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ISIS Uses US Special Forces Helmet Cam in Twisted Propaganda Video

By Ryan Gaydos, Fox News

The Islamic State on Sunday released helmet-cam video that purportedly shows the October 2017 Niger ambush that resulted in four U.S. soldiers being killed and raised questions about the team’s mission in the African country.

The footage, taken from a helmet camera of one of the four soldiers, appears to show U.S. troops exchanging fire with ISIS-affiliated militants, BBC reported. The footage shows the firefight between the soldiers and the militants continuing until the soldier wearing the helmet-cam is killed.

A 12-member Army Special Forces unit was accompanying 30 Nigerian forces when they were attacked in a densely wooded area by as many as 50 militants traveling by vehicle and carrying small arms and rocket-propelled grenade launchers. Several Nigerien troops also were killed during the Oct. 4, 2017, attack.

The convoy was reportedly in unarmored trucks when the ambush occurred on a return route from Niamey, Niger.

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