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US Africa Command says one of its drones, an apparently armed Gray Eagle, malfunctioned in Niger January 24 When asked about this photo, of an MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone, apparently armed with a Hellfire missile, on the ground in Niger, AFRICOM officials said one of their drones malfunctioned in the area. (via Twitter) An MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone, operated by U.S. Africa Command made an emergency landing near Agadez, Niger, on Saturday, a U.S. Africa Command spokesman told Military Times. “Th...

AFRICOM officials say one of their drones malfunctioned and is on the ground in Niger.

Trump administration came in how prevalent isis was. it was because we turned it over and said, commanders, what have you got to do? lets go. what happened to isis? within a couple months pretty much eradicated -- pete: and that was top-down -- >> we knew where they were. isis flagged and technicals, and we werent calling airstrikes. lets go out there, get our hands dirty, see what these amazing guys can do, like you were just saying s and use them. >> hes absolutely correct. i happened to be in...

Trump administration came in how prevalent isis was. it was because we turned it over and said, commanders, what have you got to do? lets go. what happened to isis? within a couple months pretty much eradicated -- pete: and that was top-down -- >> we knew where they were. isis flagged and technicals, and we werent calling airstrikes. lets go out there, get our hands dirty, see what these amazing guys can do, like you were just saying s and use them. >> hes absolutely correct. i happened to be in...

Prevalent isis was. it was because we turned it over and said, commanders, what have you got to do? lets go. what happened to isis? within a couple months pretty much eradicated -- pete: and that was top-down -- >> we knew where they were. isis flagged and technicals, and we werent calling airstrikes. lets go out there, get our hands dirty, see what these amazing guys can do, like you were just saying s and use them. >> hes absolutely correct. i happened to be in mosul right when president trump...

Heather: we see pictures of her smiling, she and her child, she left the united states in 2014, mary to not one but three isis fighters. before and right after she left, social media sites, twitter included, these threats and statements where she challenged people to run over people in trucks, she challenged people to assassinate president obama. >> in 2014 if you found enough information to decide you wanted to join ice as you were well aware they were chopping peoples heads off and burning the...

They are refusing to budge on the hell fire missile. is that appropriate? >> if it had been me in the drivers seat, this would be a precondition to doing the level of reopening that were doing. its a small thing perhaps, but i think symbolically, if youre going to want to move into a post tour of cooperation, there is a basic thing to do. unfortunately, wolf, the real point is that technology has now bled out. there is no question its been shared widely in a circuit that would include russia, ch...

correspondent jim sciutto with this latest on this. wow, jim. >> yes, that is true. and the officials at the pentagon are not commenting, but it is a hellfire missile that was shipped by lockheed martin to europe for use in a nato training xexercise. after the exercise, it was being shipped back in effect, and it went through the web of various stops through freight companies and freight forwarding companies, an instead of coming back here in the u.s., it ended up in cuba, but they dont know ...

Cuba over the last year, sensitive american weapons technology is still in the hands of this once sworn enemy. in inactive hellfire missile sent last year to europe for training mistakenly shipped to of all places, cuba. the missile, called a hellfire captive air training missile, was not operational. and it wasnt fitted with a warhead. the live version is generally shot from helicopters to targets on the ground in combat. and most recently from predator drones in counterterrorism operations in ...

So if you cant identify these affiliations and this ideologies that people are attached to and are abiding by, then how can you stop them from coming to our country? and how can you identify them in order to defeat them? >> i want you to standby, congresswoman. we have more to discuss including a very alarming report that a u.s. hellfire missile has wound up in havana, cuba. stay with us. well be right back. does a freshly printed fill you with optimism? then you might be gearcentric. right now,...