Pentagon knew boat attack left survivors but still launched a follow-on strike, AP sources say
Pentagon officials justify the follow-up strike as necessary to sink the vessel and prevent cargo recovery, amid legal scrutiny and congressional investigations into possible war crimes.
- 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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Ex-JAG officer reveals how Trump's Pentagon officials breached 'red line you cannot cross'
One retired Judge Advocate General Corps (JAG) officer says officials in President Donald Trump's Pentagon may have been aware they were breaking international law when carrying out a controversial strike in September.During a Thursday interview with CNN, Dan Maurer — a 22-year U.S. Army veteran who served as a military attorney — broke down how legal experts within the Department of Defense regularly advise top commanders of sensitive missions …
MS NOW Claims Crew Are Still Shipwrecked Even If They Returned To Drug Boat
MS NOW Claims Crew Are Still Shipwrecked Even If They Returned To Drug Boat There have been plenty of claims and counterclaims about what exactly happened during the September 2 second strike on a drug boat. On MS NOW's Thursday edition of Ana Cabrera Reports, retired Major General Steven Lepper claimed that even if all the new evidence that says that the boat’s crew re-boarded the vessel and radioed for help is true, it doesn’t matter because …
News24 | US Navy admiral to testify boat strike survivors were legitimate targets, defying critics
A US military commander is expected tell lawmakers that survivors of a military strike in the Caribbean were legitimate targets for a second attack because their vessel was still believed to contain illegal narcotics, a US official said.
'Stories don't stack up': Pete Hegseth's latest spin on boat attack blown out of the water
The latest explanation coming out of the Pentagon over the secondary attack on survivors on a purported drug boat in response to "Kill them all" orders from Defense Department Secretary Pete Hegseth was thoroughly dismantled on MS NOW on Thursday morning.Late Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal repor...
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