Are we really in the midst of World War III. Frightening and depressing.


Main warring parties ( Year began )

Middle East :
Iran vs. Mujahideen Khalq Organization (MKO) 1979
Iraq vs. U.S. & U.K. 2003
Iraqi government (Sunni) vs. Shi'a (Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq) 1991
Iraq vs. Kurds 1961
Israel vs. Palestinian Authority/Hamas/Hezbollah/Palestinian separatists 1948

Asia :
Afghanistan: U.S., U.K., Northern Alliance, and Coalition Forces vs. al-Qaeda 2001
India vs. Kashmiri separatist groups/Pakistan 1948
India vs. Assam insurgents (various) 1979
Indonesia vs. Christians and Muslims in Molucca Islands 1977
Indonesia vs. Irian Jaya separatists 1969
Nepal vs. Maoist rebels 1995
Philippines vs. Mindanaoan separatists (MILF/ASG) 1971

Africa :
Algeria vs. Armed Islamic Group (GIA) 1991
Burundi: Tutsi vs. Hutu 1988
Côte d'Ivoire vs. rebels 2002
Democratic Republic of Congo and allies vs. Rwanda, Uganda, and indigenous rebels2 1997
Liberia vs. LURD rebels 2000
Somalia vs. rival clans 1991
Sudan vs. Sudanese People's Liberation Army2 1983
Uganda vs. Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) 1986

Europe :
Russia vs. Chechen separatists 1994

Latin America :
Colombia vs. National Liberation Army (ELN) 1978
Colombia vs. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) 1978
Colombia vs. Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC) 1990