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During the Barbary War, William Eaton landed in Ottoman Egypt with a detachment of US marines to overthrow the monarchical government of Tripoli. What was the international reaction to this venture? How did the Ottomans react to the US deploying troops on their soil and overthrowing an ally/puppet?

by /u/George_S_Patton_III in /r/AskHistorians

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