Terrorist Responsible For 2017 Tongo Tongo Attack on US Special Forces Killed
The mastermind behind the Tongo Tongo attack, jihadist commander Abou Houzeifa, has been killed by Malian forces.
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Want Stability in Africa? Let Special Forces Do Their Jobs
Bureaucracy is undermining the Special Operations mission in Africa and leading to increased attrition of our best SOF soliders.
Senate halts promotion of senior Special Forces officer related to the Niger Ambush
Colonel Bradley D. Moses, formerly the 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) Commander, is the only officer involved in the 2017 deadly Niger Ambush to have escaped some form of punishment. The ambush resulted in the deaths of three Green Berets and one support soldier. The lack of appropriate training has been the main reason cited […]
Hunt them down: France to lead international SOF task force in Africa
France is rallying fellow European nations to join a Special Operations task force that will be deployed in the Sahel region of Africa to combat Islamist terrorists. The task force will be named Task Force TAKUBA, which in the Tuareg language means “sabre.” It will be comprised of Special Operations units from approximately a dozen […]
$5 million bounty for terrorists who ambushed American Special Forces team in Niger
Two years after the deadly ambush in Tongo Tongo, Niger, which left four Americans dead, the terrorist perpetrators are still to be killed or captured. To amend this, the State Department is offering a $5 million bounty for information that would lead to the arrest or conviction in any country of any individual who had […]
The Niger Ambush After Action Review: What Really Happened?
In the aftermath of the deadly ambush that killed four American soldiers near Tongo Tongo, Niger, we outlined the context and background of U.S. Special Forces in Africa and specifically in Niger, examined what happened during the ambush to the best of our ability, and detailed the attempted rescue mission to repatriate La David Johnson. […]
Footage of ISIS Ambushing US Special Forces in Niger
The following footage is from the Helmet camera of a Special Forces soldier caught in the infamous ambush in Niger that occurred on October 4th of 2017.
