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On October 4, a
small group of U.S. troops were preparing to leave a meeting with community
leaders near the small town of Tongo Tongo in Niger. They were close to the
Malian border,聽traveling聽in unarmored pick-up trucks with limited weaponry
and a few dozen of their Nigerien counterparts. Then they were ambushed.
By the time the more than 30-minute assault was over, three U.S. troops were
confirmed dead and two more were gravely injured. Another, Sergeant La
David Johnson, was missing and his body would not be recovered for another
two days. French aircraft, called in for back-up, circled overhead as fire
was exchanged below. They later helped to evacuate survivors.
This account, based on public statements from the Trump administration,
interviews with U.S. Africa Command officials; former State Department and
intelligence officials; and the man who almost served as the senior director
for Africa on the National Security Council, along with additional
reporting from other news outlets like CNN and聽The Washington Post,
suggests a direct link between the fatal ambush and the absence of a clear
strategy or perhaps even a cursory understanding of U.S. operations in
Africa by the Trump administration. |
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