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Nightmare in Niger — Exclusive: Biden Administration Leaves Hundreds of U.S. Troops as ‘Hostages’ in Niger
Breitbart ^ | 4/18/2024 | Kristina Wong

Posted on 04/18/2024 12:57:49 PM PDT by Tell It Right

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To: Red Badger

“This is an outrage!...................”

One of many and I’ve lost count by now. I’m thinking the Marxists plan on making “outraged” the new norm for us.


41 posted on 04/18/2024 3:00:36 PM PDT by Danie_2023
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To: Grampa Dave

When we, the US, leave Niger we leave one of our finest bases in Africa. When we leave, Russia takes control of it. Will Biden leave all the best equipment in the world for them, a la Afghanistan????


42 posted on 04/18/2024 3:01:49 PM PDT by elpadre (a)
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To: sjmjax

Some chick wearing a tablecloth is running our nation. I’m so disgusted.


43 posted on 04/18/2024 3:08:39 PM PDT by Quilla
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To: Tell It Right

So much for getting Niger to legalize Gay Marriage and Pedophilia. Obviously Russia and China won’t do either of that crap.


44 posted on 04/18/2024 3:19:32 PM PDT by BobL (A society built on MERIT cannot survive on DEI (ref. South Africa, and now USA))
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To: Tell It Right

“One consideration, it is illegal to share prescription medication even if it is the same type of medicine.””

Why do we have High School principals running our military bases?


45 posted on 04/18/2024 3:24:22 PM PDT by BobL (A society built on MERIT cannot survive on DEI (ref. South Africa, and now USA))
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To: Tell It Right

Read the article. It’s all about shortage of medical supplies. Medical supplies are important, but what about ammunition and other military supplies?


46 posted on 04/18/2024 4:10:50 PM PDT by foxfield (When the going gets tough, the tough get going!)
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To: elpadre

Is there a pattern of treachery and insanity?


47 posted on 04/18/2024 5:25:24 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ((“Surrender often myeans wisely accommodating to what is beyond our control!” — Sylvia Boorstein.))
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To: elpadre

Will Biden leave all the best equipment in the world for them, a la Afghanistan????

I don’t think that he has a lot of lee way re what to do.


48 posted on 04/18/2024 5:56:25 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ((“Surrender often myeans wisely accommodating to what is beyond our control!” — Sylvia Boorstein.))
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To: EnderWiggin1970

This is likely the latest example of yet another fiasco caused by incompetent U.S. meddling in matters we have no business meddling in. We trained these Nigerians and now they have applied their training to take charge over the country and they want us the hell out of their midst. Sounds a lot like Afghanistan. We invested in building a huge new military base and now who knows how much military hardware and other assets are on the base. It sound familiar - like another Afghan debacle in the making. To add insult to injury, note that the so called U.S. Nigerian trainees now appear to be on Putin’s side.


49 posted on 04/18/2024 6:40:17 PM PDT by iontheball
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To: curious7

They are targets, they can blame the Russians for anything that happens to them.


50 posted on 04/18/2024 8:12:47 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
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To: piasa

Russia was already GIVEN US Uranium under Mr Hopey Changey.


51 posted on 04/18/2024 8:13:47 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
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To: Tell It Right

US agrees to withdraw troops from key drone base in Niger.

The United States agreed Friday to withdraw its more than 1,000 troops from Niger, officials said, upending its posture in West Africa where the country was home to a major drone base.

https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20240420-us-agrees-to-withdraw-troops-from-key-drone-base-in-niger


52 posted on 04/20/2024 3:06:02 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ((“Surrender often myeans wisely accommodating to what is beyond our control!” — Sylvia Boorstein.))
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US agrees to withdraw troops from key drone base in Niger.

The United States agreed Friday to withdraw its more than 1,000 troops from Niger, officials said, upending its posture in West Africa where the country was home to a major drone base.

https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20240420-us-agrees-to-withdraw-troops-from-key-drone-base-in-niger

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US agrees to withdraw troops from key drone base in Niger
The United States agreed Friday to withdraw its more than 1,000 troops from Niger, officials said, upending its posture in West Africa where the country was home to a major drone base.

Issued on: 20/04/2024 - 08:24
Modified: 20/04/2024 - 08:25

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Protesters react as a man holds up a sign demanding that soldiers from the United States Army leave Niger without negotiation during a demonstration in Niamey, on April 13, 2024.
Protesters react as a man holds up a sign demanding that US soldiers leave Niger without negotiation during a demonstration in Niamey on April 13, 2024. © AFP
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The long-expected move effectively marks a new regional gain for Russia, which has ramped up its focus on Africa and backed military regimes in neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso.

Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell accepted the call to remove troops in a meeting in Washington with the prime minister of the junta, Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, US officials told AFP on condition of anonymity.

They agreed that a US delegation would head within days to the capital Niamey to arrange an orderly withdrawal, the officials said. Nigerien state television earlier announced that the US officials would visit next week.

The State Department made no immediate public announcement and officials said no timeline was yet set to withdraw the troops.

Niger was long a linchpin in the US and French strategy to combat jihadists in West Africa. The United States built a base in the desert city of Agadez at the cost of $100 million to fly a fleet of drones.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken in March 2023 became the highest-ranking American ever to visit Niger, vowing economic support for one of the world’s poorest countries and seeking to bolster elected president Mohamed Bazoum, a stalwart Western ally.

But the military four months later sacked Bazoum and quickly kicked out troops from former colonial power France.


53 posted on 04/20/2024 3:08:21 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ((“Surrender often myeans wisely accommodating to what is beyond our control!” — Sylvia Boorstein.))
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To: Grampa Dave

Translation: Russia has their rare earths.


54 posted on 04/20/2024 4:37:19 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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