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Niger SF attack: Back Channel commentary

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Bob Smith:
Such a shame to loose even one, We did what we could and then the questions and subtle or not comments being made, what a disappointment for our country.

Wilbur:
Thanks for posting this Don. So hard to sort wheat from chaff through what's reported in the media.

Wilbur:
Don just saw this- obviously a different view from what you posted. Do you have a sense of which is more likely the accurate story?

October 26, 2017

Sergeant La David Johnson's ODB support team was on a mission to setup a CIA drone base in Niger, was never truly missing, and were asleep when the ambush began.

VERO BEACH, FL (TruNews) In the early morning hours of Thursday October 4th, a twelve man Special Forces Operational Detachment Bravo team, also known as an ODB, was ambushed in Niger by a force of approximately fifty attackers using seventeen technical trucks mounted with medium and heavy Soviet-made crew serve weapons. 

From the onset, military officials knew three U.S. soldiers had been killed and that one was alive but missing in action. 
Although media was reporting mechanic Sgt. La David Johnson as MIA, military officials have told TruNews that AFRICOM never lost track of the "missing" soldier.

According to three active duty military personnel assigned to Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), following the separation from his unit, Sgt. Johnson was tracked by aerial surveillance and reconnaissance assets, but due to the "tyranny of distance" response time for the reactionary force and medical attention was stretched between 38 and 42 hours.

The officials, who have been briefed on the details of the operation in Niger, but spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not permitted to discuss the incident publicly, also told TruNews that the ODB team was parked in place and asleep at the time of the initial ambush.

With none of the ODB team awake to provide security, the enemy was emboldened and uninhibited in their setup of the deadly close range ambush.

ODB teams are comprised of mostly "non special forces qualified" soldiers, and are usually not assigned a Joint Tactical Attack Controller (JTAC) due to their predominate role as a support element, rather than a direct combat asset, which they lack the trained personnel to properly fulfill.

This may explain why the ODB team did not, and could not, communicate with the two French Mirage fighter jets which arrived "on station" while the ODB team was still fighting for their lives, approximately one hour after the initial ambush.
Officials also told TruNews that prior to the ambush, the ODB team was carrying out a reconnaissance mission for the placement of a CIA drone base, also referred to as an Advanced Operational Base (AOB).

Niger was picked for the placement of the CIA drone base because of its strategic positioning in the center of the African continent. The CIA operates similar drone reconnaissance bases in South Sudan and Tanzania. 

In response to this report, Department of Defense spokesperson U.S. Army Major Audricia M. Harris told TruNews that the U.S. military does not have an active, direct combat mission in Niger. 

KensAuto:
SF guys not pulling security at night? sounds fishy to this civy.

wyorunner:
Misdirection to fit the provided public narrative?


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