Daily Mail: Top Pentagon general says soldiers ambushed in Niger didn't call for help for an hour – and their families will find out what happened to them before anyone else
* Three weeks after an ISIS ambush that killed four U.S. soldiers, the Pentagon knows little about what went wrong
* Joint Chiefs chair Gen. Joe Dunford said Monday that the 12 Americans and 30 forces from Niger didn't request support until an hour after they were attacked
* He also pledged to get answers for the fallen men's families
* President Trump is in a war of words with the family of one dead serviceman over his tone during a condolence call, and with a congresswoman supporting them
* U.S. senators are claiming they didn't know the U.S. had hundreds of soldiers in the African nation of Niger
* But the White House outlined the troop levels in a June letter to leaders of both houses of Congress
The American people and the fallen soldiers' families deserve answers about a deadly ambush in the African nation of Niger, the top U.S. general said Monday, without being able to provide many himself.
Three weeks after the attack by presumed ISIS forces, Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, said the Pentagon doesn't know if the U.S. had adequate intelligence and equipment for its operation, whether there a planning failure, and why it took so long to recover one the bodies.
What has been determined is that a group of 12 American forces accompanied 30 Nigerien forces to an area about 85 kilometers north of the capital Niamey on Oct. 3. When they sought the next day to return, they encountered about 50 enemy fighters traveling by vehicle, carrying small arms and rocket-propelled grenade launchers.
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WNU Editor: Aside from the Chairman's explanation on what happened in Niger that killed 4 US soldiers, what caught my eye was the Chairman's remark that military operations will continue .... US military to pursue Niger operations after deadly attack (AFP).
Update: Villagers Suspected of Luring US Soldiers into Niger Ambush (VOA)
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