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Murdered US soldiers seen in shocking ISIS video were ill-equipped for Niger ambush - traveling in lightly armored pick-up trucks with barely enough weapons - as they were diverted from low risk patrol to hunt terrorist
[DailyMail] Two minutes of that video can be seen at the link, along with some photos.- ISIS released footage of the Niger ambush that killed four US soldiers on Sunday
- The nine-minute video was taken mainly from helmetcams of the slain soldiers
- They had been assigned to visit villages around their base of Ouallam to meet locals as part of a charm offensive aimed at dissuading locals from backing terror groups
- But the soldiers were redeployed to join hunt for Doundoun Cheffou, a suspected local terrorist leader, according to The New York Times
- Even lawmakers knew nothing of the action in Niger, having been told that troops there were just training and advising local troops
- The soldiers were reportedly ill-equipped in lightly armored pick-up trucks and an SUV, mainly carrying M4 carbines, when they were ambushed on October 4
- It was the largest combat loss of American lives in Africa since the infamous Black Hawk Down incident in Somalia in 1993, when 19 American troops died
- The incident raised questions about role of 800 US troops stationed in Niger
Posted by: Skidmark 2018-03-06 |
