Operation Barras
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operation-barras-206-6800137
title:
Operation Barras
text:
Operation Barras was a British Army operation that took place in Sierra Leone on 10 September 2000, during the late stages of the nation's civil war. The operation aimed to release five 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". The soldiers were part of a patrol that was returning from a visit to Jordanian peacekeepers attached to the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
2000 military operation in Sierra Leone led by the United Kingdom
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Barras
date created:
2005-01-12T14:55:33Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T15:56:16Z
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