officials cob firms three u.s. soldiers were killed in an ambush in africa. they came you should attack along the border 124 miles north of the nation s capital. let s get the late now. we know it was a well planned ambush. we don t know if they actually were targeting a and knew american and potential french special forces were with the military. they were out there on patrol. the u.s. does have a big presence in niger. there are about 800 troops there. the u.s. operates a lot of drones they use for libya and mali and elsewhere. there is a clear insurgency problem. the u.s. is trying to help partner nations there. in this case the government of