"The White House has confirmed that a top US Navy commander ordered a second round of strikes on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat in September despite almost completely destroying it in the first attack. A double-tap strike essentially means carrying out two strikes on the same target often wounding or killing medics and civilians who are coming to the aid of people harmed in the first attack."
"Its campaign in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific has, so far, killed more than 80 people while targeting at least 21 boats it claims were trafficking drugs. It has not provided any evidence to support this. The first strike on September 2 destroyed one vessel and killed nine people. Two survivors were left clinging to debris in the water. But the Washington Post has reported that mission commander Admiral Frank Bradley then authorised a second strike, killing the two survivors."
A top US Navy commander ordered a second strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat in September after an initial attack almost destroyed the vessel. Double-tap strikes involve two attacks on the same target and often wound or kill medics and civilians who come to aid the injured. US military operations in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific have killed more than 80 people while targeting at least 21 boats claimed to be trafficking drugs; no public evidence has been provided to support those trafficking claims. The first strike on September 2 destroyed one vessel and killed nine; two survivors clung to debris and were killed in the second strike, and the White House says the commander acted within his authority.
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