Prep n 30 ETA) for the Mirage jets to arrive.Ħ) On arrival, the French could not differentiate between them and the OppFor due to the close nature of the combat. > No special forces operation should be conducted without drone or air cover, 2 mile radius cover minimumġ) Na Niger govt say make US no use Armed Drones or Chopper for their air space, na only France gett air base for that region.Ģ) They'd were in Tongo-Tongo to meet up with a local leader to inquire (information gathering) about the whereabouts of a some top IS Westģ) They had been doing missions like this for quite a while and grew complacent over time (the vehicles werent even armoured).Ĥ) Arrangement for air support they had got dropped at the last minute but they proceeded anyway due to the aforementioned.ĥ) They were purposely delayed to allow for the ambush to set up and the team's Captain who was also the Comms operator died just rightĪt the onset of the ambush, by the time they radioed the French, it was already an hour into the battle and it took another hour (30 mins No special forces operation should be conducted without drone or air cover, 2 mile radius cover minimum, how did they get so close without real time coms update, and no operative should abandon the advantage of cover thereby exposing them to harm Soldiers Killed In Niger Ambush by Nobody: 12:01am On Mar 06, 2018 Re: VIDEO: Shocking ISIS Video Shows U.S. In the final shot of the video, the jihadis show off the bloodied corpses of two of the soldiers.'' The jihadis continue to fire at him, even as they approach his motionless body at point-blank range and blood is seen spilling onto the ground. The soldier wearing the camera again falls and does not stand again. The driver of the vehicle exits to help drag the body toward the vehicle and provide cover fire before the two soldiers try to flee. ''The soldier whose camera the video is shot from stumbles, but recovers and attempts to aid another soldier who appears to have already been killed. The clip opens with footage of the militants riding on the back of trucks bearing the flag of ISIS and heading toward what may have been the site of the ambush.'' "Assault of the Brave Against the Army of the Americans: the Battle of Tongo Tongo," was retrieved by the jihadis from a camera on the combat gear of the dead Green Berets, giving a grim look into the last moments of the elite troops as they attempted to fend off the assault, killing as many as 21 militants believed to be members of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara.
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