"U.S. Terrorism: The Historical Record

Four Lists of Invasions, State Terrorism, Attempted Regime Changes, and Support for Dictatorships

U.S. Terrorism and Genocide of the Central
American, South American and Caribbean Peoples:

Brazil 1961-1964,

British Guiana/Guyana 1953-1964,

Chile 1964-1973,

Colombia 1960s-Present,

Costa Rica Mid-1950s, 1970-71

Cuba 1959-Present.


Dominican Republic 1963-1966,

El Salvador 1980-Present,

Grenada 1979-1984,

Guatemala 1953-Present,

Haiti 1959,

Haiti 1987-1994

Nicaragua 1981-1990,

Panama 1989,Here's another list of American State terrorist activity:

Afghanistan 1979-1992

Afghanistan 2001-Present

Albania 1949-1953

America and Africa 1607-1890

Brazil 1961-1964

British Guiana/Guyana 1953-1964

Cambodia 1955-1973

Chile 1964-1973

China 1945-1951

Colombia 1960s-Present

Congo/Zaire 1961-Present

Costa Rica Mid-1950s, 1970-71

Cuba 1959-Present

Dominican Republic 1963-1966

Dresden, Germany February 1945

East Timor 1975-1999

Eastern Europe 1948-1956

El Salvador 1980-Present

France 1947

Germany, Italy, Europe 1950s

Greece 1947-1949

Greece 1964-1974

Grenada 1979-1984

Guatemala 1953-Present

Haiti 1959

Haiti 1987-1994

Hiroshima & Nagasaki August 1945

Indonesia 1957-1958

Indonesia 1965

Iran 1953

Iran 1988

Iraq 1963

Iraq 1991-2003

Iraq 2003,

Italy 1947-1948

Italy 1947-1970s

Japan, Germany, France 1942-1945

Korea 1945-1953

Laos 1957-1973

Libya 1981-1989

Marshall Islands 1946-1958

Middle East 1956-1958

Nicaragua 1981-1990

Palestine 1948-Present

Philippines 1899-1902

Philippines 1945-1953

Somalia 1993
Soviet Union 1940s-1960s

Thailand 1965-1973

Vietnam 1945-1974

Western Europe 1950s-1960s

Yugoslavia 1992-Present

Consider also a list of attempted regime changes by American imperialism:

1893 - Hawaii (Liliuokalani; monarchist): success (OF)

1912 - China (Piyu; monarchist): success (OF)

1918 - Panama (Arias; center-right):

1919 - Hungary (Kun; communist):

1920 - USSR (Lenin; communist): failure (OF)

1924 - Honduras (Carias; nationalist):

1934 - United States (Roosevelt; liberal): failure (CO)

1945 - Japan (Higashikuni; rightist): success (OF)

1946 - Thailand (Pridi; conservative):

1946 - Argentina (Peron; military/centrist): failure (SE)

1947 - France (*; communist):

1947 - Philippines (*; center-left):

1947 - Romania (Gheorghiu-Dej; stalinist): failure (CO)

1948 - Italy (*, communist):

1948 - Colombia (Gaitan; populist/leftist):

1948 - Peru (Bustamante; left/centrist):

1949 - Syria (Kuwatli; neutralist/Pan-Arabist):

1949 - China (Mao; communist): failure (CO)

1950 - Albania (Hoxha; communist): failure (CO)

1951 - Bolivia (Paz; center/neutralist):

1951 - DPRK (Kim; stalinist): failure (OF)

1951 - Poland (Cyrankiewicz; stalinist): failure (CO)

1951 - Thailand (Phibun; conservative):

1952 - Egypt (Farouk; monarchist):

1952 - Cuba (Prio; reform/populist):
1952 - Lebanon (*; left/populist): success: (SE)

1953 - British Guyana (*; left/populist):

1953 - Iran (Mossadegh; liberal nationalist):

1953 - Costa Rica (Figueres; reform liberal): failure (CO)

1953 - Philippines (*; center-left):

1954 - Guatemala (Arbenz; liberal nationalist): success (OF)

1955 - Costa Rica (Figueres; reform liberal): failure (CO)

1955 - India (Nehru; neutralist/socialist): failure (CO)

1955 - Argentina (Peron; military/centrist):

1955 - China (Zhou; communist): failure (CO)

1955 - Vietnam (Ho; communist):

1956 - Hungary (Hegedus; communist):

