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Additional remains of Sgt. La David Johnson found in Niger
cnn ^ | 11/21/2017 | Barbara Starr and Zachary Cohen,

Posted on 11/21/2017 12:44:56 PM PST by BenLurkin

Additional remains have been discovered of Sgt. La David Johnson who was killed in the October 4 ambush by ISIS fighters in Niger, according to a US official. Another US official confirmed to CNN that the remains were bone fragments.

The remains were recovered on November 12 by a US military and FBI team that traveled to the area. Johnson's family was notified on Monday the official said.

"On Nov. 12, 2017, a joint US Africa Command military investigation team discovered additional human remains at the site where Sgt. La David T. Johnson's body was recovered following the Oct. 4 attack," a statement released by Pentagon spokesperson Dana White on Tuesday said.

"Today, we can confirm that the Armed Forces Medical Examiner has positively identified these remains as those of Sgt. Johnson."

There has been no public disclosure about whether these additional remains will provide any clues about Johnson's death or what happened to his body during the 48 hours he was missing.

US officials are also investigating local eyewitness reports Sgt. Johnson was found with his hands tied, a defense official told CNN earlier this month, though the US military has not confirmed those accounts

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1 posted on 11/21/2017 12:44:56 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

WTF ? Over


2 posted on 11/21/2017 12:46:48 PM PST by al baby (May the Forceps be with you Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
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To: BenLurkin

Mutilated, dismembered. That’s why they didn’t want the spouse to view the body when it was initially sent back. Wasn’t much to be identifiable.


3 posted on 11/21/2017 12:49:10 PM PST by BBQToadRibs
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To: BenLurkin

The FBI?? Insane,,,,


4 posted on 11/21/2017 12:54:00 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ...)
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To: al baby

Im going to guess that they beheaded him, in the Islamic way, and took the head as a trophy.


5 posted on 11/21/2017 12:56:43 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (Socialists want YOUR wealth redistributed, never THEIRS!)
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To: SauronOfMordor

Wow, intense.


6 posted on 11/21/2017 12:59:46 PM PST by txhurl (Banana Republicans, as far as the eye can see)
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To: BenLurkin

To many things to be said about this. I get rather hotheaded and will just let it go...


7 posted on 11/21/2017 1:03:02 PM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: BenLurkin
There has been no public disclosure about whether these additional remains will provide any clues about Johnson's death or what happened to his body during the 48 hours he was missing. .............not a clue to death? HOW ABOUT Mutilated, dismembered being the cause? On March 30th in Irag at least 5 US contractors bodies where hung on a bridge burned. A young boy was standing a bit away from a burning car and tossing rocks at it. My husband said at the time...savages tossing rocks at burnt dead bodies what good will that do him?
8 posted on 11/21/2017 1:03:11 PM PST by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever! It is offical, we are at war!)
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To: SauronOfMordor
Im going to guess that they beheaded him, in the Islamic way, and took the head as a trophy.

Or, if it's literally bone fragments, perhaps there was finger chopping.

I thought it strange when Obama silently and suddenly sent our forces there. Maybe it was necessary, but with Obama, one never knew what the real intention was.

9 posted on 11/21/2017 1:06:53 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine (White is the new Black.)
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To: BenLurkin

With all due respect to the deceased...Africa is astonishingly efficient in the disposal of protein. Fully realizing how repulsed many will find this statement.


10 posted on 11/21/2017 1:13:55 PM PST by hockea (1z2z)
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To: shanover

Part of me wishes the government would release this information in a timely manner. Let the American people know what we are fighting. Maybe make the people take a stand, either we get out and let these animals take over. Or we let loose and kill 90% of everyone carries a gun and decides to pray 5 times a day to Mecca. And for those who say not all muslims are to blame, well, I don’t see hundreds of thousands of muslims marching saying the militants are wrong.


11 posted on 11/21/2017 1:31:24 PM PST by rustyboots
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To: hockea

I think that holds true with many parts of the US where meat eaters are abundant. Couple years ago it took a deer carcass 3 days to be reduced to nothing but hairs from it’s hide strewn about. It’s quite common to find such remnants in the spring back in the deep woods - 100% gone except for some fur. With birds it’s a collection of feathers.

They were lucky they found fragments of Sgt Johnson. May he RIP.


12 posted on 11/21/2017 1:35:54 PM PST by redfreedom
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To: hockea
Fully realizing how repulsed many will find this statement.

No, not me.

I'm a realist, always have been.

And because I'm a realist and know the facts of life, it makes me wonder if perhaps these were "recovered" remains, as in the head or a portion of the body taken as a trophy, stored and either taken back or given back.

Certainly more to the story.

I lament the fact that this young man, in what was probably a horrific death, became a pawn of politics and that despicable rodeo clown should be called out again for her disgusting lies.

13 posted on 11/21/2017 1:38:01 PM PST by OldSmaj (The only thing washed on a filthy liberal is their damned brains.)
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To: DesertRhino

Not all that unusual. The FBI maintains offices around the world, ostensibly for “law enforcement liaison”. Realistically to act as a spy agency.

CC


14 posted on 11/21/2017 1:39:06 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (It don't matter if your heart is in the right place, if at the same time your head is up your a$$)
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To: hockea
One of the best kept secrets of the African continent is the degree of cannibalism ongoing to this day. To even mention the subject will get you labeled "racist"
15 posted on 11/21/2017 2:10:19 PM PST by DJ Taylor (Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
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To: DesertRhino
The FBI?? Insane,,,,

They must need something covered up...

16 posted on 11/21/2017 4:07:57 PM PST by Iscool
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