![]() ![]() Johnson crouches by the rear of the Landcruiser, the ground around him covered in shell casings. Automatic weapons fire from multiple directions is heard. The driver of the Landcruiser jumps out and helps Johnson drag the downed soldier to cover.Ī firefight ensues. The soldier wearing the helmet cam, who appears to be La David Johnson, checks the body. ![]() One of the US soldiers walking by the Landcrusier crumples to the ground in the chaos. 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. The US soldiers use the Landcruiser for cover as they drive it toward colored smoke that has been deployed to obscure their retreat and signal air supportĪfter 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 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. It also sparked a furious dispute between President Donald Trump and a Democratic congresswoman from Florida who claimed he slighted the family of one of the soldiers. The attack raised questions about the US military's role in Niger, where about 800 US military personnel are stationed to train local forces and operate drones. The video reveals 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.ĭ is not publishing the full video, which is extremely graphic, but the withheld portions are described in detail below. The 9 minute, 15 second video appears to be shot from multiple helmet cams on the US soldiers who died in on October 4 in Tongo Tongo, Niger in an ambush by 50 ISIS militants. ISIS has released a sickening video appearing to show their fighters ambushing and killing four US soldiers in Niger. ![]()
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