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Post by avordvet on Oct 24, 2017 4:30:06 GMT -5
U.S. Revises Timeline on Niger BattleMilitary describes what happened in the Oct. 4 ambush which marked the single deadliest U.S. military combat toll during the Trump administrationBy Ben Kesling, Updated Oct. 24, 2017 12:01 a.m. ET WASHINGTON—A U.S. Army Green Berets patrol, outnumbered by suspected Islamic State militants, fought for two hours in Niger before air support provided by French military jets arrived, a top U.S. official said Monday, much longer than previously reported by Pentagon officials. www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-revises-timeline-on-niger-battle-1508803522
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Post by avordvet on Oct 24, 2017 4:44:54 GMT -5
Well, here we are, and most of Africa is still at war. I remember back in the early 1980's when Africa was the hotbed for foreign 'contract' workers, well, until the Central/South American thing started taking center stage in U.S. policy. But here we are 30+ years later and the African continent is still flooded with foreign troops temporarily supporting this govenment or that government, whichever seems more 'moderate' at this snapshot of time. Joint Chiefs Chair: Families, Nation Deserve Answers on Niger AttackBy Newsmax Wires, Monday, 23 Oct 2017 06:20 PM Dunford said about 800 U.S. troops operate in Niger in support of more than 4,000 French and 30,000 local soldiers. That is part of a U.S. force totaling about 6,000 troops in Africa. Asked if the U.S. presence in Niger is a sign of "mission creep" in the region, Dunford said, "With a relatively small footprint we are enabling local forces to deal with these problems before they become a threat to the American people." He said the initial assessment is that the Americans were killed by a group affiliated with Islamic State, which is trying "to leverage local insurgencies." Five Nigerien troops also were killed in the ambush. The general described operations like the one in Niger as a reminder that threats to the U.S. from terrorist groups haven't dissipated with the capture of the group's strongholds in Iraq and Syria. "We have to acknowledge that our work is not done, even with the fall of Mosul and Raqqa," Dunford said. "We are at an inflection point, not an endpoint." www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/joint-chiefs-joseph-dunford-families-nation/2017/10/23/id/821604/
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