What the records say
- When
- 10 Sep 2000
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 8.55° N, 12.80° W
- Description
- 2000 military hostage rescue operation
Operation Barras
2000 military operation in Sierra Leone led by the UK
Operation Barras was a British Army operation that took place in Sierra Leone on 10 September 2000, during the late stages of the Sierra Leone Civil War. The operation aimed to release six British soldiers of the Royal Irish Regiment and their Sierra Leone Army (SLA) liaison officer, who were being held by a militia group known as the "West Side Boys".
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