"The video we saw today showed two shipwrecked individuals who had no means to move, much less pose an immediate threat, and yet they were killed by the United States military,"
"Regardless of what one believes about the legal underpinnings of these operations, and we have been clear we believe they are highly questionable, this was wrong."
"one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service."
Video footage shows two people attempting to flip their capsized vessel when they were attacked again during a U.S. military operation. Adm. Frank M. Bradley oversaw the Sept. 2 operation that included four strikes and resulted in 11 deaths, including two survivors of the first blast. Democrats expressed alarm and vowed congressional probes into the operation's legality, saying the survivors were in clear distress and posed no immediate threat. Some Republicans defended the strikes as lawful and necessary, with Sen. Tom Cotton calling the repeated strikes righteous and saying he would have given the same orders.
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