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In October 2017 four members of the
3rd Special
Forces Group were killed during an ambush of a ODA patrol
with a partner nation unit in Niger by a militant jihadist
group. The incident caused a furor within the media, Congress,
and American public - with many questioning why the ODA was on a
combat mission in Africa and the lack of support provided to the
Special Forces team
References
October 15, 2020.
"Working Case Study: Congress's Oversight of the Tongo Tongo,
Niger, Ambush", by Loren DeJonge Schulman, Center for a New
American Security.
May 10, 2018.
"Niger Ambush Investigation Briefed to Press on May 10, 2018",
SOF News.
October 20, 2017.
"SF Deaths in Niger - The Aftermath", SOF News.
October 4, 2017.
"Special Forces Soldiers Killed in Niger (Oct 2017)",
SOF News.
October 4, 2017.
"Special Forces in Niger - Countering Terrorist Groups",
SOF News.
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