Daily Mail: Poor training, forged documents, lack of rehearsals… Pentagon investigation reveals a catalogue of mistakes leading up to the deadly Niger ambush that killed four Americans
* A Pentagon report released Thursday revealed multiple failures are to blame for the Niger ambush that killed four US service members last October
* The team sent after an ISIS insurgent was found to be largely under prepared
* Its mission ended in an hour-long firefight near the Mali border
* Staff Sgt Dustin Wright, 29; Staff Sgt Bryan Black, 35; Staff Sgt Jeremiah Johnson, 39; and Sgt LaDavid Johnson were killed on October 4
* The report identified several individual, organizational, and institutional failures
* Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, head of US Africa Command, took full responsibility
The Pentagon said multiple failures are to blame for the Niger ambush that killed four US service members last October.
The report summary released Thursday cites insufficient training and preparation as well as the team's deliberate decision to go after a high-level Islamic State group insurgent without proper command approval.
The families of the four men killed by ISIS in the ambush last fall have said they were 'abandoned' and 'left on their own' by US commanders who made poor decisions.
In a press conference, head of US Africa command Gen. Thomas Waldhauser took full responsibility for the events and was instructed to make several improvements to the organization.
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WNU Editor: The summary of the report is here .... OCT 2017 NIGER AMBUSH (SUMMARY OF INVESTIGATION)
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