Niger, Niger, Niger, U.S. Army Special Forces Sergeant Jeremiah Johnson, U.S. Special Forces Sgt. Bryan Black, U.S. Special Forces Sgt. Dustin Wright and U.S. Special Forces Sgt. La David Johnson killed in Niger, West Africa, Oct. 4, 2017.
https://www.voanews.com/a/niger-witness-describes-finding-bodies-of-us-soldiers-/4098723.html
never forget...
There was no U.S. overhead surveillance of the mission, he said, and no American quick-reaction force available to rescue the troops if things went wrong. If it weren't for the arrival of French fighter jets, he said, things could have been much worse for the Americans.
Congress also has many unanswered questions about what happened, he said, including about the specifics of the mission that day and the accounts lawmakers have been given about the timeline of the attack and rescue.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/africa/source-niger-attack-resulted-massive-intelligence-failure-n812626
How did Trump's response to four soldiers' deaths go so wrong?
http://beta.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-soldiers-niger-20171018-story.html
Africa U.S. soldier in Niger ambush was bound and apparently executed, villagers say
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/us-soldier-in-niger-ambush-was-bound-and-apparently-executed-villagers-say/2017/11/10/3aebba3e-c442-11e7-9922-4151f5ca6168_story.html?utm_term=.39219304acb2