"Footage of the U.S.'s "double tap" boat strike in the Caribbean on September 2 is extremely disturbing, says a lawmaker who was shown the video in a closed door briefing by top military officials on Thursday. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Dan Caine and Special Operations Command head Frank Bradley visited Capitol Hill on Thursday. During that visit, officers briefed the top Republicans and Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee, the Senate Armed Services Committee, and the House Intelligence Committee regarding the strikes."
""What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service," he told reporters afterward. "You have two individuals in clear distress, without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed vessel, who were killed by the United States." Himes raised the fact that a U.S. military manual lists an attack on a shipwrecked vessel as an example of an impermissible strike."
A U.S. "double tap" boat strike in the Caribbean on September 2 resulted in the deaths of two people from a destroyed vessel who were in clear distress and lacked means of locomotion. Senior military officials briefed congressional armed services and intelligence committees and showed lawmakers footage of the strike. Lawmakers described the footage as extremely disturbing and among the most troubling they have seen in public service. The Department of Defense Law of War Manual lists attacks on shipwrecked vessels as examples of impermissible strikes and states that personnel are required to refuse clearly illegal orders.
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