Talk:American military intervention in Somalia (2007–present)
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Article seems to cover broader topic than drone strikes in Somalia
editSome of the listings in this article describe events which do not involve drone strikes. For example,
"The USS Chafee fired a dozen rounds and possibly one cruise missile on the coast of Bargal, in northern Somalia. The strikes were targeting 35 militants that had landed on the coast and had begun to fire on local forces. U.S. officials told The New York Times that U.S. operatives were on the ground, leading to the American warship firing in self-defense. 8-12 militants, including some foreign fighters were killed."
This list seems to be mostly derived from this list: Somalia: Reported US covert actions 2001-2016 which is desribed as a list of US covert actions in Somalia. Should this article be moved to US covert actions in Somalia? --Avg W (talk) 20:19, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
Bias
editThe bit about R2P is misleading and biased against intervention, and it cites an oped 107.15.47.241 (talk) 02:25, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
Orphaned references in American military intervention in Somalia (2007–present)
editI check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of American military intervention in Somalia (2007–present)'s orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
Reference named "BBC":
- From Uganda: "Uganda gay rights activist David Kato killed" Archived 6 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine, 27 January 2011, BBC News.
- From Sierra Leone: "Media use, and attitudes towards media in Sierra Leone:A comprehensive baseline study" (PDF). BBC World Service. June 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2007.
- From Camp Simba attack: "Camp Simba: Three Americans killed in Kenya base". BBC News. 5 January 2020. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
- From Ethiopia: "US admits helping Mengistu escape". BBC. 22 December 1999. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. Feel free to remove this comment after fixing the refs. AnomieBOT⚡ 03:01, 6 May 2023 (UTC)