The attack came a little over two months after an ambush in the village of Tongo Tongo that left at least 30 dead including four Americans.[5] The December firefight was first learned of after a declassified report made for Congress was obtained and reported by The New York Times.[6] The firefight is just one of 10 other incidents involving American personal in Niger.[7] During these previous firefights excluding the ambush that happened two months earlier only a few enemy combatants died while no Americans or Nigeriens were hurt.