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Uncommon card · History
Operation Cyclone, an Uncommon card
Operation Cyclone was the code name for the United States Central Intelligence Agency program to arm and finance the Afghan mujahideen in Afghanistan from 1979 to 1992, prior to and during the military intervention by the Soviet Union in support of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 80
- Power
- 161
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 190,000
Power 161 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Operation Cyclone quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Operation Cyclone card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Operation Cyclone was one of the ______ and most expensive covert CIA operations ever undertaken.
Answer
longest. Operation Cyclone was one of the longest and most expensive covert CIA operations ever undertaken. From the Operation Cyclone article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Castile and León. Castile and León 87 · Operation Cyclone 81 · Lockheed Constellation 78 · Johnny Hallyday 73 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.
- The mujahideen were also supported by Britain's MI6, who conducted their own separate covert actions.
- The program leaned heavily towards supporting militant Islamic groups, including groups with jihadist ties, that were favored by the regime of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq in neighboring Pakistan, rather than other, less ideological Afghan resistance groups that had also been fighting the Soviet-oriented Democratic Republic of Afghanistan administration since before the Soviet intervention.
- Operation Cyclone was one of the longest and most expensive covert CIA operations ever undertaken.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Operation Cyclone article was read about 190,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 80: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Operation Cyclone
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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- H. L. MenckenUncommon · History · ATK 79 DEF 82
- Johnny HallydayUncommon · History · ATK 73 DEF 88
- Naser al-Din Shah QajarUncommon · History · ATK 78 DEF 83
- Salvatore RiinaUncommon · History · ATK 80 DEF 81
- Castile and LeónUncommon · Society · ATK 87 DEF 74
- FlixBusUncommon · Society · ATK 76 DEF 85
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Operation Cyclone (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Michael Evans , see stamp and name on roll #C12820, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
