2009 Baraawe raid

2009 Baraawe raid
Part of Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa
Date14 September 2009
Location1°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.