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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.[1]

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  1. 94 relations: Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Alan Jones (diplomat), Army Air Corps (United Kingdom), Army Legal Services Branch, Army Reserve (United Kingdom), Ashgate Publishing, BBC, Bedford TK, Boeing Chinook (UK variants), Bombardier (rank), Breakfast with Frost, British Army, British military intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War, Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms, Central Intelligence Agency, Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank, Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom), Claymore mine, Commonwealth of Nations, Conspicuous Gallantry Cross, Dakar, David Frost, David Richards, Baron Richards of Herstmonceux, David Stirling, Director Special Forces, Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom), Farnham, Fast-roping, Field Army (United Kingdom), Force multiplication, Freetown, Geoff Hoon, Guardian Media Group, Hastings, Sierra Leone, Headline Publishing Group, HMS Argyll (F231), Infantry Training Centre (British Army), Iranian Embassy siege, James Chiswell, John Holmes (British Army officer), King's College London, Liberia, Lomé Peace Agreement, Magbeni, Masiaka, Mentioned in dispatches, Metropolitan Police, Military Cross, Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), No. 657 Squadron AAC, ... Expand index (44 more) »

  2. 2000 in Sierra Leone
  3. Conflicts in 2000
  4. Military operations involving the United Kingdom
  5. Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)
  6. Royal Irish Regiment (1992)
  7. Sierra Leone Civil War
  8. Sierra Leone–United Kingdom relations
  9. Special Air Service operations

Ahmad Tejan Kabbah

Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (16 February 1932 – 13 March 2014) was a Sierra Leonean politician who served twice as the 3rd President of Sierra Leone, from 1996 to 1997 and again from 1998 to 2007.

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Alan Jones (diplomat)

David Alan Jones (born 26 October 1953) is a retired British diplomat who was High Commissioner to Sierra Leone during the British military intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War.

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Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)

The Army Air Corps (AAC) is the aviation arm of the British Army, first formed in 1942 during the Second World War by grouping the various airborne units of the British Army.

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The Army Legal Services Branch (ALS) is a branch of the Adjutant-General's Corps (AGC) in the British Army.

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Army Reserve (United Kingdom)

The Army Reserve is the active-duty volunteer reserve force of the British Army.

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Ashgate Publishing

Ashgate Publishing was an academic book and journal publisher based in Farnham (Surrey, United Kingdom).

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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Bedford TK

The Bedford TK was a truck manufactured by Bedford.

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Boeing Chinook (UK variants)

The Boeing Chinook is a large, tandem rotor helicopter operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF).

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Bombardier (rank)

Bombardier is a military rank that has existed since the 16th century in artillery regiments of various armies, such as in the British Army and the Prussian Army.

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Breakfast with Frost

Breakfast with Frost was a Sunday morning BBC current affairs programme hosted by Sir David Frost.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

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British military intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War

The United Kingdom began a military intervention in Sierra Leone on 7 May 2000 under the codename Operation Palliser. Operation Barras and British military intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War are 2000 in Sierra Leone, Conflicts in 2000, military operations involving the United Kingdom and Sierra Leone Civil War.

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Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms

The Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms (COBR) are meeting rooms in the Cabinet Office in London.

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Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.

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Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank

Field Marshal Charles Ronald Llewelyn Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank, (born 17 November 1938) is a retired senior officer of the British Army who served as Chief of the General Staff from 1994 to 1997 and Chief of the Defence Staff from 1997 until his retirement in 2001.

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Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)

The Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) is the professional head of the British Armed Forces and the most senior uniformed military adviser to the Secretary of State for Defence and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

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Claymore mine

The Claymore mine is a directional anti-personnel mine developed for the United States Armed Forces.

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Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, often simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire from which it developed.

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Conspicuous Gallantry Cross

The Conspicuous Gallantry Cross (CGC) is a second level military decoration of the British Armed Forces.

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Dakar

Dakar (Ndakaaru) is the capital and largest city of Senegal.

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David Frost

Sir David Paradine Frost (7 April 1939 – 31 August 2013) was a British television host, journalist, comedian and writer.

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David Richards, Baron Richards of Herstmonceux

General David Julian Richards, Baron Richards of Herstmonceux, (born 4 March 1952) is a retired senior British Army officer and Peer who was formerly the Chief of the Defence Staff, the professional head of the British Armed Forces.

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David Stirling

Sir Archibald David Stirling, (15 November 1915 – 4 November 1990) was a Scottish officer in the British Army and the founder and creator of the Special Air Service (SAS).

