2009 Baraawe raid

2009 Baraawe raid
Part of Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa
Date 14 September 2009 Location Baraawe, Somalia 1°06′48″N 44°01′49″E / 1.11333°N 44.03028°E / 1.11333; 44.03028 Result Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan killed
Belligerents
United States	al-Qaeda al-Shabaab
Casualties and losses
None	6 killed

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.