24 years ago: #US invasion of #Panama, "Safeguarding the lives of ... citizens in ... threatened the lives of the approximately 35,000 U.S. citizens living there", "Protesters echoed claims that #3,000 people were #killed as a result of U.S. military action." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Panama#United_States.27_justification_for_the_invasion !history