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Rare card · History
Dirty War, a Rare card
The Dirty War was the name used by the military junta or civic-military dictatorship of Argentina for the period of state-sponsored violence in Argentina from 1974 to 1983.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 92
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 177
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 370,000
Power 177 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Dirty War quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Dirty War card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
A ______ report from Chilean secret police DINA estimated that 22,000 people had been murdered or disappeared by 1978.
Answer
secret. A secret report from Chilean secret police DINA estimated that 22,000 people had been murdered or disappeared by 1978. From the Dirty War article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Dirty War. Dirty War 92 · COINTELPRO 87 · Antonio López de Santa Anna 84 · Battles of Saratoga 80 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.
- During this campaign, military and security forces and death squads in the form of the Argentine Anticommunist Alliance hunted down any political dissidents and anyone believed to be associated with socialism, communism, left-wing Peronism, or the Montoneros movement.
- It is estimated that between 13,000 and 30,000 people were killed or disappeared, many of whom were impossible to formally document.
- A secret report from Chilean secret police DINA estimated that 22,000 people had been murdered or disappeared by 1978.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Dirty War article was read about 370,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 92 and blocks with 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Dirty War
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Dirty War (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : U.S. Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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