1954: CIA Chief Approves Covert Intervention into Russian SSR, Codenamed "AESAURUS/AENOBLE"
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Target State: United Soviet Socialist Republic – Russian SSR Dates: Approximately 1949-56 (less aggressive operations continued) Tactics: Covert – Dissidents, psychological warfare Type of Operation: Offensive Regime Replaced: No Primary Source Documents: • National Security Council (October 5, 1949) “NSC-58 on Policy Toward Eastern Europe,” link. • Central Intelligence Agency (January 2, 1952) “Memorandum, Narrative Summary of AIS Relationship with NTS,” link. • Central Intelligence Agency (April 14, 1954) “Project AESAURUS/AENOBLE (Renewal),” link. • Central Intelligence Agency (May 20, 1952) “Summary and Evaluation of the Relationship of the NTS to CIA,” link.

Source: Lindsey O'Rourke, Covert Regime Change
1976: US Allies Morocco and Mauritania Invade and Annex the Western Sahara after Spain Flees; US Only Nation to Recognize Moroccan Claim
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The Annexation of Western Sahara was the occupation and incorporation of Western Sahara into Morocco in two stages in 1976 and 1979. On 14 April 1976 the area was annexed by Morocco and Mauritania via the Western Sahara partition agreement, following the two countries' occupation of the area which began on 30 October 1975, and on 14 August 1979 Morocco annexed the remaining territory following Mauritania's withdrawal and renunciation.[1][2][3] Annexation is illegal under international law. Under international law, Morocco's annexation of Western Sahara is null and void, such that the territory is not a legal part of Morocco and it remains under the international laws of military occupation.[4] The annexation was supported by the United States,[5] which in 2020 became the only country to formally recognise it as part of the Israel–Morocco normalization agreement.[citation needed]

1999: NATO Forces Bomb Fleeing Albanian Refugees
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NATO forces bomb fleeing Albanian refugees

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