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Ammar al-Baluchi, an Uncommon card
Ammar al-Baluchi is a Kuwaiti-born Pakistani citizen who has been in American custody at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp since 2006.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 92
- Power
- 168
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 180,000
Power 168 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Ammar al-Baluchi quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ammar al-Baluchi card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
Ammar al-Baluchi is a Kuwaiti-born Pakistani citizen who has been in American custody at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp since ____.
Answer
2000s. Ammar al-Baluchi is a Kuwaiti-born Pakistani citizen who has been in American custody at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp since 2006. From the Ammar al-Baluchi article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
History of Mexico. History of Mexico 93 · Rhetoric 88 · Porcelain 79 · Ammar al-Baluchi 76 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was arrested in the Pakistani former capital city of Karachi in 2003 before being transferred, the series of criminal charges against him include: "facilitating the 9/11 attackers, acting as a courier for Osama bin Laden and plotting to crash a plane packed with explosives into the U.S.
- American authorities have stated that al-Baluchi was a "key lieutenant" of his uncle Khalid Sheikh Mohammed during al-Qaeda's preparation for the 9/11 attacks, and that he had told investigators that he had sought help in al-Qaeda's efforts to develop biological weapons to use against enemy forces and other targets.
- Siddiqui's family has denied that she was ever married to al-Baluchi, but the marriage has been attested by Pakistani and American intelligence personnel, Mohammed, and Siddiqui herself.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ammar al-Baluchi article was read about 180,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 92: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get Ammar al-Baluchi
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ammar al-Baluchi (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : United States Department of Defense, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
