Top American General Reveals More Details on Ambush in Niger That Killed 4 Soldiers

Top American General Reveals More Details on Ambush in Niger That Killed 4 Soldiers
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine General Joseph Dunford at the Pentagon in Washington on May 19, 2017. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
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A top U.S. general, Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there would be a thorough and transparent investigation into the deaths of four U.S. soldiers in the West African nation of Niger.

The soldiers, Dunford said in media reports, were attacked by a group affiliated with the ISIS terrorist organization.