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	Operation Barras - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Operation Barras was the name of a hostage rescue by the Special Air Service and the Parachute Regiment in Sierra Leone on 10 September 2000.
		Before the operation began Kallay had threatened to kill the hostages on the 9th.
		The book Operation Barras: The SAS Rescue Mission Sierra Leone 2000 (William Fowler, ISBN 0-304-36699-4), is a semi-fictionalised narrative history of the operation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Operation_Barras (285 words)

	ShadowSpear Special Operations - British SAS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The operation was hailed as a great success and was to change the way the public viewed the regiment.
		The operation was a success and many rebel leaders were captured; not long after, the West Side Boys had all but been defeated.
		Operation Trent employed half the Regiment in a successful attack on an $85,000,000 opium storage plant in Helmand province, which doubled as an Al-Qaeda local command center.
	shadowspear.com /britishsas.htm (5327 words)

	Damien Lewis - Operation Certain Death
		Officially called Operation Barras, but known to the men on the ground as Operation Certain Death, it was a joint operation between the Paras, the SBS, the Navy and the RAF, but spearheaded by the SAS.
		Operation Barras, the code name for the mission to rescue the British hostages, involved a combined force of 100 Paras, 25 members of the Special Boat Squadron, helicopters from the Navy and RAF and, spearheading the operation, a 50-strong squadron of the SAS.
		Including images from Operation Barras itself - the training and the assault - from Sierra Leone during and after the civil war, and from the rebel bases of the West Side Boys as they are today.
	www.damienlewis.co.uk /damien-lewis-operation-certain-death.php (4659 words)

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		As one SAS veteran put it, 'this was not a clinical, fl balaclava, Princes' Gate-type operation: it was a very grubby, green operation with lots of potential for things to go wrong'...
		The SAS and elements of the Parachute Regiment were rushed to West Africa and a naval squadron assembled offshore.
		The stage was set for the biggest British military operation on the continent for a generation - and their most daring rescue mission ever.
	www.orionbooks.co.uk /HB-31620/operation-barras.htm (387 words)

	Andrew Lownie Literary Agency :: Operation Certain Death, 2004
		This is the untold, epic story of the single most daring Special Forces operation since World War Two; the rescue by the SAS of British soldiers who were being held captive by drug-crazed rebel group The West Side Boys in the Sierra Leone jungle.
		Officially called Operation Barras, but known to the men on the ground as Operation Certain Death, 200 crack forces were sent in to rescue 11 British hostages, who faced execution and worse at the hands of the rebels.
		This was a joint operation between the Paras, the SBS, the Navy and the RAF, but spearheaded by the SAS.
	www.andrewlownie.co.uk /books/lewis.damien/certain_death.shtml (690 words)

	PARAMETERS, US Army War College Quarterly - Winter 2001-02
		In fact, the very reason for Operation Barras was that 16 days earlier, the "Boys" had seized a patrol from the British Royal Irish Regiment, deployed on military training duties.
		As an observer of the Barras operation noted, "You cannot resolve a situation like this with a laser-guided bomb from 30,000 feet." Soldiers in peacekeeping operations, which are the most likely situations for Western militaries to come into contact with child soldiers, may be the most ill-equipped of all to respond.
		A flaw in Operation Barras was that there was limited follow-through, and a core group of leaders escaped, possibly to regroup.
	carlisle-www.army.mil /usawc/Parameters/01winter/singer.htm (7818 words)

	BARRAS
		The Independent from London reported that SAS operators had been on the ground several days before the assault, conducting reconnaissance among the swamps of Occra hills where the hostages were held.
		When the order for the rescue operation was given, the SAS operators moved into their final vantage point to guide in the Paras.
		A second force of SAS operators and Paras, moving in through a valley from the south soon overwhelmed them, as more of the rescue team took casualties.
	www.army.mod.uk /16_air_asslt_bde/deployments/operation_barras.htm (1115 words)

