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9 hours ago

US lawmakers urge release of video of double-tap boat strike in Caribbean

US strikes on alleged drug-smuggling vessels killed at least 87 people; lawmakers demand release of video of a controversial double-tap strike amid legality concerns.
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16 hours ago

Democratic Senator Strongly Suggests She Watched Video of Hegseth's Alleged Double Tap' Strike Then Walks it Back Just 60 Seconds Later

Senator Tammy Duckworth initially claimed to have seen the classified video of an alleged double-tap strike, then retracted that claim moments later.
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2 days ago

The Answer Is No': CNN's John Berman Answers Own Question After Senator Objects

U.S. maritime bombing of suspected drug boats, including a confirmed double-tap that killed survivors, sparked legal and political controversy over legality and justification.
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3 days ago

Tom Cotton Says Double-Tap Strike Survivors Needed to Die After Trying to Flip' Their Boat Back Over

Sen. Tom Cotton defended the September double‑tap strikes as lawful and necessary against alleged narco‑terrorists attempting to recover drug‑laden vessels bound for the United States.
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3 days ago

Here's What You Need to Know About Admiral Bradley Who Is Drawing Heat Over Second Strike on Survivors

Adm. Frank Mitch Bradley faces Congressional scrutiny over his role in an alleged double-tap strike that killed survivors of a suspected drug-running boat.
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3 days ago

Top Dem Calls Double Tap' Video One of the Most Troubling Things I've Seen in My Time in Public Service'

But Himes added, quote, What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service.' Congressman Himes continued, saying, quote, You have two individuals in clear distress without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed vessel who were killed by the United States.' MS NOW played a clip of Himes saying outright that the U.S. attacked shipwrecked sailors, which is against the Geneva Conventions.
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4 days ago

Making Sh*t Up!' Joe Scarborough Rages at Trump Admin's Totally Insane' Narco-Boat Strike Spin'

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blamed 'fog of war' for a double-tap strike that reportedly killed two survivors, prompting widespread bipartisan criticism and legal concerns.
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4 days ago

Even Rand Paul Thinks Pete Hegseth Is Either Lying or Incompetent

That strike, just one of more than 20 that have to date killed at least 80 people in the Trump administration's posturing against the regime of Nicolás Maduro, now balanced on the edge of conventional war, recently reignited a firestorm of controversy when fresh reporting at the end of November revealed that a second strike had allegedly been ordered to kill several survivors of the wrecked boat.
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4 days ago

Joe Scarborough Guts Hegseth's Fog of War' Boat Strike Claim with Fox Clip from Morning After': You Knew Everything About It!'

Joe Scarborough accused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of invoking the 'fog of war' despite previously claiming full knowledge of the September 2 double-tap strike.
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5 days ago

US defence chief says he did not see survivors before follow-up boat strike

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth defended a controversial second strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean, denying he saw survivors.
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5 days ago

Hegseth Blames Fog of War' for Second Strike on Drug Boat Survivors Amid Grilling in Front of Trump

Mr. President, thank you so much for taking questions with your assembled cabinet. I wanted to clarify something that you had said on Sunday regarding the boat strikes near Venezuela. You had said that you didn't know if the second strike on that one boat had happened, but you wouldn't have wanted it, Gutierrez began, adding: Now that your administration has acknowledged that it happened, do you support that second strike?
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6 days ago

Joe Scarborough: Trump Admin Cornered by Fox News Contributors' Over Alleged War Crime' Not Fighting Lefties'

A September 2 strike on a suspected Venezuelan smuggling boat allegedly included a second strike after survivors were seen, prompting legal and bipartisan political outrage.
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6 days ago

Hegseth or Admiral Bradley: Who approved the second Venezuela boat strike?

A US second strike in September killed two survivors after an initial strike on a suspected drug-smuggling boat, raising legal and political controversy.
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6 days ago

CNN's Elie Honig Points Out Alleged US Strike on Defenseless' Survivors Is Literally a Textbook Example of a War Crime

A second strike ordered to kill shipwreck survivors violates the law of war and Geneva Conventions, making such orders potentially illegal and constituting war crimes.
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3 months ago

Hamas challenges Israeli account of Gaza hospital attack that killed 21

Hamas has said that none of the 21 people killed in an Israeli attack on Nasser Hospital was a member of the Palestinian movement, after the Israeli military claimed it had targeted a Hamas surveillance camera and killed six fighters in its attack on the medical facility. In a statement reported by the Reuters news agency on Wednesday, Hamas challenged the Israeli government's account that claimed to name six fighters killed in the attack, which has drawn global condemnation for targeting journalists, medics, rescue workers and civilians.
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