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fromwww.nytimes.com
1 week ago

Video: Opinion | Pete Hegseth Is Ordering Executions at Sea

This all started in September, when Secretary Hegseth ordered the military to strike a boat to strike a boat that he said was carrying drugs to the United States. Ever since, he's been ordering more and more and more strikes, proudly announcing at least 20 strikes that have killed more than 80 people at sea. We could stop there and have plenty to talk about, but the picture has gotten a lot worse.
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fromThe Atlantic
1 week ago

A Counterproductive Counter-Narcotics Campaign

U.S. maritime missile strikes targeting drug trafficking are straining alliances, undermining intelligence, and unlikely to disrupt Mexican and Colombian cartels.
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fromTruthout
2 weeks ago

Trump Declares Venezuelan Airspace "Closed" in Latest Illegal Escalation

The U.S. claimed authority to close Venezuelan airspace and conducted lethal strikes on vessels, risking humanitarian isolation and signaling possible imminent airstrikes.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 weeks ago

Opinion: Do U.S. military leaders have the backbone to disobey illegal orders?

Secret legal memos granting immunity for maritime strikes reveal governmental accountability avoidance and a decades-long moral erosion in U.S. wartime practices.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Top US military adviser tours Caribbean as pressure on Venezuela deepens

U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean escalates pressure on Venezuela through large naval deployments and maritime strikes aimed at alleged drug-trafficking operations.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Colombia to maintain US intelligence-sharing to fight drug trafficking

Officials in Colombia say the country will continue to share intelligence with international agencies combatting drug trafficking, just days after President Gustavo Petro said he was suspending such collaboration with the United States over attacks on vessels in international waters. Colombian Defence Minister Pedro Arnulfo Sanchez said in a social media post on Thursday that Petro had provided clear instructions to maintain a continuous flow of information with international agencies working on drug trafficking.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Senate to vote on legislation to stop unauthorized war against Venezuela US politics live

But first, let's look at the Senate vote today on bipartisan legislation to stop an unauthorized war against Venezuela. The proposals from Democrats Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff along with independently minded Republican senator Rand Paul would block the use of the US armed forces to engage in hostilities within or against Venezuela, unless that action has been authorized by Congress.
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fromAxios
1 month ago

Trump spars with Colombia's president over drugs, cuts U.S. funding for nation

U.S.-Colombia tensions escalated as U.S. maritime strikes and accusations of civilian deaths prompt public threats to end aid and warnings of further force.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Trump anticipates a new phase of the US anti-drug operation in the Caribbean

U.S. forces have attacked alleged drug-smuggling boats in Caribbean international waters, causing multiple deaths and prompting consideration of expanding operations onto land.
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