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

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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All I can do is

Kaine: Deadly Niger mission was unauthorized
BY LUIS SANCHEZ


... "I believe that the troops who were sadly killed in Niger in October of 2017 were engaged in a mission that they were not authorized by law to participate in and that they were not trained to participate in. And that is a significant reason that they tragically lost their lives," Kaine told CNN’s “New Day.”

http://thehill.com/policy/international/386948-kaine-deadly-niger-mission-was-unauthorized

 

[Clyde C Coger Jr]

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All I can do is

Military finds multiple failures led to deadly Niger ambush

Lolita c. Baldor, Associated Press
Associated Press


... The summary lays out a confusing chain of events that unfolded on Oct. 3-4, ending in the ambush, and points to "individual, organizational, and institutional failures and deficiencies that contributed to the tragic events." But it concludes that "no single failure or deficiency was the sole reason" for what happened.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pentagon-release-details-niger-ambush-response-041436226--politics.html

These images provided by the U.S. Army show, from left, Staff Sgt. Bryan C. Black, 35, of Puyallup, Wash.; Staff Sgt. Jeremiah W. Johnson, 39, of Springboro, Ohio; Sgt. La David Johnson of Miami Gardens, Fla.; and Staff Sgt. Dustin M. Wright, 29, of Lyons, Ga.