A month after an ambush by militants aligned with the Islamic State killed four American special forces operators and at least four Nigerien troops, Niger has asked the United States to deploy armed drones to hunt down jihadis along the border with Mali.
The line between real news and fake news is quickly blurred when the media decide to double down on the investment in an anti-Trump meme. Such is the case with the media’s investment in a Florida congresswoman’s attacks on President Trump for his call to the grieving widow of Army special forces Sgt. La David Johnson, who was killed October 4 in the west African nation of Niger.
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When reporters asked if he personally authorized the mission Trump replied, “No, I didn’t. Not specifically.”
Special Forces veteran Dr. Mike Simpson isn’t impressed by the way the Niger incident is being exploited by liberals like Congresswoman Frederica Wilson as a cheap way of attacking Donald Trump.
Earlier this month, four U.S. Special Forces members were killed in an ambush in Niger. The soldiers were part of a group conducting a search for a high-value target with terrorist affiliations. One of the soldiers killed in the ambush was Sergeant La David Johnson of Miami, who leaves behind two children with a third on the way.
“When something like this happens, obviously the report does come to us, and as we say in the military — the first report is always wrong,” McMaster said.
Dr. Sebastian Gorka, chief strategist for the MAGA Coalition, joined SiriusXM host Raheem Kassam on Monday’s Breitbart News Daily to discuss the death of four U.S. soldiers in Niger, the reasons behind the Niger deployment, and the controversy over President Trump’s condolence call to the family of slain Sgt. La David Johnson.
President Donald Trump insisted that he did not hesitate or stumble during a phone conversation with Myeshia Johnson — the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, who was killed during a military mission in Niger.
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On Friday’s broadcast of PBS’ “Washington Week,” New York Times reporter and NBC contributor Yamiche Alcindor stated that Democrats want to know more information about the Niger attack, but that Democrats see the attack as an opportunity to bring President Trump’s effectiveness into
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“At the end of the day, they’re helping those partners be better at fighting ISIS in North Africa to protect our country so that we don’t have to send large numbers of troops,” Kelly said.
While speaking to reporters on Thursday, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Senator John McCain (R-AZ) stated that “Of course” the Trump administration hasn’t been forthcoming about the deadly Niger attack. McCain said that a subpoena might be required to get to
The killing of four U.S. soldiers in an ambush attack in Niger has both citizens and congressional representatives asking questions about the American military presence in that country. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-AZ) went so far as accusing the Trump administration of being less than “up front” about the attack and hinting that his committee might launch an investigation.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders fired back at the media on Wednesday, arguing that they have taken President Trump’s comments on calling families of fallen troops “far out of context.”
President Donald Trump challenged the account of a Democratic Congresswoman, who said that he told the widow of a soldier killed in an ambush in Niger that he “knew what he signed up for.”
Suspected Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) jihadists have reportedly carried out a sort of drive-by shooting assault early this month in Niger, killing four American troops and injuring two others in an attack that marks the first American combat casualties in the country, reports the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD).
Contents: Islamic State in Greater Sahara (ISGS) blamed for deaths of US troops in Niger; Jihadist ambush in Niger forces a review of military operations in Africa
A joint U.S.-Nigerian patrol came under attack near the border with Mali on Wednesday, resulting in the death of three American Green Berets and one other soldier from an unspecified “partner nation.” Two other U.S. soldiers were wounded in the attack.
Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton joined SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Thursday’s Breitbart News Daily to talk about the news of three U.S. special forces troops killed in an ambush in Niger.
Contents: Jihadist attacks on UN peacekeepers surge in Mali; JNIM (Group for Support of Islam and Muslims) takes credit for attacks
Contents: Jihadists attack multiple targets in Mali and Burkina Faso; France calls for international peacekeeping in G5 Sahel force
Contents: Qatar-Arab crisis is unlikely to be resolved soon; Differences between Qatar and Saudi Arabia run deep and will worsen
Contents: France’s new president Macron commits troops to Mali ‘as long as necessary’; UN peacekeeping forces grow as jihadist attacks increase and Mali A riddle
Nearly three dozen young people affiliated with the Nigeria-based Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) branch Boko Haram have reportedly surrendered to authorities in neighboring Niger, according to Niger’s interior minister.
The Nigerian military has dismissed a Boko Haram video threatening to abduct and behead President Muhammadu Buhari as a “photoshop” and “complete joke,” claiming that Boko Haram no longer has the capacity for large-scale attacks and is merely trying to intimidate villagers into a distorted perception of their strength.
This Islamic State released a video Wednesday touting the successes of its African affiliate, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), the terror group more popularly known as Boko Haram. The jihadists in the video vow to enslave the entire continent, beginning with the conquest of Niger.
A bodyguard to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has been arrested for allegedly having ties to a senior member of the Islamic State-affiliated terrorist group Boko Haram.
Nigeria may claim to have “won the war” against the Islamic State-affiliated terror organization Boko Haram, but for neighboring Chad and Niger, the battle rages on.
The persistence of the Boko Haram terrorist group in Nigeria and neighboring countries is fueled by an alarming lack of organization and distrust among intelligence officials, keeping essential information from getting to those who need it in time.
The four African countries bordering Lake Chad currently combating the Nigeria-based jihadist group Boko Haram will receive $40 million in humanitarian assistance from the United States, according to Samantha Power, the American ambassador to the United Nations.
The Nigerian military has issued an offer to Boko Haram jihadists seeking to surrender to hand over their arms and join the nation’s first jihadi rehabilitation camp, where the government hopes to train the former terrorists to work and prepare them to reintegrate into society.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York announced a guilty plea in the December 2000 murder of diplomat William Bultemeier in Niger.
The Nigerian Army has discovered several bomb-making factories in Borno state belonging to the Islamic State-affiliated jihadist group Boko Haram.
The Department of Defense (DOD) is considering deploying military advisers to train local forces to combat Boko Haram jihadists in violence-tormented Nigeria, Agence-France Presse (AFP) has learned from a U.S. official.
The Nigerian military has arrested Usman Modu Tella, an 11-year-old boy, on suspicions that he had been trained to perform a suicide bombing in the service of Islamic State-affiliated terror group Boko Haram.
In what is appearing to have been an especially active Sunday for the terrorists of Islamic State-affiliated Boko Haram, two separate groups of jihadis razed as many as 50 homes in Niger while a separate gang stormed a Borno state village, kidnapping dozens of teen girls. Most of the more than 200 girls abducted from Chibok, Borno in April 2012 remain captive.
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The Nigerian military said they conducted an extremely successful operation against the ISIS-aligned terrorists of Boko Haram. They reportedly took out two of the terrorist camps in the Sambisa Forest, killing some thirty militants and rescuing 338 hostages, most of them women and children.
