Rubio Defends Target Selection in US Attacks Against Vessels in the Caribbean and the Pacific
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Washington. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio yesterday defended the Pentagon’s offensive against boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific, which, without proof, accused them of transporting drugs. He assured that the U.S. military uses “several sources of intelligence and criteria” before deciding whether to attack boats, operations in which more than 200 people have been executed, since last September.
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN - The U.S. military rejected proposals to strike suspected drug-trafficking vessels because they did not meet targeting criteria or because officials had “doubts” about the targets, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday. “I can tell you that they do refrain from conducting strikes,” said Rubio, who also serves as national security adviser, in response to a question from Democra…
The Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, defended the military operations carried out by the Trump Administration against narco-lanches. To date, anti-trafficking missions in the Caribbean Sea have left more than 200 drug traffickers dead. During a hearing at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio said that, before carrying out an operation against these criminals, the authorities examine their targets several times. "I can tell you that the …
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended U.S. military strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean during a Senate hearing June 2, saying the Defense Department determined the strikes’ legality and based its decisions on intelligence information. “Every strike has a legal officer on the deck that has to make a determination about whether the call is legal or not, and this is done by the Department of War, the way it’s been done in oth…
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