![recovered helmet cam video ambush mali recovered helmet cam video ambush mali](https://www.blowsion.com/media/igallery/b/_/b.willman_blowsionpaint2010_5__2.jpg)
US Army Special Forces Staff Sergeant Jeremiah Johnson (left), Staff Sergeant Bryan Black (second left) and Staff Sergeant Dustin Wright (second right) died near Tongo Tongo in western Niger on October 4. The soldiers, Staff Sergeant Bryan Black, 35, Staff Sergeant Jeremiah Johnson, 39, and Staff Sergeant Dustin Wright, 29, died near Tongo Tongo in western Niger on October 4.Ī fourth soldier Sergeant La David Johnson, 25, was also killed after he got separated from the rest of the unit. ISIS released the nine-minute, 17-second video online on Sunday taken mainly from the helmetcams of the slain soldiers. The release of shocking video showing the death of three American soldiers in the deserts of west Africa is raising more questions about just what US forces are doing in the region.
![recovered helmet cam video ambush mali recovered helmet cam video ambush mali](https://cdn.trendhunterstatic.com/thumbs/helmet-camera.jpeg)
The incident raised questions about role of 800 US troops stationed in Niger.It was the largest combat loss of American lives in Africa since the infamous Black Hawk Down incident in Somalia in 1993, when 19 American troops died.The soldiers were reportedly ill-equipped in lightly armored pick-up trucks and an SUV, mainly carrying M4 carbines, when they were ambushed on October 4.Even lawmakers knew nothing of the action in Niger, having been told that troops there were just training and advising local troops.But the soldiers were redeployed to join hunt for Doundoun Cheffou, a suspected local terrorist leader, according to The New York Times.They had been assigned to visit villages around their base of Ouallam to meet locals as part of a charm offensive aimed at dissuading locals from backing terror groups.The nine-minute video was taken mainly from helmetcams of the slain soldiers.
![recovered helmet cam video ambush mali recovered helmet cam video ambush mali](https://www.motorcyclesrus.com.au/wp-content/uploads/77-365-043.jpg)
ISIS released footage of the Niger ambush that killed four US soldiers on Sunday.