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BBC
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US military says eight killed in strikes on alleged drug vessels
4 days ago - The US military says it has carried out strikes on three boats it has accused of trafficking drugs in the Pacific Ocean, killing eight people.
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NYTimes
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A Timeline of Trump’s Strikes on Vessels He Says Are Smuggling Drugs - The New York Times
1 day ago - Since September, President Trump has authorized a series of military strikes on boats he has said were being used to smuggle drugs from South America, summarily killing at least 99 people.
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AP News
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US military says strikes on 3 boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean kill 8 people
The U.S. military says it has attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of eight people.
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The Independent
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Pete Hegseth refuses to release full double-tap boat strike footage | The Independent
4 days ago - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the Department of Defense will not publicly release unedited footage of U.S. military strikes on an alleged drug-carrying boat.
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Fox News
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Pentagon won't release 'top secret, full, unedited' video of September drug boat strike, Hegseth says
SPEC OPS CHIEF ORDERED DEADLY CARIBBEAN STRIKE ‘IN SELF-DEFENSE’ WITH HEGSETH’S SIGN-OFF, WHITE HOUSE SAYS · Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, for a briefing with Senate leaders on the military boat strikes.
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Military.com
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Voters Oppose US Military Boat Strikes in Caribbean, Want Hegseth to Resign: Poll | Military.com
3 days ago - The U.S. military says that it conducted two more strikes Thursday against boats it said were smuggling drugs in the eastern... Coast Guard Drops References to Swastikas and Nooses Being ‘Potentially Divisive' References in U.S. Coast Guard policy calling hate symbols “potentially divisive” have been removed. Pakistan Arrests Islamic State Affiliate’s Spokesman Labelled as Terrorist by the US
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Fox News
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US forces strike 3 narco-terror vessels in eastern Pacific, killing 8 | Fox News
The U.S. carried out lethal strikes on three vessels tied to terrorist groups in the Eastern Pacific, killing eight narco-terrorists, the U.S. Southern Command announced.
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PBS
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Hegseth says he won’t publicly release video of boat strike that killed survivors in the Caribbean | PBS News
4 days ago - On the eve of the briefings, the U.S. military said late Monday it attacked three more boats believed to have been smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing eight people. Senators on both sides of the aisle said the officials left them in the dark about Trump’s goals when it comes to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro or committing U.S. forces directly to the South American nation. WATCH: Pentagon leaders brief lawmakers on U.S. boat strikes, fueling debate over legality
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Wikipedia
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2025 United States military strikes on alleged drug traffickers - Wikipedia
1 hour ago - PBS News reported that Trump was ... US and for fueling violence in American cities. As of 18 December 2025, at least 104 people have been killed in 28 strikes on 29 vessels, including 11 vessels struck in the Caribbean Sea and ...
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Sky News
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US military says eight 'narco-terrorists' killed in strikes on three boats in Pacific | World News | Sky News
Sky's Data & Forensics unit last week verified that in the four months up to 10 December, 23 boats were targeted in 22 strikes, killing 87 people. US forces also seized a crude oil tanker, named Skipper, off the coast of Venezuela last week.
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NPR
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U.S. military says strikes on 3 boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean kill 8 people
4 days ago - The U.S. military said Monday that it attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of eight people as scrutiny is intensifying in Congress.
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YouTube
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BREAKING: US carries out three more strikes against suspected narco-terrorists boats - YouTube
‘Fox & Friends’ co-host Lawrence Jones discusses the recent reports of the U.S. conducting new strikes against suspected narco-terrorists boats on ‘Hannity.’...
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BBC
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Trump administration won’t show all US lawmakers video of Venezuelan boat strike
At least 90 people have been killed in the attacks. Just hours before the Capitol Hill briefing, the US military announced that eight people had been killed in its latest strikes, which targeted three boats in the Pacific Ocean.
Published   4 days ago
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The Globe and Mail
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U.S. won’t release video of second boat strike that killed survivors, Hegseth says - The Globe and Mail
4 days ago - Four killed as U.S. conducts another boat strike in Pacific · Rubio told reporters the campaign is a “counter drug mission” that is “focused on dismantling the infrastructure of these terrorist organizations that are operating in our hemisphere , undermining the security of Americans, killing Americans, poisoning Americans.” · But, lawmakers have been focusing on the Sept. 2 attack on two survivors as they sift through the rationale for the broader U.S. military buildup in the region that increasingly appears pointed at Venezuela.
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ABC News
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US strikes on three suspected drug boats kill eight people in eastern Pacific - ABC News
5 days ago - The US military has built up its largest presence in the region in decades and launched a series of deadly strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean.
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CNN
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US military strikes 3 more boats in the Pacific Ocean, killing 8 | CNN Politics
5 days ago - The US military conducted strikes against three alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, killing 8 people, according to US Southern Command.
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Al Jazeera
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US military kills 8 in latest attacks on vessels in eastern Pacific | Donald Trump News | Al Jazeera
The United States has said it killed eight people in new attacks on vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean, days after the US military seized a Venezuelan oil tanker amid Washington’s continuing military buildup in Latin America.
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Human Rights Watch
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US: Military Boat Strikes Constitute Extrajudicial Killings | Human Rights Watch
4 days ago - To date, 26 reported strikes have unlawfully killed at least 95 people, none of whom the US government has identified. The Question-and-Answer document is intended as a resource for understanding the legal and human rights implications of the ...
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Reuters
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US military says it carried out strikes on three vessels in eastern Pacific | Reuters
5 days ago - WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Southern Command said on Monday that it carried out strikes on three vessels in international waters, killing eight men. "Intelligence confirmed that the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking ...
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The Independent
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US military kills eight people in latest strikes on ‘narco terrorist’ boats in the Pacific | The Independent
5 days ago - At least eight people have been killed in a U.S. military strike on three alleged drug trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean Monday. The attack was ordered by Pete Hegseth, according to the US Southern Command, and brings the total ...