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Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam
What happened in Niger was a total cluster-fuck.
What's Trump and his strategists answer -- shit happens?
Sometimes things go wrong but this might have been avoidable -- we need INVESTIGATIONS AND HEARINGS!
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Why US troops are in Niger - ABC News
When did US forces arrive in Niger?
They arrived in early 2013 to help the French military that had intervened in neighboring Mali the year before. The French had moved into Mali after an Al Qaeda affiliated group and tribal groups took over the vast northern part of the country and were moving toward the capital of Mali. As part of the U.S. effort to assist that mission then-
President Barack Obama ordered 150 U.S. military personnel to set up a surveillance drone operation over Mali that would fly from Niger's capital of Niamey.