2009 Baraawe raid
The Baraawe raid, code named Operation Celestial Balance, was a helicopter assault by United States Special Operations Forces against the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan and associated al-Shabaab militants near the town of Baraawe in southern Somalia.
2009 Baraawe raid | |||||||
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Part of Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States |
al-Qaeda al-Shabaab | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
None | 6 killed |
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