Pentagon announces it has killed four men in another boat strike in Pacific
Strike comes amid congressional turmoil over legality of US attacks on suspected drug smugglersThe Pentagon announced on Thursday that the US military’s southern command had conducted another deadly strike on a boat suspected of carrying illegal narcotics, killing four men in the eastern...
<p>Strike comes amid congressional turmoil over legality of US attacks on suspected drug smugglers</p><p>The Pentagon announced on Thursday that the US military’s southern command had conducted another deadly strike on a boat suspected of carrying illegal narcotics, killing four men in the eastern Pacific.</p><p>Video of the new strike was <a href="https://x.com/Southcom/status/1996726797086457886">posted on social media</a> by the US southern command, based in Florida, with a statement saying that, at the direction of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/pete-hegseth">Pete Hegseth</a>, the defense secretary, “Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in international waters operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/04/pentagon-boat-strike-pacific">Continue reading...</a>
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