venue since the start of the Covid pandemic - and were joined by family members and others featured in the project.Īmong them was Debbie Gannon, the mother of Jeremiah Johnson, who said that she didn’t have any hesitation about participating. Meek and the production’s crew gathered at the Motion Picture Association for a screening this week - the first at the D.C. Family members, meanwhile, were enraged by Waldhauser’s comments, and point to video footage of the team members as they courageously tried to fight off the ambush. Michael Perozeni, actually pushed back when the unit, on a mission to meet with tribal leaders, was instead directed to go after the ISIS leader. The documentary, however, shows that the leader of the Green Beret unit, Capt. Thomas Waldhauser, then leader of the African command, said that 10-man team was “not indicative” other special operations forces on the continent.

Their doubts turned into dismay after the Pentagon released a highly redacted report on the ambush that accused the team of going on a rogue mission to capture and kill an ISIS sub commander. The project also follows the family members as they go public in questioning the military’s version of events, pointing to contradictions in initial information they were given. Dustin Wright were killed, along with five Nigerien soldiers. The documentary shows what happened as the unit was caught in a surprise ISIS attack in outside the Saharan village of Tongo Tongo. Former ABC News Producer Arrested On Charge Of Transporting Child Pornography

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