Bamako, Mali -- On June 4th the body of Green Beret Staff Sgt. Logan J. Melgar was found in U.S. embassy housing Bamako, Mali. The room where Melgar was found resembled that of a bomb going off inside. U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) investigators outlined what they felt was a brutal assault that led to Melgar's violent death by strangulation at the hands of one … [Read more...] about Drugs likely involved in the death of a Green Beret in Africa, 2 Navy SEALs suspected
Cape Town, South Africa -- Earlier this week the governments of South Africa and Niger finalized a military memorandum of understanding that will put South African Defence Force troops on the ground in Niger to fill the African Union peacekeeping role of quelling the spread of Boko Haram and other terrorist groups such as the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) after … [Read more...] about Operation Juniper Shield: South Africa Defence Force troops to deploy to Niger to fill void left by Chad
Juba, South Sudan -- The United States ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, needed to be evacuated from a U.N. refugee camp of internally displaced people (IDPs) after a demonstration turned violent. Haley is on her third day touring three nations in Africa that are currently war zones when she found herself at a IDP camp near Juba, South Sudan. The camp has been … [Read more...] about US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, evacuated from refugee camp after protests turn violent in South Sudan
Niamey, Niger -- On October 4th the United States woke up to four dead U.S. Special Forces soldiers in a deadly ambush perpetrated by a new terrorist threat known as The Islamic State in the Greater Sahara in the West African country of Niger. Many Americans had no idea where the country of Niger was, let alone had any clue that elite Green Berets of the U.S. Army 3rd Special … [Read more...] about Operation Juniper Shield: With Chad gone, nothing stops a united Islamic State and Boko Haram in Niger
Niamey, Niger -- 12 paramilitary police officers from Niger's Gendarmerie Nationale Nigérienne were reportedly killed in another surprise attack by a large terrorist force late Saturday evening, in the southwestern border region of Niger. Niger's Interior Minister, Mohamed Bazoum, in an interview with French news said that the new attack occurred near the village of Ayorou … [Read more...] about Flashpoint Africa: 12 Nigerien troops killed in suspected Islamic State attack along the contested border region in southwest Niger
Washington, D.C. -- Shortly after a meeting ended between Defense Secretary James Mattis and members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. John McCain and Sen. Lindsey Graham in regards to the attack in Niger that killed four soldiers attached to the 3rd Special Forces Group; Sen. Graham announced in a press briefing that the United States will be looking to increase … [Read more...] about BREAKING: Congress announces increase in US Special Operations combat missions in Africa
On September 11th 2001 terrorists coordinated a series of attacks by way of hijacked commercial passenger airliners. Two of the hijacked passenger planes slammed into the north and south towers of the World Trade Center of Lower Manhattan in New York City, another speared itself into the outer rings of The Pentagon, and the final, United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a field … [Read more...] about 16 years ago today: Green Berets enter Afghanistan as America’s response to 9/11
Two weeks ago, a team of U.S. Army Green Berets along with about 20 Nigerien Army counterparts were ambushed by what was reported to be about 50 plus insurgents from the newly minted terror group known as The Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS). The ambush was during a meeting with clan elders in the village of Tongo Tongo in southwestern Niger. The joint … [Read more...] about Op-Ed: Trump evokes the ‘blame game’ for White House silence on 4 killed on Special Forces mission in Niger
Mogadishu, Somalia -- On Saturday, Somalia's capital city of Mogadishu was rocked by a massive explosion from a a large vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED). Mogadishu police officials reported that a large truck full of explosives pulled up next to the Safari Hotel just off the busy K5 roadway and detonated. The explosion ripped through the hotel collapsing a … [Read more...] about Turkey sends doctors to Somalia as death toll reaches 300 after deadly truck bomb in Mogadishu
Mogadishu, Somalia -- 30 people are dead after a large truck laden with explosives detonated in front of a busy hotel within the capital city of Mogadishu. In a report for Reuters, Mogadishu police officials described absolute carnage surrounding the popular Safari Hotel with body parts strewn several hundred feet from the blast site, in addition to reports that dozens more … [Read more...] about BREAKING: 30 dead in massive truck bomb that collapsed hotel in Mogadishu
Niamey, Niger -- A village elder has arrested an unknown number of residents in the village of Tongo Tongo located in southwestern Niger today under the suspicion of having a hand in the October 4th attack on a joint U.S.-Nigerien Special Forces unit by a large force suspected of being aligned to a terror group known as The Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISIS-GS) that … [Read more...] about Arrests made of suspects involved in deadly ambush on Green Berets in Niger
It was two days after America was still coming to grips with the carnage that was displayed in Las Vegas after a madman holed himself up in a 32nd floor hotel suite of the Mandalay Bay casino and resort. Where the killer, Stephen Paddock constructed some sort of makeshift machine gun nest overlooking a country music festival then smashed two windows and rained down a hail of … [Read more...] about Op-Ed: Trump admin stages NFL protest while ignoring 4 dead Special Forces soldiers in Niger
