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2017-11-05 Africa Subsaharan

Niger forces unassed the ambush site leaving US Detachment in contact

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-11-05 02:42|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Will we soon learn that our Niger partners were aware of the pending ambush and said nothing ?

Sort of answers the site security element question doesn't it ?

Posted by Besoeker 2017-11-05 02:52|| 2017-11-05 02:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Seems to me they were not to be trusted in the first place.

Posted by gorb 2017-11-05 04:04|| 2017-11-05 04:04|| Front Page Top

#3 The French refusing to attack? Maybe they were afraid to hit possible relatives of Muslim Paris rioters. Reminds me of a couple running jokes.

Who invented white underwear? The French. So they would always have something to surrender with.

Who invented crotchless underwear? The French. Thus limiting the brown "runaway" shit stains on their default surrender monkey flag.

The only war the French ever won, well they were led by a teenage Christian girl. And then they helped burn Saint Joan at the stake.

Apparently with 5 dead, not all Nigerien forces fled.

Posted by Woodrow 2017-11-05 09:02|| 2017-11-05 09:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Tempting as it may be, can't blame the French if no 'air-ground operations' coordination was established well prior to STARTEX and everything turning to kak.

It is my understanding the 'bad guys' set fire to brush which obscured visibility for ground attack aircraft. Obviously not their first rodeo.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-11-05 12:02|| 2017-11-05 12:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Apparently with 5 dead, not all Nigerien forces fled

Or they were the slow ones.

Posted by gorb 2017-11-05 12:16|| 2017-11-05 12:16|| Front Page Top

#6 Apparently with 5 dead, not all Nigerien forces fled. Or they were the slow ones.

In that part of the world there is only one speed.

Posted by Bugs Spinese9299 2017-11-05 13:15|| 2017-11-05 13:15|| Front Page Top

#7 InshAlla time?

Posted by newc 2017-11-05 22:39|| 2017-11-05 22:39|| Front Page Top

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