1957 - Egypt (Nasser; military/nationalist): failure (CO)

1957 - Haiti (Sylvain; left/populist):

1957 - Syria (Kuwatli; neutralist/Pan-Arabist): failure (CO)

1958 - Japan (*; left-center):

1958 - Chile (*; leftists):

1958 - Iraq (Feisal; monarchist):

1958 - Laos (Phouma; nationalist):

1958 - Sudan (Sovereignty Council; nationalist):

1958 - Lebanon (*; leftist):

1958 - Syria (Kuwatli; neutralist/Pan-Arabist): failure (CO)

1958 - Indonesia (Sukarno; militarist/neutralist): failure (SE)

1959 - Laos (Phouma; nationalist):

1959 - Nepal (*; left-centrist):

1959 - Cambodia (Sihanouk; moderate/neutralist): failure (CO)

1960 - Ecuador (Ponce; left/populist):

1960 - Laos (Phouma; nationalist):

1960 - Iraq (Qassem; rightist /militarist): failure (CO)

1960 - S. Korea (Syngman; rightist):

1960 - Turkey (Menderes; liberal):

1961 - Haiti (Duvalier; rightist/militarist):

1961 - Cuba (Castro; communist): failure (CO)

1961 - Congo (Lumumba; leftist/pan-Africanist):

1961 - Dominican Republic (Trujillo; rightwing/military):

1962 - Brazil (Goulart; liberal/neutralist): failure (SE)

1962 - Dominican Republic (*; left/populist):

1962 - Indonesia (Sukarno; militarist/neutralist): failure (CO)

1963 - Dominican Republic (Bosch; social democrat):

1963 - Honduras (Montes; left/populist):

1963 - Iraq (Qassem; militarist/rightist):

1963 - S. Vietnam (Diem; rightist):

1963 - Cambodia (Sihanouk; moderate/neutralist): failure (CO)

1963 - Guatemala (Ygidoras; rightist/reform):

1963 - Ecuador (Velasco; reform militarist):

1963 - United States (Kennedy; liberal):

1964 - Guyana (Jagan; populist/reformist):

1964 - Bolivia (Paz; centrist/neutralist):

1964 - Brazil (Goulart; liberal/neutralist):

1964 - Chile (Allende; social democrat/marxist):

1965 - Indonesia (Sukarno; militarist/neutralist):

1966 - Ghana (Nkrumah; leftist/pan-Africanist):

1966 - Bolivia (*; leftist):

1966 - France (de Gaulle; centrist): failure (CO)

1967 - Greece (Papandreou; social democrat):

1968 - Iraq (Arif; rightist):

1969 - Panama (Torrijos; military/reform populist): failure (CO)

1969 - Libya (Idris; monarchist):

1970 - Bolivia (Ovando; reform nationalist):

1970 - Cambodia (Sihanouk; moderate/neutralist):

1970 - Chile (Allende; social democrat/Marxist): failure (SE)

1971 - Bolivia (Torres; nationalist/neutralist):

1971 - Costa Rica (Figueres; reform liberal): failure (CO)

1971 - Liberia (Tubman; rightist):

1971 - Turkey (Demirel; center-right):

1971 - Uruguay (Frente Amplio; leftist):

1972 - El Salvador (*; leftist):
1972 - Australia (Whitlam; liberal/labor): failure (SE)

1973 - Chile (Allende; social democrat/Marxist):

1974 - United States (Nixon; centrist):

1975 - Australia (Whitlam; liberal/labor):

1975 - Congo (Mobutu; military/rightist): failure (CO)

1975 - Bangladesh (Mujib; nationalist):

1976 - Jamaica (Manley; social democrat): failure (SE)

1976 - Portugal (JNS; military/leftist):

1976 - Nigeria (Mohammed; military/nationalist):

1976 - Thailand (*; rightist):

1976 - Uruguay (Bordaberry; center-right):

1977 - Pakistan (Bhutto: center/nationalist):

1978 - Dominican Republic (Balaguer; center):

1979 - S. Korea (Park; rightist):

1979 - Nicaragua (Sandinistas; leftist): failure (CO)

1980 - Bolivia (Siles; centrist/reform):

1980 - Iran (Khomeini; Islamic nationalist): failure (CO)

1980 - Italy (*; leftist):

1980 - Liberia (Tolbert; rightist):

1980 - Jamaica (Manley; social democrat):

