User:BatoolHMakki/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
1986 United States bombing of Libya

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
This article discusses a country of interest for me. I wanted to focus on countries in Africa that were a part of the Middle East, and Libya is one of them. Also, the 1986 bombing was something I was unaware of until now, which made this article intriguing to me because I wanted to be informed on the topic.

Evaluate the article
While the article's relevance to the topic was visible at first, the conspiracy behind Gaddafi's daughter distracted me. The article mentions that it was reported that she was one of the people killed in the attack, but, she might've not existed at all. While this information can be extremely interesting, it seems out of place for an article talking about the bombing. It distracts from the main point and it feels like it should be a separate conspiracy topic on its own.

In terms of timing, the article kept up with the dates pretty well. It mentioned the mission's beginning stages in October, before chronologically giving details of how the bombing went down. It also provided an aftermath to the US's decision to bomb, and also an aftermath of the event and how it affected the US. However, Gaddafi's daughter was mentioned again in the timeline and it threw me off because, again, the conspiracy behind her existence and her death felt extremely out of place. Maybe if this article was about Gaddafi's emotional state after the bombing, then his daughter's information would be relevant; however, this article is about the bombing, so, it feels out of place. Overall, the article could be a lot better if it strayed away from that conspiracy and focused more on the main topic of the bombing, the casualties, and the aftermath.