There have been many questions about he death a US Special Ops trooper in Niger that was not with the bodies of the others killed and now…… the rest of the story……(sort of)
Speaking to ABC News, the unnamed official added their belief that the men’s ‘light convoy’ had been being surveilled by their killers for at least a day before they were hit.
Questions remain over why top command sent the unit – which consisted of just six to eight vehicles and only 42 troops – into the dangerous area to gather intelligence on a target.
The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said had the men been called back after the original reconnaissance mission then they would still all be alive.
‘ They should have been up and back in a day. They were hit because they were up there so f****** long on a mission that morphed, they were spotted, surveilled and ultimately hit.’
The more I read about this event. the more it seems that intelligence was non-existent, back-up not arranged, and the troops just left to react to whatever they found. The officer responsible for sending them should be called to answer for his actions.
Best wishes, Pete.
Pete, to me it sounds like they have been used as bait to draw this warlord out….or they we keft out to dry for some reason….chuq
I have to agree that it does sound that way. Hung out to dry seems about right.
It has happened before in Vietnam….I know for a fact…chuq
I am sure that you do, chuq.
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