi-regeringen
Koleraudbrud i 2016
Den tidligere yemenitiske præsident Ali Abdullah Saleh dræbt i ildkamp af en snigskytte under den igangværende kamp i Sana'a
Program for målrettede drab mod radikale grupper i regionen er fortsat siden 2002; intensiveres efter borgerkrigens begyndelse
Amerikansk flådeblokade indført i et forsøg på at hjælpe Saudi-Arabien med at forhindre iranske våben i at flytte våben ind i Houthi-området
Razziaer mod al-Qaeda udført af amerikanske specialstyrker
Hungersnød forårsaget af krig rammer over 17 millioner mennesker og efterlader 50.000 børn i risiko for at dø i 2017
Amerikansk intervention i Libyen(2015-nuværende)En del af den anden libyske borgerkrig
Placering: Libyen
 USA Libyen
 Islamisk Stat i Libyen
Igangværende
Befrielse af Sirte
Hundredvis af luftangreb udført i Libyen mod militante grupper tilknyttet Islamisk Stat
List of wars involving the United States
Conflict

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Combatant 2

Result for the United States and its Allies


War in Afghanistan(2001–present)Part of the War on Terror
Location: Afghanistan

 US Army combat engineers clear a section of road in the Gor Tepa region of the northern Afghanistan province of Kunduz along with Afghan and German troops as part of a joint operation.

 Resolute Support Mission Afghanistan United States Canada United Kingdom Australia Croatia Czech Republic Georgia Germany Italy Romania Spain Turkey
 Formerly: ISAF

 Taliban
Islamic Jihad Union
Haqqani network

Allied groups
  HIG
  al-Qaeda
  IJU

IMU

Taliban splinter groups

Fidai Mahaz
 IS-Affiliates:
Wilayat Khorasan (ISIL-K)
2001 invasion: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

Talibani Army
Salafist extremists
055 Brigade

Ongoing
American-led coalition invasion and occupation of Afghanistan
Destruction of al-Qaeda training camps
Fall of the Taliban government
Establishment of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan under the Karzai administration
Start of Taliban insurgency
Osama bin Laden killed by US Navy SEALs inside his compound in a raid in Pakistan
NATO implements a support mission
Escape of Ayman al-Zawahiri
Withdrawal halted and prolonged presence in region set in place


Iraq War(2003–2011)Part of the War on Terror
Location: Iraq

 US troops in cover during firefight in the Battle of Ramadi.

 United States Iraq United Kingdom Australia South Korea Italy Georgia Poland Spain Netherlands Ukraine Romania
 MNF–I


 Ba'ath Loyalists

 Islamic State of Iraq al-Qaeda in Iraq Mahdi Army Special Groups IAI Ansar al-Sunnah

  Invasion 2003: 
 Iraq


Victory
Invasion and occupation of Iraq
Overthrow of Ba'ath Party government and execution of Saddam Hussein
Iraqi insurgency, emergence of al-Qaeda in Iraq, and Sectarian Violence and another civil war
Subsequent reduction in violence and depletion of al-Qaeda in Iraq
Establishment of democratic elections and formation of new democratic government
U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement
Withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq in 2011
Stronger Iranian influence in Iraq[dubious  – discuss]
Escalation of sectarian insurgency after U.S. withdrawal leading to the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the successor of al-Qaeda in Iraq
Iraqi Civil War (2014-2017)
Return of US forces to Iraq in 2014 to combat ISIL


War in North-West Pakistan(2004–present)Part of the War on Terror
Location: Pakistan

 MQ-1 Predator drones are typically used in covert bombing operations in the Federally administered tribal regions of Pakistan

 United States

 Pakistan


 Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan al-Qaeda Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Turkistan Islamic Party Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi

 Daesh


Ongoing
On going insurgency in the Northern tribal regions of Pakistan as well as in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Ongoing drone attacks by the United States


War in Somalia(2007–present)
Location: Somalia and Northeastern Kenya

 MQ-9 Reaper commonly used in covert drone strikes in Somalia.

 Somalia United States United Kingdom Kenya Ethiopia AMISOM

 Al-ShabaabHizbul Islam

 Daesh
Alleged support:
 Eritrea


Ongoing
Drone strikes in Somalia
Raids against al-Shabaab militants conducted by U.S. Special Forces
Multiple al-Shabaab senior members killed
U.S. backed Ethiopian invasion in 2006
Kenyan intervention
Newly formed federal government established in 2012
Power struggle within Al-Shabaab
Continued insurgency
Expanded American military operations


Operation Ocean Shield(2009–2016)
Location: Indian Ocean

 A tall plume of black smoke rises from a destroyed pirate vessel that was struck by USS Farragut in March 2010.

 NATO United States Malaysia Norway United Kingdom New Zealand Denmark Netherlands Italy South Korea India

Somali pirates

Victory
Number of pirate attacks have decreased dramatically since the start of such operations, however attacks still occur near the coast waters of Oman, Yemen, Kenya, and Somalia
The US Office of Naval Intelligence have officially reported that in 2013, only 9 incidents of piracy were reported and that none of them were successfully hijacked
Piracy drops 90% 


American-led intervention in Libya(2011)Part of the Libyan Crisis
Location: Libya

 US vessels launch missiles in support of the Libyan Civil War.

