New details emerging from the military’s investigation into the ambush and interviews with military officials and lawmakers have revealed, once again, changes to the timeline in a shifting narrative that has bedeviled top Pentagon officials. The other group — made up of about eight Army Special Forces, three American soldiers in support roles and their interpreter, along with 30 Nigerien troops — was on a separate reconnaissance patrol. Villagers might have tipped off Islamic State militants in the area, Nigerien and American military officials have said. Outgunned and taking casualties, the soldiers tried to stand their ground until additional Nigerien troops rushed to the scene. It was not clear when the Nigeriens, along with French troops, arrived, but American officials indicated that they had made it to the ambush site by the time the seven Americans were evacuated.

Source: New York Times October 27, 2017 00:56 UTC