What the records say
- When
- 14 Sep 2009
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 1.11° N, 44.03° E
- Description
- U.S. special forces launch an attack on Islamist militants from Al-Shabab in Somalia.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 2009 Baraawe raid.
2009 Baraawe raid
SEAL Team Six helicopter assault in Somalia
The Baraawe raid, code-named Operation Celestial Balance, was a helicopter assault conducted by SEAL Team Six against the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan and associated al-Shabaab militants near the town of Baraawe in southern Somalia.
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