Bargal raid

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Battle of Bargal

Part of the War in Somalia (2006–present)

Date	May 31 –– June 3, 2007
Location	around Bargal, Somalia
Result	U.S./Puntland victory

Belligerents

Islamic Courts Union

Somalia Puntland

USA

Strength

12 insurgents

Puntland Militia
1 US Destroyer

Casualties and losses

N/A

War in Somalia (2006–present)

Baidoa – Bandiradley – Beledweyne – Jowhar – Mogadishu (fall) – Jilib – Kismayo – Ras Kamboni – 1st Mogadishu – Bargal – 2nd Mogadishu – 3rd Mogadishu Chronology: 2006 2007 2008

OEF-Horn of Africa

March 18, 2006 incident – Ras Kamboni – June 3, 2007 incident – Bargal – October 28, 2007 incident – Dobley – Dhusamareb

The Bargal raid occurred in June 2007 around the village of Bargal in the northern province of Bari, in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland.

On May 30, between 12 to 35 heavily armed Islamist fighters arrived in two fishing boats from southern Somalia and clashed with local troops. On June 1, a US Navy warship, the USS Chafee, shelled hills around Bargal where Islamist militants were reported to have set up a base. US reports suggest the target was an al-Qaeda operative suspected of involvement in the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

According to the Puntland regional government, as many as a dozen fighters including Somali militants as well as British nationals, Americans, Swedish, Pakistanis and Yemenis were killed in these operations, and five government troops were injured.