User blog comment:AdvancedRookie/Pre-Black Ops Worries/@comment-1940967-20101031142058/@comment-3130806-20101031221112

There's South America (Nicaraqua, El Salvador), Afghanistan (where the US helped the Afghans against the Russians, inadvertently aiding Al Qaeda), Iran (hostage Rescue attempt called Operation Eagle Claw), etc. All involved black ops, and that's just the 80's (which I think isn't covered that much in BO, so it could be the sequel's time period).