	Review: Soldiers of Light and Operation Barras \| Review \| Guardian Unlimited Books
		The operation has provoked a small clutch of books aiming to recount the operation for the McNab non-fiction market, which caters to the civilian's obsession with military process.
		Barras was launched against a faction of a militia itself only marginally relevant to ending the civil war.
		That was won by the knowledge of British political commitment, manifested in aid, direction of operations, coordination of UK, UN and Sierra Leonean efforts, reconstruction of the state, and an over-the-horizon force ready to intervene to ensure Sierra Leone didn't slip back into chaos.
	books.guardian.co.uk /review/story/0,,1434844,00.html (898 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - Argyll played crucial role in jungle snatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The warship's presence in the region was key to an operation that has been described as one of the most daring in recent years.
		The pace and scale of the rescue operation rapidly escalated and resulted in other units, including a company from the Parachute Regiment, moving into theatre to be in a position for a possible rescue operation.
		Not only was her Lynx still operating in a variety of supporting roles - reconnaissance, casualty evacuation, transfer of personnel - but Argyll's flight deck was also used as a temporary overnight base for two Army Mk 7 Lynx.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2000/0010/0000100603.asp (1122 words)

	Countrybookshop.co.uk - Operation Certain Death
		Lewis chronicles the story of the single most daring Special Forces operation since World War Two - Operation Barras; the attempted rescue by the SAS of the British Forces who were being held captive by the guerrilla gang, the West Side Boys, in the Sierra Leone jungle.
		Described as Blackhawk Down meets Ghost Soldiers this book chronicles the story of the single most daring Special Forces operation since World War Two - Operation Barras; the attempted rescue by the SAS of the British Forces who were being held captive by the guerrilla gang the West Side Boys in the Sierra Leone jungle.
		Operation Barras, the mission to rescue them was a combined force of 100 paras, 12 members of the Special Boat Squadron, helicopters from the Navy and RAF an, spearheading the operation, 40-strong D squadron of the SAS.
	www.countrybookshop.co.uk /books/index.phtml?whatfor=184413394X (352 words)

	New Page 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Operation Barras was a two-pronged attack, with a company from 1 Para abseiling from Chinook helicopters on to a landing site close to the West Side Boys' jungle hideout.
		The fighting continued for another two or three hours because one of the other tasks of Operation Barras was to recover the three Land Rovers, one of them armed with a 50mm Browning heavy machinegun, which had been taken by the West Side Boys when they seized the 11 British soldiers.
		The rescue operation was a success, but it was forced on the Government because of what appears to have been a reckless mission into the Occra Hills by The Royal Irish Regiment patrol.
	www.tacticalair.com /sierreleon.htm (1033 words)

	How the hi-tech army fell back [Free Republic]
		Operation Barras, co-ordinated from Permanent Joint Headquarters, the army's nerve centre almost 2,700 miles away in Northwood, northwest London, had received the green light from Tony Blair four days earlier.
		For the military planners it was a textbook operation, worthy of study for years to come and marred only by the death of Brad Tinnion, a 26-year-old member of the SAS snatch squad, who was shot as he jumped from his helicopter.
		The raid referred to by the big mouthed, slimey limey was a catastrophe because it was micro-managed by Jimminy Chiclets Carter, the energiser bunny and a raft of State and NSC clowns all hand picked by Carter.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a39c4ca6f1f16.htm (2854 words)

	Westland Lynx (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		For the A A C the Lynx AH.7 and AH.9 operate as attack helicopters.
		The Lynx AH.7 is in service with the FAA where it operates as an attack/utility helicopter in support operations, and the Lynx HMA.8 as an anti-submarine war- fare (ASW) helicopter equipped with the Sea Skua anti-ship missile for Royal warships.
		The Lynx was used during Operation Barras to rescue eleven British in Sierra Leone on September 10, 2000.
	www.aviationtrivia.homestead.com /Lynx.html (1467 words)

