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. == Background == Nabhan served as a key facilitator between al-Qaeda and al-Shabaab.
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. == Background == Nabhan served as a key facilitator between al-Qaeda and al-Shabaab.
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