Niger : Why US troops are in Niger: RIP - La David T. Johnson

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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Villagers: US soldier in Niger was bound, likely executed

NIAMEY, Niger – The body of Sgt. La David Johnson, one of four U.S. soldiers killed in an ambush by Islamist militants in Niger last month, was found with his arms tied and a gaping wound at the back of his head, according to two villagers, suggesting that he may have been captured and then executed ...

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/11/10/villagers-us-soldier-in-niger-was-bound-likely-executed/

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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How a Herdsman Became the Jihadist Who Killed US Soldiers in Niger
November 12, 2017 3:49 AM
Reuters

... Asked by Reuters to talk about Chefou, Nigerien Defense Minister Kalla Mountari’s face fell.

“He is a terrorist, a bandit, someone who intends to harm to Niger,” he said at his office in the Nigerien capital Niamey earlier this month ...

https://www.voanews.com/a/niger-herdsman-jihadist-us-soldiers/4111534.html

A Fulani cattle herder walks with his cows outside the city of Tillaberi, southwest Niger, about 100 km south of the Mali border, Niger, Nov. 1, 2017.

Niger Defense Minister Kalla Mountari poses for a portrait after an interview with Reuters, in Niamey, Niger Nov. 1, 2017

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[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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A British national

Villagers honour British missionary who died after being kidnapped in Nigeria

Colin Freeman
The Telegraph

https://www.yahoo.com/news/villagers-honour-british-missionary-died-140248375.html

Ian Squire, a British national who was killed three weeks after being kidnapped in Nigeria Credit: Squire family

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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US investigators return to scene of Niger ambush: military

AFP

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-investigators-return-scene-niger-ambush-military-212610505.html

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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Additional remains of Sgt. La David Johnson found in Niger

Elizabeth McLaughlin and Veronica Stracqualursi
Good Morning America

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/additiona...und-niger-163812222--abc-news-topstories.html