Pentagon updates Niger ambush timeline, says US troops called for air support hour after attack (Report)

Amid immense speculation surrounding the ambush in Niger earlier this month that left four U.S. troops dead, a top U.S. general addressed the ambush’s timeline and provided new details on the attack.

Gen. Joseph Dunford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged Monday at the Pentagon that details on the attack have not been forthcoming, and said the four servicemen who died on Oct. 4 passed during a “complex situation” and a “difficult firefight.”

On Oct. 3, a 12-member American team accompanied 30 Nigerien forces — reportedly in unarmored trucks — to an area approximately 52 miles north of the capital, Niamey.

Upon their return on Oct. 4, the team was reportedly ambushed by about 50 ISIS-affiliated militants traveling by vehicle, carrying small arms and rocket-propelled grenade launchers.

NIGER ATTACK LEAVES 4 US SOLDIERS DEAD: WHAT TO KNOW

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