Template:Did you know nominations/Ali Fadhul

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The result was: promoted by Seven Pandas (talk) 14:46, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

Ali Fadhul

  • ... that Ugandan rebels did not recognize Ali Fadhul as enemy commander when he drove past them during an invasion of Uganda in 1972? (Source: "As they [the rebels] proceeded north, the convoy happened to pass a civilian vehicle that Lieutenant Colonel Ali Fadhul, the commander of the Simba Battalion, was driving toward the border on a reconnaissance mission. The enemy officer sped past them, unrecognized [...]" (Rice, Andrew (2009). The Teeth May Smile But the Heart Does Not Forget: Murder and Memory in Uganda, p. 180)

Created by Applodion (talk). Self-nominated at 21:09, 12 July 2020 (UTC).

  • , Applodion, Hi friend. The article is overall... overwhelmingly sourced and interesting. But going to the point, what you want to feature as DYK is verified. Sourced I mean, I see no problem in approving this. As I said, it's really sourced and cites extra-reading. I was going to ask you to add some sources in the lead but I remembered that by MOS date, there are no sources to be put there. Great work. Cheers and hugs ^_^ CoryGlee (talk) 18:05, 15 July 2020 (UTC)