"Bradley gave the go-ahead to launch a second strike on September 2 that killed two survivors hanging on to the wreckage of an already demolished boat, according to the White House. Targeting shipwrecked survivors is against the military's Law of War Manual, and some legal observers have gone as far as to call it a "war crime.""
"President Trump doubled down on his support of the attack on Wednesday, reiterating his claim that "this is war" and that his administration would have "no problem" releasing any footage of the strike."
""Any American who sees the video that I saw will see the United States military attacking shipwrecked sailors - bad guys, bad guys - but attacking shipwrecked sailors," he said, adding that what happened is the textbook example of an "impermissible action" in the Defense Department's handbook."
"Senior member of the House Armed Services Committee Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said that he was particularly "concerned" about the strikes because if the survivors had been captured and convicted, they "would be put in jail," not "subject to capital punishment.""
The inspector general's report found that Hegseth potentially endangered American troops by using the messaging platform Signal. Members of the Intelligence and Armed Services Committees received additional details from Admiral Frank Bradley about a September strike. Bradley authorized a second strike on September 2 that killed two survivors clinging to the wreckage of a demolished boat, according to the White House. Targeting shipwrecked survivors violates the military's Law of War Manual and has prompted legal observers to call the action a war crime. President Trump publicly defended the strike and offered to release footage. Lawmakers described the footage as deeply disturbing and impermissible.
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