Slain US Special Forces Troops on Apparent Assassination Mission in Niger

Three weeks after four US special forces soldiers were killed in a firefight in the landlocked West African nation of Niger, information has surfaced indicating that the American troops and their Nigerien counterparts were involved in a “capture-kill” mission aimed at the leader of a local Islamist militia operating on the Niger-Mali border. The White … Continue reading Slain US Special Forces Troops on Apparent Assassination Mission in Niger