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As the fight rages on, Ivar seems stunned by the appearance of an unknown warrior, and Hvitserk warns him: “I told you, you can’t kill him.” This intriguing exchange has led many fans to believe Bjorn is not quite dead, and continues to fight for his kingdom for some time before he finally succumbs to […]
Eleven taxi drivers have been gunned down in a “heinous” ambush outside Durban, South Africa’s police force has confirmed. The group belonging to the Ivory-Park Taxi Association in Gauteng were returning to Johannesburg from a funeral when they were set upon by gunman in the province of Kwa-Zulu Natal. Eleven people were killed and four […]
OZY Senior Columnist John McLaughlin teaches at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and was deputy director and acting director of the CIA from 2000 to 2004. Follow him on Twitter: @jmclaughlinSAIS. The attack on U.S. Special Forces in Niger earlier this month highlights many classic challenges of counterterrorist operations. It also underlines […]
US Army A senior congressional aide says that a “massive intelligence failure” may have played a role in the Niger ambush that led to the deaths of four US soldiers. The Defense Department is looking into whether the soldiers were being delayed and lured into an ambush, multiple news outlets reported. The ambush that resulted […]
AP Weeks after the initial reports of the ambush in which 4 US troops were killed in Niger, questions still remain about what exactly happened. Lawmakers have been left in the dark and are pressing the White House for answers, with Sen. John McCain suggesting he may issue a subpoena. The Department of Defense is still investigating […]
NAIROBI/ABIDJAN, Oct 6 (Reuters) – U.S. special forces soldiers were training their Nigerien counterparts in the West African nation’s volatile southwest, a growing hot-bed of jihadist violence, when the report came in of a raid nearby. The assailants were believed to be led by Dondou Chefou, a lieutenant in a new group operating along the […]
Published time: 6 Oct, 2017 22:02 A fourth US soldier is confirmed to have died during an October 4 ambush in the African country of Niger. Local residents found the body near the site of the ambush in Niamey, the country’s capital. It was initially not clear whether the soldier was killed, captured or had […]
SOCFWD-NWA Public Affairs Three US Army Special Forces troops were killed and two were wounded while conducting a patrol with Niger troops in southwest Niger on Wednesday, The New York Times reported. The wounded Green Berets were reportedly in “stable condition” and evacuated to Niamey, the country’s capital, where they will then be transported to […]