	Most successful SOF operations in the 20th Century [Archive] - Military Photos
		Although these "Hearts and Minds" operations may be perceived as less "high speed" or news worthy I would speculate that the greatest impact SF has made in the 20th century is a direct result of lessons learned from the Malayan Emergency "Hearts and Minds" operations.
		Operation DRAGON ROUGE, RED DRAGON in English, was one of the most dramatic military missions undertaken during the Cold War.
		But none of the operations were as renowned for their daring and their success as the assault on Green Island - perhaps no other operations were until Flotilla 13 and the Sayeret Matkal participated in destroying PLO headquarters in Beirut in "Operation Spring of Youth" in 1973.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/archive/index.php/t-2031.html (18241 words)

	Sierra Leone, 1990-2002
		Additional operators and plenty of equipment followed through May. The EO operations were financed by the DeBeer Company, which had main concessions on uranium mines in Sierra Leone.
		Immediately upon their arrival in Sierra Leone the EO operators realized that the RSLMF lacked any kind of an air component, and concluded that the best way of keeping the rebels under pressure would be the use of aircraft and helicopters.
		Phase I of the operation Khukri began on the 13 July with the deployment of the combat elements from their bases in Freetown and Hastings to Kenema and Daru.
	www.acig.org /artman/publish/article_462.shtml (10495 words)

	Damien Lewis Image Gallery
		I was provided with hundreds of photographs taken by the soldiers themselves of the operations portrayed in Bloody Heroes.
		They reflect the immense hardship and physical challenges these men fought and operated under, and the harsh beauty of the landscapes within which they operated.
		These paintings are included in Bloody Heroes and they show the British Special Forces soldiers and their Afghan allies – the soldiers of the Northern Alliance – in action during the first day of the fort siege, when they were fighting against overwhelming odds for their very survival.
	www.damienlewis.co.uk /damien-lewis-image-gallery.php (463 words)

	Telegraph \| News
		MoD chiefs ordered the action when an official noticed the reference in an article about Operation Barras, the SAS raid that freed six Royal Irish Regiment hostages from the West Side Boys militia.
		The pulping of the magazine has been seen as excessively cautious by many within the Army, who are proud of the success of Operation Barras and want to see special forces get the public recognition for the raid.
		I also think it is an insult to the SAS and the family of the trooper who died not to give him credit as being a member of the regiment.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/10/29/nsas29.xml (939 words)

	Sierra Leone News Archives - September 2000 - Sierra Leone Web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The operation was witnessed by villagers and by unarmed RUF members, including RUF Security Commander Colonel Augustine Gbao (pictured right), who told U.N. peacekeepers the rebel group was prepared to "work hand-in-hand" with the government to restore peace to the country.
		"One of the recommendations of the Brahimi Report (to improve peacekeeping operations) was that resolutions should be calculated carefully to fit with the ability, the equipment and the training of potential troop contributors, so that we are not asking troop contributors to do things that their military capability doesn't reach to," he said.
		Reaction to "Operation Barras," the rescue mission to free six British soldiers and a Sierra Leonean liaison officer held hostage by the West Side Boys.
	www.sierra-leone.org /slnews0900.html (17795 words)

	Project - RAF Waddington Air Show on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
		The Lynx AH.7 is service with the FAA where it operates as an attack/utility helicopter in support of the Royal Marines, and the Lynx HMA.8 as anti-submarine warfare helicopter equipped with the Sea Skua anti-ship missile for Royal Navy warships.
		The Lynx most prominent combat role was operating the Sea Skua, to devastating effect against the Iraqi Navy during the 1991 Gulf War.
		It was used during Operation Barras to rescue 11 British soldiers in Sierra Leone on 10 September 2000.
	www.flickr.com /photos/96185638@N00/272987311 (1676 words)

	gnist.no
		Thisbook chronicles the story of the single most daring Special Forces operationsince World War Two - Operation Barras; the attempted rescue by the SAS of theBritish Forces who were being held captive by the guerrilla gang, the West SideBoys in the Sierra Leone jungle.
		They were heldprisoner in a fortified jungle hideaway, with severed heads decorating thepalisades and defended by some 400 heavily armed soldiers.
		Chronicles the story of the single most daring Special Forces operationsince World War Two - Operation Barras; the attempted rescue by the SAS of theBritish Forces who were being held captive by the guerrilla gang, the West SideBoys in the Sierra Leone jungle.
	www.gnist.no /vare.php?isbn=0099466422 (227 words)

