‘They Are Murder Victims’: Senator Suggests US Strikes Have Killed People Who Weren’t Involved in Drug Trafficking
Kaine said the strikes may have killed civilians and cost more than $820 million, while failing to curb cocaine flows, according to a recent report.
- On Monday, Virginia Democrat Tim Kaine wrote to the White House alleging the U.S. military has "exceeded" parameters that President Donald Trump agreed to for striking drug-smuggling boats in "Operation Southern Spear."
- Since beginning in September, the campaign has killed at least 221 people and destroyed at least 67 vessels, costing over $820 million, while Southern Command insists the mission prevents "their violence and poison."
- Following "a careful review," Kaine urged Trump to cease what he called an "illegal, costly and ineffective" operation, arguing strikes likely killed "individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking."
- White House spokesperson Anna Kelly defended the strikes, stating all actions target "designated narcoterrorists" and that Trump "will continue to use every element of American power to stop drugs from flooding into our country."
- A Drug Enforcement Administration analysis and The Washington Post found no change in the supply or price of cocaine, contradicting administration claims that the operation has meaningfully disrupted drug flows.
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The attacks by the U.S. Armed Forces against suspected drug vessels have likely unlawfully killed “people who are not involved…”
By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN U.S. Armed Forces attacks on alleged drug vessels have probably illegally killed “people who are not involved in drug trafficking,” Senator Tim Kaine told the White House on Monday, after “a careful review” of the classified information that The post “They are victims of murder” has seen: Senator suggests that the U.S. killed people outside drug trafficking in the sea appeared first on KVIA.
‘They are murder victims’: Senator suggests U.S. strikes have killed people who weren’t involved in drug trafficking
The U.S. military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely illegally killed “individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” Sen. Tim Kaine told the White House on Monday, following “a careful review” of classified information he has seen so far.
‘They are murder victims’: Senator suggests US strikes have killed people who weren’t involved in drug trafficking
The US military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely illegally killed “individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” Sen. Tim Kaine told the White House on Monday, following “a careful review” of classified information he has seen so far.
Dem senator accuses Pentagon of murder with boat strikes targeting drug traffickers
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., in a letter to President Donald Trump suggested that an examination of the evidence indicates that the administration's boat strikes against alleged drug traffickers have killed people who were not participating in narcotrafficking."They are murder victims," the lawmaker asserted in the Aug. 3 letter.White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital, "On the campaign trail, President Trum…
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