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Operation Linda Nchi, an Uncommon card
Operation Linda Nchi was the Kenya Defence Forces' invasion of southern Somalia beginning in 2011.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 166
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 19,000
Power 166 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Operation Linda Nchi quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Operation Linda Nchi card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The Kenyan government declared the operation completed in March 2012, but its ______ then joined AMISOM in Somalia.
Answer
forces. The Kenyan government declared the operation completed in March 2012, but its forces then joined AMISOM in Somalia. From the Operation Linda Nchi article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Operation Linda Nchi was the Kenya Defence Forces' invasion of southern Somalia beginning in ____.
Answer
2010s. Operation Linda Nchi was the Kenya Defence Forces' invasion of southern Somalia beginning in 2011. From the Operation Linda Nchi article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Corbyn shadow cabinet. Corbyn shadow cabinet 88 · History of Alabama 85 · Operation Linda Nchi 81 · Gabriel Báthory 74 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 Kenyan government declared the operation completed in March 2012, but its forces then joined AMISOM in Somalia.
- The Kenyan government aimed to create a buffer zone between Al-Shabaab and instability in southern Somalia, and the Kenyan homeland.
- However, at a deeper level, the Kenyans desired "to be seen as a reliable partner in the U.S.-led 'global war on terrorism', there were institutional interests within the KDF, and key political elites within the Kenyan government, notably Minister for Internal Security George Saitoti, the Defence Minister Yusuf Haji and several senior security chiefs, advocated for intervention to advance their…
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 Linda Nchi article was read about 19,000 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 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Operation Linda Nchi
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Operation Linda Nchi (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : AMISOM Public Information, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.

