Democrats urge Pentagon to release video of strike on alleged drug boat

<p>Trump team faces mounting pressure as members of Congress allege that the deadly attack was unlawful</p><p>US <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/democrats">Democrats</a> on Sunday pushed the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">Trump administration</a> to release video of a second strike on an alleged drug boat incapacitated in the Caribbean, continuing to escalate pressure on the Pentagon amid accusations the attack was unlawful.</p><p>Eleven people died in the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/02/trump-venezuela-boat-lethal-strike">2 September attack</a>, including two men killed in a follow-up strike as they reportedly <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/us-airstrike-survivors-clung-to-boat-wreckage-for-an-hour-before-second-deadly-attack-video-shows">clung to wreckage</a> for an hour. That killing has been met with intense scrutiny and accusations of war crimes after the Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/28/hegseth-kill-them-all-survivors-boat-strike/">reported</a> defense secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/29/pete-hegseth-denies-ordering-deaths-narco-boat">“kill them all”</a>. Adm Frank Bradley of the US navy, who oversaw the attack, told lawmakers on Thursday there was <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/us-airstrike-survivors-clung-to-boat-wreckage-for-an-hour-before-second-deadly-attack-video-shows">no such order</a> – and the Pentagon has defended the legality of the attack.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/07/democrats-trump-caribbean-drug-boat-strike-video">Continue reading...</a>

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