	PRESS RELEASE Vaaldiam Resources Ltd.: Gold Results Increase Revenue Potential of Duas Barras Diamond Deposit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		With these gold results, the Duas Barras deposit contains an indicated resource of approximately 1.7 million bank cubic metres at an estimated grade of 0.16 carats/m3 and 0.18 grams Au/m3, representing an in-situ diamond resource of 270,000 carats and 306 kilograms (9,838 ounces) of gold.
		A recent independent valuation of 169.15 carats of diamonds recovered during the bulk sampling program indicated an average value of US $197 per carat (as reported on September 19, 2006).
		The gold analyses were completed by Nomos Laboratorio of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a metallurgical laboratory which specializes in the analysis and treatment of precious metal ores.
	www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=166941 (522 words)

	Amazon.com: OPERATION BARRAS: The SAS Rescue Mission Sierra Leone 2000: Books: William Fowler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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		His account of the roots of the problem is necessary to understand events in their historical context, and makes the book useful to those with an interest in contemporary Africa.
		Likewise, his thorough description of the planning and support efforts behind the operation will be appreciated by military professionals.
	www.amazon.com /OPERATION-BARRAS-Rescue-Mission-Sierra/dp/0297846280 (1042 words)

	~ US Army Page ~
		Headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Virginia and operating throughout the world, the CID conducts criminal investigations that range from death to fraud, on and off military reservations, and, when appropriate, with local, state and other federal investigative agencies.
		Though that is not a new type of operation for either the American or the Canadian military establishments, the nature of the threats each is being asked to confront has evolved.
		The "take-away" from the fighting in the northern Caucasus is that it is the skill of soldiers of all ranks, not the peculiar nature of the terrain they are operating on, that decides the outcome of military operations.
	www.ssrsi.org /wm1/army.htm (7148 words)

	Military History Books - online military history bookshop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The story of the most daring Special Forces operation since World War Two - Operation Barras - the 1999 rescue of British Forces held captive by the guerrilla gang, the West Side Boys, in the Sierra Leone jungle.
		The West Side Boys were a strange bunch wearing bizarre dress and voodoo charms, and under the influence of drugs and alcohol, they terrified the local inhabitants.
		They were rescued by a combined force of 100 Paras, 12 members of the Special Boat Squadron, RAF and Navy helicopters and, spearheading the operation, the 40 strong D Squadron, SAS.
	www.tmhbs.com /h_highlights_20_mar_04.asp (581 words)

	The U.K. in Sierra Leone: A Post-Conflict Operation Success?
		I was appointed to command in Sierra Leone in the late summer of 2000.
		The rescue of these men, Operation Barras, was daring, successful, and widely publicized.
		It was now recognized in the analysis of the operation that Britain, if it was to stay engaged in Sierra Leone, had to develop a far more coherent policy.
	www.heritage.org /Research/NationalSecurity/hl958.cfm (1761 words)

	British Special Forces Support Group forms in Wales - Military Photos
		The unit will provide direct support to UK Special Forces intervention operations around the world and will provide the UK with an additional counter-terrorist capability, The selection of individuals to the SFSG has been made from the Parachute Regiment, the Royal Marines, and the RAF Regiment.
		The group falls under the operational command of the Director of Special Forces and is part of the UK Special Forces Group.
		One example of this specialist role was Operation Barras in Sierra Leone in 2000, where a company of 1 Para attacked one rebel camp as Special Forces units rescued hostages from a separate camp, thus preventing any rebel reinforcements disrupting the hostage rescue.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=78884 (1014 words)

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