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  2. List of military operations - Wikipedia

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    Blow to the Head (2010) — operation against the militants in the insurgent Yemeni town of Sa'dah in the Saada Governorate. Scorched Earth (2009) — was the code-name of a Yemeni military offensive in the northern Saada Governorate . Baliste (2006) — French codename for evacuation of EU civilians during Lebanon War.

  3. List of U.S. Department of Defense and partner code names

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    The mission typically covers embassy resupply, medical evacuations, and support of U.S. troops and/or the Drug Enforcement Administration. Coronet Solo – EC-121Ss modified for psychological warfare to broadcast radio and TV with electronic warfare capability. Renamed Volant Solo with introduction of EC-130Es.

  4. Code name - Wikipedia

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    Code name. A code name, codename, call sign, or cryptonym is a code word or name used, sometimes clandestinely, to refer to another name, word, project, or person. Code names are often used for military purposes, or in espionage.

  5. List of Axis operational codenames in the European Theatre

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    Operation Blitz 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Našice – Đakovo region of Slavonia, Yugoslavia. Operation Brandfackel 1944 - Axis anti-partisan operation in the Kozara Mountains in the Independent State of Croatia. Operation Braunschweig 1944 - German anti-partisan operation in the Istria Peninsula, OZAK.

  6. List of World War II military operations - Wikipedia

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    Bishop (1945) – covering operation for Dracula. Diplomat (1944) – Allied exercise in preparation for joint operations against the Japanese. Dukedom (1945) – British search and destroy operation for Japanese cruiser Haguro. Exporter (1941) – British and Commonwealth invasion of Vichy French -held Syria.

  7. List of military operations of India - Wikipedia

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    Operation Vijay. 1961. Goa, Daman & Diu. The operation by the Military of India that led to the incorporation of Portuguese India (Goa, Daman, and Diu) into India. 5. Operation Ablaze. 1965. Indo-Pak Border (Western sector) Operations by the Indian Army along the western border in May-June 1965, following Pakistani attack in the Rann of Kutch.

  8. Bojinka plot - Wikipedia

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    Wali Khan Amin Shah. Ramzi Yousef. The Bojinka plot ( Arabic: بوجينكا; Tagalog: Oplan Bojinka) was a large-scale, three-phase terrorist attack planned by Ramzi Yousef and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed for January 1995. They planned to assassinate Pope John Paul II; blow up 11 airliners in flight from Asia to the United States, with the goal of ...

  9. Secret Service code name - Wikipedia

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    The United States Secret Service uses code names for U.S. presidents, first ladies, and other prominent persons and locations. [ 1] The use of such names was originally for security purposes and dates to a time when sensitive electronic communications were not routinely encrypted; today, the names simply serve for purposes of brevity, clarity ...