Timeline: Top U.S. general lays out timeline of deadly Niger attack

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Timeline: Top U.S. general lays out timeline of deadly Niger attack

A straight forward timeline of the incident. Still a lot of unanswered questions.

(Reuters) - U.S. and Nigerien forces who came under attack in Niger earlier this month waited for an hour before they requested support and it was about an hour later that French jets arrived, according to a timeline provided by the top U.S. general on Monday.

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The following is the timeline Dunford provided:

Read the article at the link.

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Update: French helicopters strike militants near Niger ambush site

These guys used the same ambush location too many times.

French Tiger helicopters on Oct. 21 struck a militant vehicle just across the Niger-Mali border, not far from the scene of an ambush in early October that killed four U.S. soldiers.

According to a Facebook post by the French Ministry of Defense, French Tiger helicopters pursued armed militants after the group fled across the Nigerien border into Mali.





The strikes against the militant group followed an attack that day against a Nigerien base near the town of Ayorou. Militants stormed the Nigerien outpost on motorcycles and pick-up trucks, killing at least 12 Nigerien police officers, according to the BBC.




The Nigerien outpost struck by the militants is not far from where four U.S. soldiers were killed in an Oct. 4 ambush.