US EditionPentagon knew boat attack left survivors but still launched a follow-on strike, AP sources say
The Pentagon confirmed a follow-up strike killed all 11 aboard a drug boat in the Caribbean despite reports of survivors, amid legal and congressional scrutiny.
- Pentagon officials said they knew survivors remained after a September attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea, yet U.S. forces launched a follow-on strike to sink the vessel.
- Officials have not identified who ordered the second strike or whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was involved, and a classified congressional briefing Thursday will include Adm. Frank `Mitch` Bradley.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the second strike as emerging in the fog of war, saying he did not see survivors and did not stay for the remainder of the mission; the Trump administration says all 11 people aboard were killed.
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Pentagon chief denies seeing alleged follow-up strike in Caribbean boat operation
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday denied witnessing a reported follow-up strike that allegedly killed survivors in the Caribbean, saying he was affected by "the fog of war."Hegseth has been in hot water since The Washington Post reported
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Pentagon knew boat attack left survivors but still launched a follow-on strike, AP sources say
The Pentagon knew there were survivors after a September attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and the U.S. military still carried out a follow-up strike.
Pentagon Knew There Were Survivors After Boat Attack
"The Pentagon knew there were survivors after a September attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and the U.S. military still carried out a follow-up strike," the AP reports."The rationale for the second strike was that it was needed to sink the vessel.""What remains unclear was
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