Article

2018-03-06 Africa Subsaharan

Murdered US soldiers seen in shocking ISIS video were ill-equipped for Niger ambush - traveling in lightly armored pick-up trucks with barely enough weapons - as they were diverted from low risk patrol to hunt terrorist

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-03-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 For those previously unaware, this all this happened last year. Daily Mail is click-baiting the ISIS video of the killings and abuse of US SOldier's corpses.

FYI, this is how a State Department run mission looks - too few troops, light on weapons and ammo, shitty intel, and half-assed support. For them, it is all feelgood junk. They don't want "too heavy" a presence.

Who in State Dept is on the hook for this crap, and who in Pentagon/AFRICOM agreed to let them be sidetracked without proper mission planning? I bet nobody in State gets anything, and some poor non-flag office gets his career ended by a buck-passing Colonel or General.

Posted by Injun Bucket8891 2018-03-06 02:28|| 2018-03-06 02:28|| Front Page Top

#2 this all this happened last year

Reportedly, the video was just released via Telegram Messaging

Posted by Skidmark 2018-03-06 06:18|| 2018-03-06 06:18|| Front Page Top

#3 FYI, this is how a State Department run mission looks - too few troops, light on weapons and ammo, shitty intel, and half-assed support. For them, it is all feelgood junk. They don't want "too heavy" a presence. Who in State Dept is on the hook for this crap, and who in Pentagon/AFRICOM agreed to let them be sidetracked without proper mission planning? I bet nobody in State gets anything, and some poor non-flag office gets his career ended by a buck-passing Colonel or General.

The AMBO and his Country Team make the call. You want to play in his country? You play by their rules. SOF sold out to the smarmy bastids a long time ago. Welcome to Niger, Benghazi, Mogadishu, Kabul, or the largest US Embassy in the world, (nearly as large as the Holy See) in Baghdad's Green Zone.

Greg Gutfeld's "I hate these people" goes here. SPIT !

Posted by Besoeker 2018-03-06 06:34|| 2018-03-06 06:34|| Front Page Top

#4 You forgot Angola

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-03-06 10:46|| 2018-03-06 10:46|| Front Page Top

23:59 European Conservative
23:58 Sweet Sue
23:54 rammer
23:51 European Conservative
23:45 European Conservative
23:19 rjschwarz
21:37 magpie
20:50 Richard Aubrey
20:49 Thing From Snowy Mountain
20:19 Zenobia Floger6220
20:14 Sock Puppet of Doom
19:29 European Conservative
19:28 Mike Kozlowski
18:59 Bobby
18:47 mossomo
18:38 Rambler in Virginia
18:29 Mike Kozlowski
18:22 USN, Ret.
17:43 Frank G
17:26 Frank G
17:26 Omeger Gray6606
17:23 Anguper Hupomosing9418
17:22 Sock Puppet of Doom
17:20 Anguper Hupomosing9418