1980 - Dominica (Seraphin; leftist):

1980 - Turkey (Demirel; center-right):

1981 - Seychelles (René; socialist): failure (CO)

1981 - Spain (Suarez; rightist/neutralist): failure (CO)

1981 - Panama (Torrijos; military/reform populist);

1981 - Zambia (Kaunda; reform nationalist): failure (CO)

1982 - Mauritius (*; center-left): failure (SE)

1982 - Spain (Suarez; rightist/neutralist):

1982 - Iran (Khomeini; Islamic nationalist): failure (CO)

1982 - Chad (Oueddei; Islamic nationalist):

1983 - Mozambique (Machel; socialist): failure (CO)

1983 - Grenada (Bishop; socialist): success (OF)

1984 - Panama (*; reform/centrist):

1984 - Nicaragua (Sandinistas; leftist): failure (SE)

1984 - Surinam (Bouterse; left/reformist/neutralist):

1984 - India (Gandhi; nationalist):

1986 - Libya (Qaddafi; Islamic nationalist): failure (OF)

1987 - Fiji (Bavrada; liberal):

1989 - Panama (Noriega; military/reform populist): success (OF)

1990 - Haiti (Aristide; liberal reform): failure (SE)

1990 - Nicaragua (Ortega; Christian socialist):

1991 - Albania (Alia; communist):

1991 - Haiti (Aristide; liberal reform):

1991 - Iraq (Hussein; military/rightist): failure (OF)

1991 - Bulgaria (BSP; communist):

1992 - Afghanistan (Najibullah; communist):

1993 - Somalia (Aidid; right/militarist): failure (OF)

1993 - Cambodia (Han Sen/CPP; leftist): failure (SE)

1993 - Burundi (Ndadaye; conservative):

1993 - Azerbaijan (Elchibey; reformist):

1994 - El Salvador (*; leftist):

1994 - Rwanda (Habyarimana; conservative):

1994 - Ukraine (Kravchuk; center-left):

1995 - Iraq (Hussein; military/rightist): failure (CO)

1996 - Bosnia (Karadzic; centrist):

1996 - Russia (Zyuganov; communist):

1996 - Congo (Mobutu; military/rightist):

1996 - Mongolia (*; center-left):

1998 - Congo (Kabila; rightist/military):

1998 - United States (Clinton; conservative): failure (CO)

1998 - Indonesia (Suharto; military/rightist):

1999 - Yugoslavia (Milosevic; left/nationalist):

2000 - United States (Gore; conservative):

2000 - Ecuador (NSC; leftist): success: (CO)

2001 - Afghanistan (Omar; rightist/Islamist): success (OF)

2001 - Belarus (Lukashenko; leftist): failure (SE)

2001 - Nicaragua (Ortega; Christian socialist):

2001 - Nepal (Birendra; nationalist/monarchist):

2002 - Venezuela (Chavez; reform-populist): failure (CO)

2002 - Bolivia (Morales; leftist/MAS):

2002 - Brazil (Lula; center-left): failure (SE)

Here is a list of benign or bloody dictators supported by the US Government
over the years:

Abacha, Sani (Nigeria: 1993-2000)

Afwerki, Isaias (Eritrea: 1993-2002)

Amin, Idi (Uganda: 1971-1979)

Arévalo, Marco (Guatemala: 1985-1991)

Bakr, Ahmad (Iraq: 1968-1979)

Banzer Suarez, Hugo (Bolivia: 1971-1978)

Bao Dai (Vietnam: 1949-1955)

Barak, Ehud (Israel: 1999-2001)

Barre, Siad (Somalia: 1979-1991)

Batista, Fulgencio (Cuba: 1940-44/1952-1959)

Begin, Menachem (Israel: 1977-1983)

Ben-Gurion, David (Israel: 1948-1953, 1955-1963)

Betancourt Bello, Rumulo (Venezuela: 1959-1964)

Bokassa, Jean-Bedel (Central African Republic: 1966-1976)

Bolkiah, Sir Hassanal (Brunei: 1984-2002)

Botha, P.W. (South Africa: 1978-1989)

Branco, Humberto (Brazil: 1964-1966)

Carmona, Pedro (Venezuela: 2002)

Cedras, Raoul (Haiti: 1991)

Chamoun, Camille (Lebanon: 1952-1958)

Chiang Kai-shek (China: 1928-1949/Taiwan: 1949-1975)

