The History of Terrorism
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1822-Today Liberia
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Non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO)
NSWU-2
Roosevelt Johnson
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USS Chinook (PC-9)
USS Firebolt
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1998 In September 1998, following several government accusations that he planned a coup d'etat, Johnson's faction in Monrovia was attacked by President Charles Taylor's security forces, resulting in brutal clashes that saw most of his followers being kill
1999 Roosevelt Johnson eventually relocated to Nigeria. He was charged with treason and convicted in absentia, in April 1999.
1999 US rescues Roosevelt Johnson. The next year in 1999 he was charged with treason.
Run by Special Operations Command, Europe, involving a 12-man survey and assessment team (ESAT), the USS Chinook (PC-9), dispatched from NSWU-10 at Rota, Spain, and a Hercules-delivered detachment of NSWU-2 which was moved to Freetown. USS Firebolt also ar
Shadow Express - a Non-combatant evacuation operation in Liberia, September-October 1998, to assure the evacuation of Liberian faction leader Roosevelt Johnson (Krahn).