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Director Special Forces

Director Special Forces (DSF) is the senior British Armed Forces officer responsible for the United Kingdom Special Forces.

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Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)

The Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers, and since 1993 to other ranks, of the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force and other services, and formerly to officers of other Commonwealth countries, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy".

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Farnham

Farnham is a market town and civil parish in Surrey, England, around southwest of London.

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Fast-roping

Fast-roping is a technique for descending a thick rope, allowing troops to deploy from a helicopter in places where the aircraft cannot touch down.

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Field Army (United Kingdom)

The Field Army is a command of the British Army responsible for generating and preparing forces for current and contingency operations.

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Force multiplication

In military science, force multiplication or a force multiplier is a factor or a combination of factors that gives personnel or weapons (or other hardware) the ability to accomplish greater feats than without it.

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Freetown

Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone.

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Geoff Hoon

Geoffrey William Hoon (born 6 December 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashfield in Nottinghamshire from 1992 to 2010.

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Guardian Media Group plc (GMG) is a British-based mass media company owning various media operations including The Guardian and The Observer.

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Hastings, Sierra Leone

Hastings is a town in the Western Area Rural District of Sierra Leone.

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Headline Publishing Group

Headline Publishing Group is a British publishing brand and former company.

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HMS Argyll (F231)

The third HMS Argyll was a Type 23 Duke-class frigate.

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Infantry Training Centre (British Army)

The Infantry Training Centre (ITC) is a unit of the British Army, administered by HQ School of Infantry and responsible for the basic training and advanced training of soldiers and officers joining the infantry.

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Iranian Embassy siege

The Iranian Embassy siege took place from 30 April to 5 May 1980, after a group of six armed men stormed the Iranian embassy on Prince's Gate in South Kensington, London. Operation Barras and Iranian Embassy siege are military raids and special Air Service operations.

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James Chiswell

Major General James Robert Chiswell, (born 29 March 1964) is a former British Army officer.

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John Holmes (British Army officer)

Major General John Taylor Holmes, (born 22 July 1949) is a retired British Army officer who served as Director Special Forces from 1999 to 2001, which included command of Operation Barras in September 2000.

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King's College London

King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England.

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Liberia

Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast.

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Lomé Peace Agreement

The Lomé Peace Agreement was a peace agreement signed on 7 July 1999 between the warring parties in the civil war that gripped Sierra Leone for almost a decade. Operation Barras and Lomé Peace Agreement are Sierra Leone Civil War.

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Magbeni

Magbeni is a village in the Port Loko District of Sierra Leone, and is a part of the Koya chiefdom within the district.

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Masiaka

Masiaka is a town in Port Loko District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone.

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Mentioned in dispatches

To be mentioned in dispatches (or despatches, MiD) describes a member of the armed forces whose name appears in an official report written by a superior officer and sent to the high command, in which their gallant or meritorious action in the face of the enemy is described.

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Metropolitan Police

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly known as the Metropolitan Police, which is still its common name, serves as the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and crime prevention within Greater London.

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Military Cross

The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level (second-level until 1993) military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and formerly awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries.

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Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Defence (MOD or MoD) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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No. 657 Squadron AAC

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No. 7 Squadron RAF

No.

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No. 90 Signals Unit RAF

90 Signals Unit (90 SU) is based at RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire and provides information and communication services to deployed units of the Royal Air Force.

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North African campaign

The North African campaign of World War II took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943, fought between the Allies and the Axis Powers.

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Operation Khukri

Operation Khukri was a multinational operation launched in the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), involving India, Ghana, Britain and Nigeria.

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Operations security

Operations security (OPSEC) is a process that identifies critical information to determine whether friendly actions can be observed by enemy intelligence, determines if information obtained by adversaries could be interpreted to be useful to them, and then executes selected measures that eliminate or reduce adversary exploitation of friendly critical information.

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Osprey Publishing

Osprey Publishing is a British publishing company specializing in military history based in Oxford.

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Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)

The Parachute Regiment, colloquially known as the Paras, is the airborne and elite infantry regiment of the British Army.

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RAF Regiment

The Royal Air Force Regiment (RAF Regiment) is part of the Royal Air Force and functions as a specialist corps.

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Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces

The Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces are the armed forces of Sierra Leone, responsible for the territorial security of Sierra Leone's borders and defending the national interests of Sierra Leone, within the framework of the 1991 Sierra Leone Constitution and International laws.

