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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Spycraft, a podcast that tells gripping life and

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<v Speaker 1>death spy stories and the amazing devices and operations that

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<v Speaker 1>made them possible. Now let's get started.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you ever wondered what your furry friend is really thinking? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>let me introduce to you my new book, Dog Psychology

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<v Speaker 2>by doctor Carlos Vasquez. As a psychology professor with over

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<v Speaker 2>ten years experience, I've unlocked the secrets of the canine psyche.

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<v Speaker 2>I will teach you how to understand your dog's body language,

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<v Speaker 2>Dog Psychology by doctor Carlos Vasquez, available now on kindle

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<v Speaker 2>or paperback on Amazon. Welcome back. Everybody tell you we're

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<v Speaker 2>looking at Operation Barras BABRS. It's a operation that happened

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<v Speaker 2>in Sierra Leone. So let's find out what's going on

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<v Speaker 2>in freetown, Sierra Leoned. Britain's elite Special Forces SAS and

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<v Speaker 2>Parachute Regiment executed a high stakes rescue operation in Sierra

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<v Speaker 2>Leone twenty five years ago. They freed eleven British soldiers

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<v Speaker 2>held hostage by the notorious West Side Boys militia. The

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<v Speaker 2>dubbed Operation Barris, the mission unfolded and the dense jungles

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<v Speaker 2>along the Roquale Creek fifty miles east of Freetown, marking

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<v Speaker 2>a decisive blow to the rebel group and underscoring the

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<v Speaker 2>United Kingdom's resolve in West Africa's crumbling stability. The crisis

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<v Speaker 2>began in August twenty fifth when a patrol from the

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<v Speaker 2>Royal Irish Regiment, part of a UN backed training mission,

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<v Speaker 2>was ambushed near the villages of Gabaribana and Macmeni. The

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<v Speaker 2>West Side Boys, a splinter faction known for their brutal

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<v Speaker 2>and erratic behavior, seized the soldiers, demanding the release of

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<v Speaker 2>their imprisoned leader, Faux de Calais and other concessions. Negotiations

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<v Speaker 2>faltered as the rebels, often intoxicated by drugs and alcohol,

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<v Speaker 2>paraded their captives captives, escalating tensions in a nation still

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<v Speaker 2>reeling from a decade long civil war. Britain's response, however,

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<v Speaker 2>was swift and surgical. At dawn on September tenth, two

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<v Speaker 2>Chinook helicopters carrying approximately one hundred and fifty SAS and

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<v Speaker 2>paratroopers descended on the twin villages. The operation was meticulously coordinated.

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<v Speaker 2>While says commandos stormed to barry Bona to extract the hostages,

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<v Speaker 2>Paris hit mag Benny the paratroopers to neutralize rebel reinforcements,

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<v Speaker 2>supported by the Lynx helicopters, firing on enemy positions he

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<v Speaker 2>had sought. Lasted about twenty minutes. That was it, but

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<v Speaker 2>was fiercely contested. The rebels, armed with AK forty sevens

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<v Speaker 2>and RPGs, mounted a disorganized resistance, only to be overwhelmed

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<v Speaker 2>by the British forces precision and power. All eleven hostages

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<v Speaker 2>were made easingly rescued, though five have been moved prior

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<v Speaker 2>to the raid and were freed in a secondary action.

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<v Speaker 2>The cost was sleep, though one SAS trooper, Private brand

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<v Speaker 2>Tenian was killed and several others wounded. Estimates suggest twenty

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<v Speaker 2>five rebels die, with dozens more captured, including Calais, whose

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<v Speaker 2>arrest may cripple the group's leadership. The operation's success hinged

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<v Speaker 2>on weeks of intelligence from MI six their international kind

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<v Speaker 2>of equivalent to the CIA in the US and reconnaissance

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<v Speaker 2>by the Special Boat Service for Sierra Leone. Operation Barus

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<v Speaker 2>is a double edged sword. The west Side Boyd's a

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<v Speaker 2>thorn in the government's sites and splintering from the Armed

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<v Speaker 2>reugh Forces Revolutionary Council have been weakened, potentially easing pressure

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<v Speaker 2>of Free Town's fragile coalition. Yet the raid exposes the

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<v Speaker 2>limits of the UN mission and the Sierra Leone Army,

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<v Speaker 2>both reliant on foreign intervention to maintaining order. Britain's three

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<v Speaker 2>hundred strong troop presence at the time, ostensibly for training,

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<v Speaker 2>now appears as linchpinn in the country's security, so Operation

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<v Speaker 2>Barras stands as a stark reminder folks the stability there

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<v Speaker 2>remains a foreign import, just with blood and audacity sometimes,

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<v Speaker 2>but a great operation that saved those hostages. Incredible job

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<v Speaker 2>by the SAS