A Risky Patrol, a Desert Ambush And New Anguish Over ‘an Endless War’.

The article reports on the ambush of members of the U.S. special forces by Nigerian fighters loyal to the terrorist group, Islamic State in the desert of Niger on October 4, 2017. Topics discussed include the deaths of several soldiers in the ambush triggering a debate over how the families of fallen U.S. soldiers should be treated by their commander in chief and a series of intelligence failures and strategic miscalculations that resulted to an ambush.