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Undated: Tongo Tongo ambush
The Tongo Tongo ambush occurred on 4 October 2017, when armed militants from the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) attacked Nigerien and U.S. soldiers near the village of Tongo Tongo, Niger, while they were returning to base from a mission.[16] During the ambush, five Nigeriens, four Americans, and at least 21 ISGS militants were killed and eight Nigeriens and two Americans were wounded. The Nigerien and U.S. soldiers were participating in a mission to gather information on the whereabouts of Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, the leader of the ISGS.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongo_Tongo_ambush
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October 18: Is Niger Trump's Benghazi? Four U.S. Soldiers Died and It Took Him 12 Days to Respond
https://www.newsweek.com/niger-trumps-benghazi-four-us-soldiers-died-and-it-took-him-12-days-respond-688082
October 20: What the Hell Happened in Niger?
Rumors are swirling over what took place in the final hours before four U.S. servicemen died—but a clear picture of what actually took place is only beginning to emerge.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/10/niger-isis-us-soldiers-attack/543531/
October 20: A timeline of the White House after the Niger raid
https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/20/politics/niger-timeline-white-house-president-donald-trump/index.html
October 25: Trump says he did not 'specifically' authorize Niger mission that killed four U.S. soldiers
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/25/trump-says-he-did-not-specifically-authorize-niger-mission-killed-four-u-s-soldiers/799276001/
Undated: Was an Attack on United States Soldiers in Niger a Debacle ‘Worse than Benghazi’?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/was-niger-attack-worse-than-benghazi/
November 4: US special forces 'fought Niger ambush alone after local troops fled'
Serving and retired officers say soldiers also tried to convince French jets to engage in incident in which four US soldiers died
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/04/special-forces-unit-ambushed-in-niger-desperately-called-for-help-sources-say
November 10: 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?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8c2475e2f33f
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February 17: 'An Endless War': Why 4 US Soldiers Died in a Remote African Desert
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/17/world/africa/niger-ambush-american-soldiers.html
March 6: Niger ambush mission that left 4 US soldiers dead 'did not receive approval' from senior command
The report does not point to one single cause for the deadly attack, however
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/niger-ambush-latest-mission-did-not-have-senior-command-approval-four-us-soldiers-killed-a8243076.html
March 15: US at war in 7 countries — including Niger
https://www.defenseone.com/news/2018/03/the-d-brief-march-15-2018/146688/
April 26: Classified Niger probe finds multiple flaws in deadly mission: report
A classified report on the deadly attack in Niger last fall found that disregard for the chain of command and a rush to approve a mission were contributing factors to the deaths of four U.S. soldiers, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
The 6,000-page report says that low-level commanders at U.S. Africa Command, eager to hit at local militant groups, took risks to get operations approved, officials familiar with the report told the Journal.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/385029-classified-niger-probe-finds-multiple-flaws-in-deadly-mission-report
May 3: US soldiers killed in Niger were outgunned, 'left behind' in hunt for ISIS leader
https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-soldiers-killed-niger-outgunned-left-hunt-isis/story?id=54909240
September 10: Trump, aides on tape laugh about Niger ambush that left 4 US soldiers dead
President Donald Trump drew laughs from some of his aides as he joked about what a “rough business” terrorism is while discussing an ambush in Niger that left four U.S. soldiers dead last year, according to a covert recording released Monday.
Trump made the comments during a closed-door meeting at the White House in the wake of the Oct. 4, 2017, attack on the U.S. special forces, who were advising local troops fighting Islamic extremists in the African nation.
Former White House communications aide Omarosa Manigault Newman secretly recorded the conversation and provided a tape of it to MSNBC on Monday afternoon.
https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20180910/trump-aides-on-tape-laugh-about-niger-ambush-that-left-4-us-soldiers-dead
September 10: With New Niger Drone Base, Trump's CIA Poised for Expanded African Footprint: NYT
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/09/10/new-niger-drone-base-trumps-cia-poised-expanded-african-footprint-nyt
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