Christiani, Alfredo (El Salvador: 1989-1994)

Chun Doo Hwan (S. Korea: 1980-1988)

Cordova, Roberto (Honduras: 1981-1985)

Diaz, Porfirio (Mexico: 1876-1911)

Diem, Ngo Dinh (S. Vietnam: 1955-1963)

Doe, Samuel (Liberia: 1980-90)

Duvalier, Francois (Haiti: 1957-1971)

Duvalier, Jean Claude (Haiti: 1971-1986)

Eshkol, Levi (Israel: 1963-1969)

Fahd bin'Abdul-'Aziz (Saudi Arabia: 1969-2002)

Feisal, King (Iraq: 1939-1958)

Franco, Francisco (Spain: 1937-1975)

Fujimori, Alberto (Peru: 1990-2002)

Habre, Hissen (Chad: 1982-1990);

Hassan II (Morocco: 1961-1999)

Hitler, Adolf (Germany: 1933-1939)

Hussein, King (Jordan: 1952-1999)

Hussein, Saddam (Iraq: 1979-1990)

Kabila, Laurent (CDR: 1997-1998)

Karzai, Hamid (Afghanistan: 2001-2002)

Khan, Ayub (Pakistan: 1958-1969)

Koirala, B. (Nepal: 1959-1960)

Lon Nol (Cambodia: 1970-1975)

Marcos, Ferdinand (Philippines: 1965-1986)

Martinez, Maximiliano (El Salvador: 1931-1944)

Meir, Golda (Israel: 1969-1974)

Meles Zenawi (Ethiopia: 1995-2002)

Mobutu Sese Seko (Zaire: 1965-1997)

Moi, Daniel (Kenya: 1978-2002)

Montt, Efrain (Guatemala: 1982-1983)

Mubarak, Hosni (Egypt: 1981-2002)

Museveni, Yoweri (Uganda: 1986-2002)

Musharaf, Pervez (Pakistan: 1999-2002)

Mussolini, Benito (Italy: 1922-1939)

Netanyahu, Benjamin (Israel: 1996-1999)

Noriega, Manuel (Panama: 1983-1989)

Odria, Manuel (Peru: 1948-1956)

Omar, Mohamed (Afghanistan: 1996-2001)

Ozal, Turgut (Turkey: 1989-1993)

Pahlevi , Rezi (Iran: 1953-1979)

Papadopoulos, George (Greece: 1967-1973)

Park Chung Hee (S. Korea: 1960-1979)

Pastrana, Andres (Colombia: 1998-2002)

Peres, Shimon (Israel: 1977, 1984-1986, 1995-1996)

Perez Jimenez, Marcos (Venezuela: 1952-58)

Pinilla, Gustavo (Colombia: 1953-1957)

Pinochet, Augusto (Chile: 1973-1990)

Pol Pot (Cambodia: 1975-1998)

al-Qaddafi, Muammar (Libya: 1969-1971)

Rabin, Yitzhak (Israel: 1974-1977, 1992-1995)

Rabuka, Sitiveni (Fiji: 1987, 1992-1999)

Al Sadat, Anwar (Egypt: 1970-1981)

Selassie, Halie (Ethiopia: 1941-1974)

Salazar, Antonio (Portugal: 1932-1968)

Saud, Abdul Aziz (Saudi Arabia: 1944-1969)

Seaga, Edward (Jamaica: 1980-1989)

Shamir, Yitzhak (Israel: 1983-1984; 1986-1992)

Sharett, Moshe (Israel: 1953-1955)

Sharon, Ariel (Israel: 2001-2002)

Smith, Ian (Rhodesia: 1965-1979)

Somoza Sr., Anastasio (Nicaragua: 1936-1956)

Somoza Jr., Anastasio (Nicaragua: 1963-1979)

Stroessner, Alfredo (Paraguay: 1954-1989)

Suharto, General (Indonesia: 1966-1999)

Syngman Rhee (S. Korea: 1948-1960)

Tolbert, William (Liberia: 1971-1980)

Trujillo, Rafael (Dominican Republic: 1930-1960)

Tubman, William (Liberia: 1944-1971)

Uribe, Alvaro (Colombia: 2002)

Videla, Jorge (Argentina: 1976-1981)

Yeltsin, Boris (Russia: 1991-1999)

Zaim, Hosni (Syria: 1949)

Zia Ul-Haq, Mohammed (Pakistan: 1977-1988)