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Revolutionary United Front

The Revolutionary United Front (RUF) was a rebel group that fought a failed eleven-year war in Sierra Leone, beginning in 1991 and ending in 2002.

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RFA Sir Percivale

RFA Sir Percivale (L3036) was a Round Table class landing ship logistics (LSL) vessel belonging to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary of the United Kingdom.

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Richard Connaughton

Richard Michael Connaughton (born 20 January 1942) is a British Army officer and author specialised in military history.

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Rokel River

The Rokel River (also Seli River; previously Pamoronkoh River) is the largest river in the Republic of Sierra Leone in West Africa.

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Routledge

Routledge is a British multinational publisher.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.

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Royal Anglian Regiment

The Royal Anglian Regiment (R ANGLIAN) is an infantry regiment of the British Army.

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Royal Corps of Signals

The Royal Corps of Signals (often simply known as the Royal Signals – abbreviated to R SIGNALS or R SIGS) is one of the combat support arms of the British Army.

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Royal Fleet Auxiliary

The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) is a naval auxiliary fleet owned by the UK's Ministry of Defence.

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Royal Irish Regiment (1992)

The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd, 87th and The Ulster Defence Regiment) (R IRISH) is a light infantry regiment of the British Army.

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Royal Marines

The Royal Marines, also known as the Royal Marines Commandos, and officially as the Corps of Royal Marines, are the United Kingdom's amphibious special operations capable commando force, one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy, and provide a company strength unit to the Special Forces Support Group (SFSG).

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Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS or RMA Sandhurst), commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is one of several military academies of the United Kingdom and is the British Army's initial officer training centre.

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Secretary of State for Defence

The secretary of state for defence, also known as the defence secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Ministry of Defence.

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Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone, (also,; Salone) officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa.

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Sierra Leone Civil War

The Sierra Leone Civil War (1991–2002), or the Sierra Leonean Civil War, was a civil war in Sierra Leone that began on 23 March 1991 when the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), with support from the special forces of Liberian dictator Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), intervened in Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow the Joseph Momoh government.

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Sierra Leone Police

The Sierra Leone Police (SLP) is the national police force of the Republic of Sierra Leone.

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Snatch Land Rover

The Snatch Land Rover is a protected patrol vehicle based on the Land Rover Defender 110 chassis.

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South Cerney

South Cerney is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, 3 miles south of Cirencester and close to the border with Wiltshire.

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Special Air Service

The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army.

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Special Boat Service

The Special Boat Service (SBS) is the special forces unit of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy.

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Special forces

Special forces or special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations.

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Special Forces Support Group

The Special Forces Support Group (SFSG) is a special forces unit of the British Armed Forces.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The World Factbook

The World Factbook, also known as the CIA World Factbook, is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with almanac-style information about the countries of the world.

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Tim Collins (British Army officer)

Colonel Timothy Thomas Cyril Collins (born 30 April 1960) is a retired Northern Irish military officer in the British Army.

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Tony Blair

Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007.

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United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone

The United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) was a United Nations peacekeeping operation in Sierra Leone from 1999 to 2006. Operation Barras and United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone are Sierra Leone Civil War.

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United Nations Security Council

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international peace and security, recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, and approving any changes to the UN Charter.

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Waterloo, Sierra Leone

Waterloo is a city in the Western Area of Sierra Leone and the capital of the Western Area Rural District, which is one of the sixteen districts of Sierra Leone.

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd (established 1949), often shortened to W&N or Weidenfeld, is a British publisher of fiction and reference books.

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West Africa

West Africa, or Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom Overseas Territory).Paul R.

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West Side Boys

The West Side Boys, also known as the West Side Niggaz or the West Side Junglers, were an armed group in Sierra Leone, sometimes described as a splinter faction of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council.

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Westland Lynx

The Westland Lynx is a British multi-purpose twin-engined military helicopter designed and built by Westland Helicopters at its factory in Yeovil.

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1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment

The 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment (1 PARA), is a special forces battalion of the British Army's Parachute Regiment.

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29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery

29 Commando Regiment, Royal Artillery is the Commando-trained unit of the British Army's Royal Artillery, based in Plymouth.

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See also

2000 in Sierra Leone

Conflicts in 2000

Military operations involving the United Kingdom

Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)

Royal Irish Regiment (1992)

Sierra Leone Civil War

Sierra Leone–United Kingdom relations

Special Air Service operations

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Barras

Also known as Brad Tinnion, Operation Barass, Operation Certain Death.

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