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Where they actually departed because from his experience, this is an area where nigerians regularly come under attack. in fact, just last weekend, 13 nigerians were killed in another fire fight that took place within the same zone. and they ve been see iing this increasing terror threat in that zone. we ve seen increasing indications that this isis break away unit is really making enroads into this area. all right, thank you very much for that incredible reporting on the ground. i want to go now to the democratic congressman of california. he was briefed on the niger ambush today. so, let me ask you. arwa damon recording u.s. soldiers had just one money gun. they were wearing t-shirts. they were wearing baseball caps. none of this came up in your briefing today. is my understanding. what s your reaction to that? well, my reaction to that is twofold. first of all, it s a terrible tragedy, the loss of american life and the loss of nigerian soldiers. it s tragic and yes, indeed, it is ....
Soldiers. the biggest combat loss of president trump s term. a soldier who was among the first on the scene describing a vicious fire fight. standing back-to-back with nigerians holding off an attack from all sides. the troops were not ready for combat. arwa damon reporting they were not wearing jackets or helmets. they were wearing t-shirts and baseball caps. as for heavy weapons, just one machine gun and one defense official tells cnn the isis figers were heavily armed. we re also learning tonight that the u.s. unit became separated on the ground. arwa damon s source says he saw two of american soldiers dead by gun shot wounds in the backseat of their vehicle. another american soldier lying dead under a nearby brush. this is a very disturbing picture of american troops sent into harm s way with no warning from intelligence on the ground. as for the pentagon in a press briefing late today, it offered ....
Arrived with night vision capabilities, still trying to look for the body of sergeant la david johnson. they did not find him until very next day. he was describing the sense of being out there and his surprise at what had taken place because, erin, he said that the unit, the green berets had arrived add his base a day before the attack happened. when they received the call to go out andry respond to this, he was surprised because he said when they rooifed at his location the day before, they were they were a light convoy. what he means is that they didn t have a lot of manpower or a lot of fire power and his own unit that regularly patrols this very volatile zone, he was saying normally goes out with about 80 to 100 soldiers and it gives you an idea perhaps of ....
Out and patrol this area, they take 80 to 100 men. just to be clear, the unit we re talking about had 12 american troops and 30 nigerian forces. you re talking half of the smallest unit size that the nigerians would take to go into the same area because of how they would assess the risk. what do you make of that? where do you think this mistake was made? that s going to be determined. we know that the original mission was in a different location to go after a high value target. this has been reported over and over again. when that didn t happen, it appears the mission broke into pieces. one piece came back through this village and it was clearly smaller. than would be normal in the area and quite obviously and tragically, not prepared for the violence that does and has occurred in that area. so yes, there is a serious mistake made somewhere along the line. ....
Broke out. that is when two vehicles were split in the rest of the convoy and then he was told that dozens of other fighters arrived on motorcycles and that is the point at which the casualties began to get fairly severe. when this soldier arrived on scene along with the three u.s. soldiers who were killed, he also says that he saw the bodies of three nigtroge nigerian sold were further in the brush. he said that he did not interestingly see any body of the attackers, but just streaks of blood. he also noticed that it seemed as if some of the brush was still smoulderring. villagers telling his unit that the attackers had actually set some of the landscape on fire to create a smoke screen to allow them to then escape. now his unit and another unit overnighted the location. overnight, more u.s. soldiers ....