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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week agoIs That a Yes or No?' Hegseth Waffles When Asked If He'll Release The Second-Tap Airstrike Video
Tomlinson next referred to a Washington Post report that Hegseth ordered, Kill them all, even the survivors of the first strike. Is anybody here from The Washington Post? I don't know where you get your sources, but they suck. Hegseth continued, Of course not! Anybody that has been in this situation room, or has been in the war room there, the secretary's office, know you don't walk in and say, Kill them all ' It's patently ridiculous. It's meant to create a cartoon of me.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week agoThe Trump administration sinks to a new low opening fire on drowning men | Jonathan Freedland
The paper reported that US forces hit the targeted boat once, then hit it again the second strike killing two survivors clinging to the wreckage. According to the Post, the defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, had issued a verbal command to kill them all. Now that incident is under congressional scrutiny, with even some Republicans uneasy about what appears to be a clearcut case of a war crime.
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fromThe American Conservative
1 week agoHegseth 'Double Tap' Brings Legality of Entire Narco Campaign Into Question
U.S. strikes on suspected drug boats, including alleged orders to kill survivors, have prompted legal, congressional, and human-rights scrutiny and bipartisan concern.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week agoProminent Republican Sounds the Alarm Over Trump Boat Strikes: Members Are Very Concerned'
Congressional leaders question the legality, rules of engagement, and intelligence accuracy behind executive strikes on suspected drug-running vessels conducted outside traditional battlefields.
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fromBoston.com
1 week agoMarkey calls Pete Hegseth a 'war criminal,' joining bipartisan reproach after report that U.S. forces killed boat strike survivors in Carribean
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth allegedly ordered forces to "kill everybody" aboard an accused drug-smuggling vessel, prompting bipartisan legal and congressional oversight concerns.
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fromFortune
3 months agoThe Coast Guard just dumped nearly 40 tons of drugs worth nearly half a billion dollars onto a dock in Florida
U.S. Coast Guard seized over 75,000 pounds of illegal drugs from vessels across the Pacific and Caribbean, offloading 76,140 pounds valued at about $473 million.
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fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks agoHow Coast Guard pilots and sharpshooters leave drug boats dead in the water, from helicopter chases to shooting out the engines
Coast Guard HITRON helicopter teams relentlessly train to intercept drug boats, adapt tactics mid-mission, and employ precision marksmen to disable vessels and enable boardings.
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2 weeks agoDeadly airstrikes and a military buildup: how the US pressure campaign against Venezuela has unfolded in the Caribbean
Amid growing tensions between Washington and Caracas, the US has gathered its largest military presence in the Caribbean since the 1989 invasion of Panama. Donald Trump's administration has steadily increased pressure on Venezuela's leader, Nicolas Maduro, accusing him of running the Cartel of the Suns drug-trafficking organization, and placing a $50m bounty on his head. The US leader has been opaque about his intentions and Trump says he is keeping all options on the table from a military intervention to a negotiated exit for Maduro.
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fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks agoThis wild-looking drone hunting drug runners at night helped the US Coast Guard seize a record-breaking cocaine haul
Coast Guard cutter Stone offloaded over 49,000 pounds of cocaine (about $362 million) after 15 eastern Pacific interdictions aided by a vertical takeoff reconnaissance drone.
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fromFortune
1 month agoTrump's decision to sail aircraft carrier to South America will leave the Mideast and Europe with none during a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas | Fortune
The U.S. will have only one aircraft carrier deployed, leaving none near Europe or the Middle East while shifting significant naval focus to the Western Hemisphere.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months agoUnited States subjects Maduro to psychological terror: The wrath of God will fall upon you like thunder'
U.S. Caribbean operations aim to psychologically pressure Maduro's regime through vessel attacks and naval deployment, with low likelihood of a full-scale invasion.
fromDefector
2 months agoHow Do You Stop A Serial Killer? | Defector
Monday, on social media, President Donald Trump announced that he had murdered three people—"three male terrorists killed in action" was how he put it. By "terrorists," the president meant nothing more than that he claimed the three people were smuggling drugs; by "in action," he meant that they were traveling in a boat in the Caribbean when a U.S. military aircraft hunted them down and killed them.
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