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[140] [141] He was killed by French forces in a mid-2021 raid and a 45-minute video of the 2017 incident was recovered. [ 142 ] A senior IS-GS commander Abu Huzeifa, on whom the US had placed a $5 million bounty for his role in the ambush, was killed in April 2024 in a joint operation by forces of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso.
A propaganda video released by the Islamic State terrorist group shows part of the attack that killed four American soldiers in Niger last year.
On May 1, 2021, at least sixteen Nigerien soldiers were killed in an ambush in Intoussan, Tillabéri Region, Niger by the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara.Nigerien officials reported the ambush as initially being located in Tillia, Tahoua Region, although footage from the attack posted by ISGS later showed the ambush occurring in Intoussan.
Gen. Joseph Dunford said officials are seeking to answer whether the mission changed and why one of the fallen soldiers was separated from the unit.
A French special forces team were the first ground forces to reach the scene of the ambush, 3–4 hours after the firefight which resulted in the death of 4 American Green Berets. [ 65 ] On 14 October 2017, an Antonov An-26 aircraft operating in support of Operation Barkhane crashed shortly before landing at Félix Houphouët Boigny ...
Livelsberger was in the U.S. Army for 19 years, 18 of them in the elite Special Forces. He is believed to have joined the Green Berets as a communications specialist in January 2006, before ...
Green Beret is the colloquial name used for members of the U.S. Army Special Forces. Green Berets conduct commando-style raids to attack enemy targets as well as reconnaissance missions behind ...
José Alberto Medrano (2 November 1917 [1] – 23 March 1985 [2]) was a Salvadoran general who, starting in the 1960s, headed the National Security Agency of El Salvador (ANSESAL) and the Nationalist Democratic Organization (ORDEN), a paramilitary group supported by the Green Berets.