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In response to "What I find most ironic about the Trump calling fallen soldier families is" by Will Hunting

Also, why did 4 soldiers die in Niger? -- nm

Posted by ty97 Oct 17 '17, 13:17

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Nigerghazi. Puertokatrina. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 17, 13:18
I don't mean that as an accusation, I just mean, last I checked, we had no idea, right? -- nm - ty97 Oct 17, 13:18 9
- Probably scoping out a growing ISIS foothold there. -- nm - Max Oct 17, 13:22
- They were training the locals, the terrorists found out they were going to be there and ambushed them. -- nm - jnine Oct 17, 13:22
- Do you mean what they were doing in the country? Or what they were specifically doing when they were attacked? -- nm - Roger More Oct 17, 13:22 4
  - I haven't heard anything at all about why we have troops in Niger - ty97 Oct 17, 13:24 3
    - It is a relatively small mission (800 or less) to train the locals against Islamist insurgency. -- nm - crash davis Oct 17, 13:28 1
      - Do we have any research/intelligence on whether our presence could help the insurgents recruit? -- nm - ty97 Oct 17, 13:31
    - We have troops everywhere. -- nm - spamlet Oct 17, 13:25
- ambush orchestrated by an ISIS affiliate is last I've heard -- nm - crash davis Oct 17, 13:21 1
  - yup, they were advisors to the military there and got ambushed during a training exercise -- nm - decline Oct 17, 13:22

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