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The Moment US Special Forces Was Ambushed And Killed By ISIS In Niger (video) by streets2empire: 2:54pm On Mar 07, 2018
ISIS has released a gory video showing the horrific moment U.S. Special Forces soldiers serving in Niger were ambushed by extremists and 4 US soldiers were killed.

The distressing video looks like something from a war movie but it's real. It was in this attack that Sergeant La David Johnson, 25; Staff Sergeant Bryan Black, 35; Staff Sergeant Jeremiah Johnson, 39; and Staff Sergeant Dustin Wright were killed.


The video shows heartbreaking details about the courageous last moments of the four soldiers, although it is edited with multiple cuts that make the full context of the firefight unclear.

The 9 minute, 15-second video appears to be shot from multiple helmet cameras on the US soldiers who died on October 4 in Tongo Tongo, Niger in an ambush by 50 ISIS militants. The ambush occurred as a unit of 12 American special forces soldiers and 30 Nigerien troops returned from the village near the border with Mali, where they had been hunting for a senior Islamic State member.

At the start of the video, a group that appears to be ISIS militants are seen riding in light pickup trucks before the ambush. An estimated 50 militants armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades participated in the ambush, which left 21 of their number dead.

Next, gruesome still photos of the bodies of the American soldiers flash across the screen. The helmet cam portion of the video begins with the Americans pinned down under gunfire next to a tactical truck and a Toyota Landcruiser. Together with a few Nigerien allies, the US soldiers move with each vehicle toward colored smoke grenades that have been deployed for cover and to alert air support. It would be two hours later until French jets arrived to provide air support.

Soldiers walk next to each vehicle, laying down suppressive fire as the vehicles roll over the desert scrub. After a cut, it appears that the Nigerien support personnel and tactical vehicle are gone, and three US soldiers are making a final stand by the Landcruiser. The driver of the Landcruiser steers it from a prone position, with his legs sticking out the passenger side door, as two other soldiers move along side firing at the enemy.

One of the US soldiers walking by the Landcruiser falls to the ground in the chaos. He appears dead. The soldier wearing the helmet cam, who appears to be La David Johnson, checks the body. The driver of the Landcruiser jumps out and helps Johnson drag the downed soldier to cover.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQmtn3IlDqE

Re: The Moment US Special Forces Was Ambushed And Killed By ISIS In Niger (video) by streets2empire: 2:54pm On Mar 07, 2018
Contrary to popular belief, US soldiers are constantly being killed in operation in Africa. Here is another video where they were ambushed and killed: http://aftrending.com/the-moment-us-soldiers-were-ambushed-by-the-talibans/
Re: The Moment US Special Forces Was Ambushed And Killed By ISIS In Niger (video) by mysticwarrior(m): 1:46am On Mar 08, 2018
on TV screen they portray their soldiers as invincible with the best fighting equipments, may be they are and may be they are not but the truth is, the reputation of the us army has been put to test and the outcome has been disappointing, the US armed forces has a very poor record in Africa, and they would never be in a hurry to forget what happen to their forces in 1993 at Mogadishu.
Re: The Moment US Special Forces Was Ambushed And Killed By ISIS In Niger (video) by omololu2020(m): 1:00am On Mar 09, 2018
streets2empire:


Soldiers walk next to each vehicle, laying down suppressive fire as the vehicles roll over the desert scrub.[/b] After a cut, it appears that the Nigerien support personnel and tactical vehicle are gone[b], and three US soldiers are making a final stand by the Landcruiser. The driver of the Landcruiser steers it from a prone position, with his legs sticking out the passenger side door, as two other soldiers move along side firing at the enemy.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQmtn3IlDqE
nah wah o

But I'm so confuse about this video,dem write say,12 us special forces dey there,so where the remaining 8 dey cause nah 4 wey dey the video

Abi dem flee too ni undecided
Re: The Moment US Special Forces Was Ambushed And Killed By ISIS In Niger (video) by mysticwarrior(m): 2:20am On Mar 09, 2018
omololu2020:
nah wah o

But I'm so confuse about this video,dem write say,12 us special forces dey there,so where the remaining 8 dey cause nah 4 wey dey the video

Abi dem flee too ni undecided
what were you expecting? of course they fled and they are nothing but cowards.
Re: The Moment US Special Forces Was Ambushed And Killed By ISIS In Niger (video) by omololu2020(m): 3:04am On Mar 09, 2018
mysticwarrior:
what were you expecting? of course they fled and they are nothing but cowards.
you mean US special forces fled for their life's like cowards grin

With the way dem dey always hype this their green beret grin,delta force and rangers were also thought bitter lesson in Mogadishu.

African terrorist are not as equip as Arab terrorist,so government must make sure they are starve of weapons and equipment.

If USA like make dem send DEVGRU or SEAL come,dey will all run for their lifes

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Re: The Moment US Special Forces Was Ambushed And Killed By ISIS In Niger (video) by seunny4lif(m): 3:47pm On Mar 09, 2018
grin grin
Haba
mysticwarrior:
what were you expecting? of course they fled and they are nothing but cowards.

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