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Niger Ambush Came After ‘Massive Intelligence Failure,’ Source Says
nbcnews.com ^ | 10/21/17 | Ken Dilanian and Courtney Kube

Posted on 10/21/2017 3:14:45 PM PDT by ColdOne

WASHINGTON — A senior congressional aide who has been briefed on the deaths of four U.S. servicemen in Niger says the ambush by militants stemmed in part from a "massive intelligence failure."

The Pentagon has said that 40 to 50 militants ambushed a 12-man U.S. force in Niger on Oct. 4, killing four and wounding two. The U.S. patrol was seen as routine and had been carried out nearly 30 times in the six months before the attack, the Pentagon has reported.

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1 posted on 10/21/2017 3:14:45 PM PDT by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne
More of Obama's legacy.
2 posted on 10/21/2017 3:15:46 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: ColdOne

In other news, Susan Rice and other former senior Obama officials retain their security clearances for some odd reason.


3 posted on 10/21/2017 3:16:49 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: SoFloFreeper

The Buck Stops Here.


4 posted on 10/21/2017 3:17:07 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: ColdOne

A tragedy for all involved.

But it does make me think that the media is again ramping up the “body counts”. Four dead in Niger? This has been a major story for days. Did no soldiers die during Obama’s 8 years? Because I don’t know if I heard of any ...


5 posted on 10/21/2017 3:17:44 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Benedict McCain is the worst traitor ever to wear the uniform of the US military.)
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To: ColdOne
The U.S. patrol was seen as routine and had been carried out nearly 30 times in the six months before the attack, the Pentagon has reported.

And there in lies the problem. Routine? These guy are professionals they don't make mistakes like that on their own.

6 posted on 10/21/2017 3:19:05 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: ColdOne

Well, yes, but were the homosexuals and transvestites properly accomodated.

That’s the important thing.

/sarc


7 posted on 10/21/2017 3:22:04 PM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it)
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To: ColdOne

Not failure...treason. those should hang.


8 posted on 10/21/2017 3:22:41 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (The Left's family value: 'The U.S. is the great enemy of mankind!' (Che Guevara, 1961))
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To: ColdOne

A senior *Democrat* congressional aide ...
Funny they don’t mention that.
How do I know? It always is.

Obviously this was, at least “in part”, a failure of intelligence. The other parts of the failure may be more significant.


9 posted on 10/21/2017 3:23:56 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Westbrook

But the Transgenders weren’t! And there lies the problem!

Does the above really need a sarcasm tag?


10 posted on 10/21/2017 3:24:22 PM PDT by Reily
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To: tet68; ColdOne

I concur with Tet68, either the US team and/or the Niger troops got complacent about the routine trips and didn’t plan for the ‘just in case something happens’.... “Intelligence Failure” would not be at the ‘national level’ because this was most probably a locally planned ambush and thus nothing for “intelligence” to find out about through various “intel assets.”


11 posted on 10/21/2017 3:24:42 PM PDT by GreyFriar ((Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87))
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To: ColdOne

By definition all ambushes are intelligence failures. Maybe there was more that could be done, but it could just take a jihadi kid with a twitter account to send the nearest ISIS flash mob over if they think they have better numbers.


12 posted on 10/21/2017 3:25:07 PM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: ColdOne

And we’re in Niger because.......


13 posted on 10/21/2017 3:25:48 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: ColdOne

They are trying to manufacture another Benghazi, but for Donald Trump.


14 posted on 10/21/2017 3:27:35 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: dfwgator

Exactly!


15 posted on 10/21/2017 3:28:09 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever! It is offical, we are at war!)
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To: gaijin

Yup!


16 posted on 10/21/2017 3:29:07 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever! It is offical, we are at war!)
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To: ColdOne

Where is the >investigation< into the ‘massive intelligence failure’ of the Extortion 17 mission in Afghanistan ?....


17 posted on 10/21/2017 3:29:09 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse (America First !)
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To: ColdOne

So, heard today journalists pronouncing it Knee- jair instead of Niger, like Tiger.

Is this going the same way as Pock-ee-stan?


18 posted on 10/21/2017 3:31:57 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: ColdOne

I see their Benghazi and raise them Seal Team Six that Awan achieved with his top-secret Intel.


19 posted on 10/21/2017 3:33:55 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: GreyFriar

Czeck Resistance fighters successfully ambushed Reynard Heydrich, one of the most evil Nazi leaders, because he had a fixed routine that they figured out. Looks like the same kind of thing happened here. To stay alive, it’s essential to mix and match.


20 posted on 10/21/2017 3:35:59 PM PDT by libstripper
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