Dear Friends:
Pentagon reported
the death of three U.S. troops in an ambush in Niger near the frontier with Mali. Also two other Americans were wounded in
the same attack.
According to the
information theses soldiers were members of U.S. Army Special Forces training
soldiers of Niger in the fight against jihadist militants.
The news doesn’t
give additional information about the identity of the Americans dead in action.
It is known that the
United States and France send special troops to different African countries
involved in terrorist operations to support and train locals. And Niger is one of these countries.
It is painful that
these troops didn’t return home alive, however we know that in the combats
against terrorists the risks are very high.
The dead soldiers
are heroes. With their fight abroad, these troops help to countries like Niger and Mali to confront terror groups that make
frequently incursion in different African countries like Libya, Algeria, Chad and Nigeria.
We have to remark
that Niger is a landlocked country in Western Africa
with borders with Libya, Chad, Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Algeria. Important parts of the territory are
desert. Its economy is in the level of subsistence and the population is
Islamic.
This frame makes Niger a good territory for the development of
terrorist organizations for the war in Africa and the exportation to Europe and western countries, like the United States.
We have to honor
these three troops killed in combat. The war on terror has no frontiers and its
fight is bloody and cruel.
Domingo A. Trassens
Email: d.a.trassens@gmail.com
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MY BLOG COMMENT ABOUT THE THREE AMERICAN
HEROES
It is painful that
three U.S. troops didn’t return home, but missions of the Army Special Forces in
jihadist infernos like Niger are very risky.
10/05/2017 09:16:31 AM
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