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    Operation Linda Nchi (Swahili: Linda Nchi; "Protect the Country") had the Kenya Defence Forces enter southern Somalia beginning in 2011. The Kenyan government...
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    Uganda in July. In October 2011, the Kenya Defence Forces began Operation Linda Nchi against al-Shabaab in southern Somalia. The mission was officially...
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    of the enemy." Operation Linda Nchi ("Protect the country"; Swahili: Linda Nchi) is the codename for a co-ordinated military operation between the Kenyan...
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    based on earlier reprisal warnings it had issued in the wake of Operation Linda Nchi from 2011 to 2012. Kenyan authorities arrested dozens of people in...
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    following preparatory meetings, Kenyan troops entered southern Somalia ("Operation Linda Nchi") to fight al-Shabaab and establish a buffer zone inside Somalia...
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    closely with the national Ministry of Defence to see through the Operation Linda Nchi against the Al-Shabaab insurgent group. In addition, rival factions...
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    the town of Dhobley, Kenya Army units crossed the border to begin Operation Linda Nchi attacking the Al-Shabaab insurgents in southern Somalia. Kenya had...
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    previous month. They have seen extensive action in Somalia during Operation Linda Nchi and the subsequent rehatting to AMISOM with their most notable achievement...
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    not delivered, by December 1982. After Kenya invaded Somalia in Operation Linda Nchi in 2011, 6 Brigade became "fully fledged" in 2012. 6 Brigade was...
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    to the Islamist insurgents. In October 2011, a coordinated operation, Operation Linda Nchi between the Somali and Kenyan militaries and multinational...
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    In October 2011, a coordinated operation between the Somali military and the Kenyan military, Operation Linda Nchi, began against the Al-Shabaab group...
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    Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany. It is responsible for U.S. military operations, including fighting regional conflicts and maintaining military relations...
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    Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. "Joint Communique – Operation Linda Nchi". Mfa.go.ke. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014. "huge-blasts"...
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    global security implications. The manual also says: ... successful LIC operations, consistent with US interests and laws, can advance US international goals...
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    Operation Juniper Shield, formerly known as Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara (OEF-TS), is the military operation conducted by the United States...
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    Marehan and Harti clans as well as many smaller clans, began after Operation Linda Nchi started in October 2011. (ICG 2013) On 28 February 2013, more than...
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    to fight against al-Shabaab in Jubaland. Kenya further launched Operation Linda Nchi in October 2011, sending in the Kenya Defence Forces to combat al-Shabaab...
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    entered southern Somalia to fight Al-Shabaab, under the codename Operation Linda Nchi. Officially, the offensive was led by Somalis, with the Kenyan forces...
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  • 9, 2012. "Timeline: Operation Linda Nchi". Critical Threats. October 24, 2011. "Kenya – KDF". AMISOM. "Kenya: Operation Linda Nchi Ends As African Union...
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    militias – launched offensives against al-Shabaab strongholds: Kenya's Operation Linda Nchi on the southern front, while Ethiopia approached from the west. The...
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    Kenyan crisis Raila Odinga 2010 Kenyan constitutional referendum Operation Linda Nchi Westgate shopping mall attack 2014 Mpeketoni attacks Presidency of...
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    weaponry during the Boka Wells operations in 1996. The unit has also been deployed to Southern Somalia under Operation Linda Nchi "British Light Infantry Regiments"...
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    conflict, the Northern Ireland conflict, the Basque conflict, and the operations of groups such as the Red Army Faction. Leila Khaled was described as...
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    predominantly metamorphic gneiss and schist. In October - November 1980, during Operation "Shkval", this complex was taken by the "Kaskad" special forces unit of...
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    took the form of Operation Anvil, which commenced on 24 April 1954. By 1954, Nairobi was regarded as the nerve centre of Mau Mau operations. The insurgents...
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    the Battle of Kismayo (2012). This was a culmination to the Kenyan Operation Linda Nchi attack into Somalia which had begun late the year before. On 12 July...
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  • murders and blasts were carried out by al-Shabaab in retaliation for Operation Linda Nchi, a coordinated military mission between the Somalian military and...
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    other right-wing dictatorships in the Southern Cone in the so-called Operation Condor. There were reports of United States' Central Intelligence Agency...
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    attacks and the 2014 Lamu attacks. In October 2011, the coordinated Operation Linda Nchi between the Somali military and the Kenyan military began against...
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    In October 2011, a coordinated operation between the Somalian military and the Kenyan military referred to as Linda Nchi began, with Kenyan troops crossing...
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