'''Operasi Linda Nchi'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ntv.co.ke/News/Cabinet+endorses+Operation+Linda+Nchi/-/471778/1257878/-/q1v405/-/index.html |title=turning on your world » Cabinet endorses ‘Operation Linda Nchi’ |publisher=NTV |accessdate=23 October 2011}}</ref> ("Lindungi negara";<ref>[http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/20111018-kenyas-offensive-against-al-shabaab-somalia STRATFOR – Kenya's Offensive Against al Shabaab in Somalia]</ref> {{lang-sw|Linda Nchi}}<ref name="Dnjhasardm">[{{Cite web |url=http://mobile.nation.co.ke/News/Jets+hit+al+Shabaab+as+rain+delays+march+/-/1290/1258352/-/format/xhtml/-/xv1kg3z/-/index.html |title=Jets hit al Shabaab, as rain delays march] |access-date=2012-10-29 |archive-date=2012-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104052517/http://mobile.nation.co.ke/News/Jets+hit+al+Shabaab+as+rain+delays+march+/-/1290/1258352/-/format/xhtml/-/xv1kg3z/-/index.html |dead-url=yes }}</ref>) adalah operasi militer terkoordinasi antara [[militer Somalia]], [[Angkatan Pertahanan Kenya|Kenya]], [[Angkatan Bersenjata Ethiopia|Ethiopia]], [[Angkatan Bersenjata Prancis|Prancis]], serta (dituduh terlibat) [[Angkatan Bersenjata Amerika Serikat|Amerika Serikat]], yang dimulai pada tanggal 16 Oktober 2011 ketika tentara Kenya menyeberangi perbatasan dan memasuki [[Somalia]] selatan.<ref name="Onjsf">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/24/world/africa/kenya-says-western-nations-have-joined-somalia-fight.html?_r=1&src=tp|agency=The New York Times|date=23 October 2011|accessdate=23 October 2011|title=Other Nations Join Somalia Fight, Kenya Says|first1=Josh|last1=Kron|first2=Jeffrey|last2=Gettleman}}</ref> Pasukan tersebut menarget militan [[Al-Shabaab]] yang dituduh telah menculik beberapa wisatawan dan relawan asing di Kenya.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/10/20111016115410991692.html|agency=Al Jazeera English|date=16 October 2011|accessdate=16 October 2011|title=Kenyan troops pursue al-Shabab into Somalia in Operation Linda Nchi}}</ref> Menurut Menteri Luar Negeri [[Ethiopia]], operasi ini merupakan salah satu dari tahap akhir dalam [[Perang di Somalia (2009-)|pemberontakan Islamis]] selama [[Perang Saudara Somalia]].<ref name="Eanbkois2">{{cite news|url=http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/East-African-Nations-Back-Kenyan-Offensive-in-Somalia-132374053.html|agency=Voice of America|title=E. African Nations Back Kenyan Offensive in Somalia|first=Peter|last=Heinlein|date=22 October 2011|accessdate=23 October 2011}}: "Ethiopia's deputy prime minister and foreign minister Hailemariam Dessalegn said his country is considering joining the military campaign. He said it was 'high time' for a regional response to al-Shabab's provocations. 'The long term goal is to eradicate al Shabab from Somalia and this is the proper time and the process shows al-Shabab is coming to an end,' said Hailemariam."</ref>
