Page 4 - Enemy Contact News Today

This unit had with them to defend themselves? were they heavily defended or they go in like trucks not expecting much resistance? >> ill answer the second part because i know. and ill give you in general the first part. so they did not expect resistance on this particular patrol. at least when they first planned it. again, what happened subsequently will be the investigation. because the rules in that part of west africa are that we will only accompany our partnered forces when the chances of en...

In africa are designed to support the training, advising and assisting of the local african partners. and we mitigate the risk to u.s. forces with specific guidance that we only accompany those forces when the prospects of enemy contact is unlikely. there are other areas in africa where we have a different construct. so what i just described to you is the construct that exists in west africa. clearly, and youve seen it in reen recent days, we have a difference operation against al qaeda, al shab...

Can to mitigate it. when were conducting these investigations which we call train, advise and assist, we dont normally accompany those local partnered forces when contact with the enemy is expected. so we do one of two things. we either stay back on the last cover and conceal position. thats before enemy contact is made. or we dont even go on an operation if enemy contact is made. outside of active hostilities, our focus is to enable local forces to be able to conduct operations against the enem...

>> general dunford, on the search for sergeant johnsons body, how many troops took part in that and how many partner ead allied forces as well? >> i cant. again, thats down to a level of detail that is really going to require the investigation to lay all that out. >> how many u.s. troops took part in the search? >> i cant tell you what -- again, i know how many u.s. troops were part of that original advise/assist mission. i dont know what each of those troops were doing at any given time once co...

Shes getting information intel that they have not put out and this boko haram issue is real. i called a retired general who has vast knowledge as relates to that part of the world and the u.s. efforts with niger. this retired general said to me, look, this is not a unique effort. we have trained before as well as advised niger military when it comes to boko haram. they are linked with isis. so she is getting information that they dont want out. they want to control the narrative. this is what i ...

Trained before as well as advised the niger military when it comes to boko haram. boko haram and isis are linked. so she is giving information that they dont want out there. they want to control the narrative. and theyre trying to discredit her. this is what i dont understand. >> don, april makes a great point there because beyond the issue of the call, right? there are four dead american troops here. on an operation where the intel told them it was unlikely they would make enemy contact when in...

Faso. a group of gunmen opened fire at a restaurant popular with foreign visitors. state need yeah reported security forces did kill two of the terrorists. there was no immediate claim of responsibility. >> the u.s. military is investigating an incident that killed two others. they say it was not due to enemy contact. the names of the casualties have not been released yesterday. "new york times" is reporting that special counsel bob mueller will reach out to the white house to set up interview...

U.s. military officials say the service members died during combat training operations and not by enemy contact. five others hurt in the incident. none of the soldiers have been identified. more than a dozen illegal eu78 grants found locked inside of a sweltering truck near the u.s. border with mexico. a relative of someone inside the trailer tipping off police leading them to a truck stop in he haddenburg, texas. police officers say the 17 immigrants were likely locked inside for 8 or 9 hours. ...

Welcome back. overseas two american soldiers have been killed conducting combat operations against isis in northern iraq. the u.s. military made the announcement yesterday adding that five other soldiers were also wounded. their identities have not yet been released. now, the military says that while the service members were conducting combat operations, initial reports indicate that the incident was not due to enemy contact and an investigation has now been opened. nine americans have been kill...

At your morning headlines. james alex fields. in just the last couple minutes has completed his first court appearance. denied bond, which means he will stay behind bars. he entered no plea in the second murder charge. he rammed his car into a group of people following that white nationalist rally in virginia. two u.s. service members were killed and five others hurt during combat operations in northern iraq yesterday. the deadly incident is now under investigation, but according to military o...