Serving and retired officers say soldiers also tried to convince French jets to engage in incident in which four Green Berets diedThe US special forces detachment ambushed in the Niger final month fought alone for hours after the local Nigerien forces they were accompanying fled in the first minutes of the engagement,retired and serving special forces officers with knowledge of events have said.
The trapped soldiers also made repeated efforts to convince French warplanes sent from neighbouring Mali to engage the enemy, attempting to “talk in” the pilots who refused to attack due to destitute weather, and rough terrain and an inability to differentiate friend from foe,the officers said.
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Source: guardian.co.uk