2 Months Later, We’re Still Learning Exactly What Happened In Niger

This was not a US lead op, the IDA and B team along was on advise and HA)CA type role along with normal collections stuff they would do. This was not a direct action mission, they were with the Niger forces and if you have been involved n any type advise and assist mission or HA/CA mission the local forces have lead and you pretty much do what they do. The only thing you can do is a SITREP and wait for a FRAGO or Charlie Mike on patrol.

In 2008 was on. HA)CA mission mixed with SOF, regular and civilian personnel, with local national Military as Lead and security. This country visit was Colombia, so not so safe, we were doing local leader engagements like this patrol was doing, and the Colombians found something that concerned them not related to our mission, but went on to handle the problem with us along with them. We sat back and waited, and then carried on
I would say something like this may have happened.

We do these type missions all over the world and lucky this was the only one that went down hill quick. We should not always assume that because SF or any or SOF unit involved that it was a direct action on Force mission, because that is like 20% of what they do for real.

We got our asses handed to US on that fiasco. Now they try to cover it up. Worse than Tillman incident. Shameful

I was skeptical at first, then I noticed a report from Buzzfeed was cited and I realized that this article was absolutely infallible.