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The global jihad rages on — our boys were murdered today. It’s not just Niger, it’s the whole of the African continent – Nigeria, Mauritania, Kenya, Chad, the Central African Republic, Algeria, Libya …..
Three Green Berets killed, two wounded in Niger ambush
October 4, 2017, By Lucas Tomlinson, Fox News (thanks to Joe):
Three U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers were killed and two others were wounded Wednesday in an ambush in the west African country of Niger.
Story continues below advertisementU.S. Africa Command confirmed that a joint patrol of Green Berets and Nigerien soldiers was attacked in the southwestern part of Niger, near the border with Mali. Officials told Fox News that between eight and 10 troops were part of the patrol.
Officials told the Associated Press that the commandos were likely attacked by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
[the_ad id=”98920″]The officials added that the two wounded U.S. soldiers were taken to Niamey, the capital, and are in stable condition.White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said that President Trump had been briefed on the ambush by Chief of Staff John Kelly.
Africa Command says the U.S. forces are in Niger to provide training and security assistance to the Nigerien Armed Forces in their efforts against violent extremists.
Niger, a former French colony, is one of the poorest nations in the world. In April, the State Department issued a travel warning advising American citizens against visiting the landlocked country’s border regions, including the area where the ambush took place.
“Due to security concerns and travel restrictions, the U.S. Embassy’s ability to assist U.S. citizens in remote and rural areas is very limited,” read the statement, which also warned of the possibility of kidnapping.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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24 Comments
6 years ago
For every murder muslims commit, replay it 100 times with the same.
6 years ago
First protect US/EU .
Jihadis in America are working steadily to takeover and impose sharia drip by drip and Left/Liberal useful idiots are helping them out of ignorance or cash or stupidity.
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6 years ago
Keep expanding the drone fleet, so we have enough to hunt down the terrorists in remote areas, and provide drone escorts for ground patrols.
6 years ago
Reply to
AlgorithmicAnalyst
No way will drones replace on the ground troops. They certainly have their uses but they are NOT infantry.
6 years ago
Reply to
Michelle
Absolutely, Nice to hear common sense after reading so much ignorance.
6 years ago
“Africa Command says the U.S. forces are in Niger to provide training and
security assistance to the Nigerien Armed Forces in their efforts
against violent extremists.” BS! A simple search will reveal that Niger is rich in Uranium, gold, coal, iron, petroleum, etc. And they expect us to believe our troops died because they were defending the corrupt Nigerian forces????? Come on!
6 years ago
Reply to
santashandler
They were training combat troops. This is not uncommon and is what Green Berets do. They are the quiet professionals that go about their dangerous jobs every day with out seeking lime light or fanfare. Yet they provide the bulk of Special Operations forces. Nothing suspicious about this no matter how much gold. Troops still need field training.
6 years ago
Reply to
santashandler
You are so right! Blood for oil. Blood for resources. The US is not threatened by the perpetual civil wars in muslim countries. Thus, the US should STOP invading them. Our soldiers should be fighting only the threats against us. The globalists’ quest for oil and resources will not be quenched no matter how many of our young men die in a battle that is never won.
6 years ago
Looks like the now muslim Nigerian president sacked the so efficient African mercenaries hired by the previous Christian president. A real show of determination that as these mercenaries had the Boko Harem swine on the run totally. perhaps the US army should hire them as they actually know how to fight muslims (e.g, they use NO muslims as help at any level) and they show the enemy the same mercy that they can expect from them: none.
6 years ago
The US forces have no legitimate reason to be in Niger.
6 years ago
Reply to
Menseismal
You are 100% correct! Theirs is a civil war, not a threat to US. We never win and our soldiers die for political and economic reasons. NOT legitimate.
6 years ago
DAMN!
6 years ago
Ambushed? No doubt in my mind the info came from the “troops” the beret were working with. Like is always does.
6 years ago
Fighting terrorists, Niger is on the route from West Africa to Libya – by open lorry. There also extensive gas wells around that part of the world as well as sand dunes 1400 feet high.
6 years ago
Of all the places in the world to have a war, Niger, Mali Chad etc are at the top of the list. No civilisation is at risk, no worthwhile ancient ruins from the classical world, only gas, dust, rocks, Camel spiders and scorpions. {look up the spiders}.
The French army have been there years duffing up the sooties.
6 years ago
Doubtless the Muslim Niger military provided detailed route and time information to the Maghreb
Al Qaeda forces. In that respect they resemble our “allies” in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Per Fox news: “It is not clear if any U.S. aircraft were overhead at the time. Niger does not allow armed drones to take off from a base shared with the United States.”
6 years ago
Our brave young men should not be dying in places they don’t belong! The US should stop invading countries fighting a civil war. Blood for oil must stop!
6 years ago
Dying for oil, gas, resources in the middle of another civil war we should not be engaged in.
6 years ago
Green Berets meeting with tribal leaders,… ambushed on their way back from meeting,.. enemy tipped off !!
African government won’t allow drones to fly overhead.
Drones are used in parallel with missions to keep our special forces operators SAFE ?!!
6 years ago
Niger is a slave state and probably a muslum slave state.
