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CNN: Slain Green Berets Wearing T-Shirts, Not Army Gear
« on: October 27, 2017, 01:46:15 pm »


By Todd Beamon    |   Thursday, 26 Oct 2017 08:18 PM



Four Green Berets ambushed by Islamic State terrorists in Niger were not wearing flak jackets or helmets, but instead T-shirts and baseball caps — and only one was armed with a machine gun, CNN reported Thursday.

The soldiers were driving a 4x4 SUV, CNN senior international correspondent Arwa Damon reported, citing an interview with a Nigerian soldier who was among one of the first on the scene of the battle.

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Re: CNN: Slain Green Berets Wearing T-Shirts, Not Army Gear
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2017, 01:53:03 pm »
WTH?  Really?
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Re: CNN: Slain Green Berets Wearing T-Shirts, Not Army Gear
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2017, 02:02:03 pm »
FWIW, that's probably Nigerien, for people of Niger. From what I've been reading, anyway. 

The story seems to be that they were on a low risk exercise that was suddenly changed to a high risk mission. That could explain their lack of battle dress.
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