US EditionDid the US Military Commit a War Crime in Boat Attack Off Venezuela?
Lawmakers reviewed footage of a Sept. 2 strike showing possible U.S. forces targeting survivors, raising war crime concerns amid ongoing investigations.
- On Thursday in Washington, D.C., lawmakers were shown video from a Sept. 2 Caribbean Sea attack during a briefing with Admiral Frank M. 'Mitch' Bradley and Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine, while a top intelligence lawmaker warned it appeared to confirm a U.S. war crime.
- The Washington Post reported Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the killing of two survivors, and Hegseth and Admiral Frank M. 'Mitch' Bradley called them 'legitimate threats.'
- On CNN, Himes said, `I want to be careful with my language here... but that's sure what it looked like to me`, describing survivors clinging to wreckage, after viewing the video Thursday, Himes told reporters.
- Congressional investigators are now focusing on who gave the orders for the second strike, as Republicans and Democrats express outrage and push to 'get to the facts.'
- Amid reports this week, lawmakers questioned the video that has been in dispute since reports surfaced that survivors were targeted after the first strike, with Congressman Bill Keating warning `This is serious, it could be a war crime,`.
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