 NATO United States United Kingdom Belgium Bulgaria Canada Denmark France Greece Italy Netherlands Norway Romania Spain Turkey Sweden Jordan Qatar United Arab Emirates

 Anti-Gaddafi rebels


 Libya

Victory
Overthrow of Gaddafi government and Death of Muammar Gaddafi
Assumption of interim control by National Transitional Council (NTC)
Diplomatic recognition of NTC as sole governing authority for Libya by 105 countries, UN, EU, AL and AU
Post-civil war violence in Libya, leading to the ongoing civil war in 2014


Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
(2011-2017)
Location: Uganda



 United States
 Uganda
 DR Congo
 Central African Republic
 South Sudan


 Lord's Resistance Army

Partial Victory
LRA members shrink to about 100 members, down from about 3,000.
Surrender of senior leaders like Dominic Ongwen to U.S. troops.
The United States end the hunt for LRA leader Joseph Kony, believing that he and the LRA no longer posed a significant security risk to Uganda.


American-led intervention in Iraq(2014–2017)Part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the Iraqi Civil War, the Spillover of the Syrian Civil War, and the International ISIS campaign
Location: Iraq

 General Stephen J. Townsend observes a HIMARS strike that destroyed a building near Haditha, September 2016

 United States Iraq Kurdistan Australia Belgium Canada Denmark France Germany Jordan Morocco Netherlands United Kingdom Turkey

 Iran Hezbollah


 Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

Victory
Over 10,000 American airstrikes conducted in Iraq since 2014
Heavy damaged caused to ISIS forces resulting in losses of about 40% of its held territory by 2016, and by December 2017, its remaining strongholds were destroyed leaving small pockets of fleers.
Multinational humanitarian support to civilians and arming of local ground troops and militias
Advising and training of Iraqi forces
Massive numbers of war crimes committed by ISIS including ethnic cleansing, murder, rape, and enslavement. Additionally there are reports of organ trafficking


American-led intervention in Syria(2014–present)Part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the Syrian Civil War and the International ISIS campaign
Location: Syria

 USS Ross fires Tomahawk missiles towards Shayrat Military Base, during the 2017 retaliatory strike against the Syrian government.

 United States
 Syrian Democratic Forces
 Democratic Federation of Northern Syria

 IFB
 People's Protection Units
 Women's Protection Units

 CJTF-OIR Members:
 United Kingdom France Australia Canada Jordan Denmark Netherlands Belgium Lebanon Morocco Saudi Arabia UAE Qatar Bahrain


 Turkey

 Turkish-backed rebels

 Israel  (limited involvement; against Hezbollah and government forces only) 


Formerly:
 Free Syrian Army (2011-2017)


 ISIS

 al-Qaeda linked groups:

 al-Nusra Front
 Khorasan group
 Tahrir al-Sham
 Jaysh al-Sunna
 Jund al-Aqsa
 Ahrar al-Sham
Partial Support:  Qatar UAE Saudi Arabia

  Syria  (limited encounters with US and Israel) 
Supported by:   Russia Iran Hezbollah China


Ongoing
Over 11,200 American and allied airstrikes hit ISIS and other extremist groups within Syria
Thousands of ISIS targets destroyed/militants killed
Chemical attack in Ghouta
American support for anti-government rebels
Deployment of U.S. Marines and Special Forces
Syrian government forces capture and liberate Aleppo
Massive amounts of war human rights violations and war crimes
Chemical attack in Khan Shaykhun results in a retaliatory naval strike on the Syrian government-controlled Shayrat Airbase
Russian-Turkish crisis
Various confrontations and airstrikes, including a downing of a Syrian SU-17 between the United States and Syrian government
Multiple incidents between Israel and Syria, including several Syrian S-200 missiles launched toward Israeli fighter jets during an Israeli Air Force mission inside Syrian territory, and an Israeli F-16 shot down by Syrian Air Defense forces after retaliatory strikes against Iranian targets near Damascus after a Syrian drone crossed into Israeli airspace
Turkish invasion of Afrin


Yemeni Civil War(2015–present)
Location: Yemen

 U.S. Naval vessel patrolling along the coastline of Yemen enforcing the American-Saudi blockade against Iran.

 Hadi government
 Saudi-led Coalition: Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Senegal Sudan Qatar  (2015-2017) 

Under 1000 troops:
 Bahrain Egypt Kuwait Jordan Morocco

   United States France United Kingdom

 Supreme Political Council Houthis Ahrar al-Najran
 Supported by:   Iran Hezbollah North Korea

 AQAP

 Ansar al-Sharia

 IS-affiliated groups:

 Wilayah al-Yaman

Ongoing
Yemen's capital city of Sana'a falls under Houthi control
Saudi-led coalition begin to bomb Houthi rebel positions
Aden becomes the new capital for the Hadi government
Cholera outbreak in 2016
Former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh killed in fire fight by a sniper during the ongoing battle in Sana'a
Targeted killing program against radical groups in the region continue since 2002; intensify after beginning of civil war
U.S. Naval blockade put in place in attempt to assist Saudi Arabia in preventing Iranian weapons from moving weapons into Houthi territory
Raids against al-Qaeda conducted U.S. Special Forces
Famine caused by war is affecting over 17 million people leaving 50,000 children to be a risk of dying in 2017


American intervention in Libya(2015–present)Part of the Second Libyan Civil War
Location: Libya


 United States Libya

 Islamic State in Libya

Ongoing
Liberation of Sirte
Hundreds of airstrikes carried out in Libya against Islamic State affiliated militant groups
List of wars involving the United States