and NATO established the SFORpeacekeepers to replace the IFOR in enforcing the peace under the Daytonagreement.1997 Albania:Operation Silver Wake, On March 13, 1997, U.S. military forces were used toevacuate certain U.S. government employees and private U.S. citizens fromTirana, Albania.[RL30172]1997 Congo andGabon: On March 27, 1997, President Clinton reported on March 25, 1997, astandby evacuation force of U.S. military personnel had been deployed to Congoand Gabon to provide enhanced security and to be available for any necessaryevacuation operation.[RL30172]1997Sierra Leone: On May 29 and May 30, 1997, U.S. military personnel were deployedto Freetown, Sierra Leone, to prepare for and undertake the evacuation ofcertain U.S. government employees and private U.S. citizens.[RL30172]1997 Cambodia: OnJuly 11, 1997, In an effort to ensure the security of American citizens inCambodia during a period of domestic conflict there, a Task Force of about 550U.S. military personnel were deployed at Utapao Air Base in Thailand forpossible evacuations. [RL30172]1998 Iraq:Operation Desert Fox, U.S. and British forces conduct a major four-day bombingcampaign from December 1619, 1998 on Iraqi targets.[RL30172]1998 Guinea-Bissau: Operation Shepherd Venture, On June 10, 1998, in response to anarmy mutiny in Guinea-Bissau endangering the U.S. Embassy, President Clintondeployed a standby evacuation force of U.S. military personnel to Dakar,Senegal, to evacuate from the city of Bissau.[RL30172]199899 Kenya andTanzania: U.S. military personnel were deployed to Nairobi, Kenya, tocoordinate the medical and disaster assistance related to the bombing of theU.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.[RL30172]1998 Afghanistanand Sudan: Operation Infinite Reach, On August 20, President Clinton ordered acruise missile attack against two suspected terrorist training camps inAfghanistan and a suspected chemical factory in Sudan.[RL30172]1998 Liberia: OnSeptember 27, 1998, America deployed a stand-by response and evacuation forceof 30 U.S. military personnel to increase the security force at the U.S.Embassy in Monrovia. [1] [RL30172]19992001 East Timor:Limited number of U.S. military forces deployed with the UnitedNations-mandated International Force for East Timor restore peace to EastTimor.[RL30172]1999 Serbia:Operation Allied Force: U.S. and NATO aircraft began a major bombing of Serbiaand Serb positions in Kosovo on March 24, 1999, during the Kosovo War due tothe refusal by Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic to end repression againstethnic Albanians in Kosovo. This operation ended in June 10, 1999, whenMilosevic agreed to pull out his troops out of Kosovo. In response to thesituation in Kosovo, NATO dispatched the KFOR peacekeepers to secure the peaceunder UNSC Resolution 1244.[RL30172]20002009 2000 Sierra Leone: On May 12, 2000, aU.S. Navy patrol craft deployed to Sierra Leone to support evacuationoperations from that country if needed.[RL30172]2000 Nigeria:Special Forces troops are sent to Nigeria to lead a training mission in thecounty.[10]2000 Yemen: OnOctober 12, 2000, after the USS Cole attack in the port of Aden, Yemen,military personnel were deployed to Aden.[RL30172]2000 East Timor:On February 25, 2000, a small number of U.S. military personnel were deployedto support the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor(UNTAET). [RL30172]2001 On April 1,2001, a mid-air collision between a United States Navy EP-3E ARIES II signalssurveillance aircraft and a People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) J-8IIinterceptor fighter jet resulted in an international dispute between the UnitedStates and the People's Republic of China called the Hainan Island incident.2001 present Warin