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Reporter: Did the Trump administration commit a war crime? There were already bipartisan questions about the legal justification for using deadly force against these drug boats. Now you have the second issue, that the first strike killed a number of those on board, and US forces carried out a... show more

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The second U.S. military strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean on Sept. 2 was a "violation of the laws of war," retired Maj. Gen. Steven Lepper said. "That second strike, the orders to conduct the second strike were illegal orders, and they should not have been executed," he said. "They should not have been followed by anyone in what we call the kill chain." Lepper, who served as the Air Force's deputy judge advocate general, spoke to PBS News Hour's Geoff Bennett on Monday about the strike, which has sparked bipartisan concern over its legality. On Tuesday, PBS News Hour foreign affairs and defense correspondent Nick Schifrin reported that, according to a U.S. official, the U.S. military struck the boat on Sept. 2 a total of four times: twice to kill the 11 people who were on board, and twice more to sink the boat.

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🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Pete Hegseth is under formal investigation and faces a possible CRIMINAL referral for allegedly ordering a second strike on survivors in the Caribbean. Pete Hegseth’s possible motive for the attack and how it was carried amount to WAR CRIMES. Here’s why 👉 Under U.S. and international law, once the threat is gone, survivors cannot be executed. Ordering a second strike on people clinging to wreckage is considered a summary execution under the law. In a historic bipartisan move, both the Republican-led House Armed Services Committee and its Senate counterpart have stepped in, demanding a “full accounting of the operation.” Hearings could begin within two weeks. Which raises the most disturbing question: Did the second strike happen because survivors might have revealed they were innocent? If so, this shifts from reckless judgment to something far darker - the deliberate elimination of witnesses. A Trump ally is now under bipartisan investigation for an operation carried out with no proof, no verification, and no regard for international law in international waters. This is an extraordinary escalation - and likely the beginning of the end of Pete Hegseth’s career. If you’re ordering the killing of survivors, that’s not combat. That’s murder.

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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, leave no survivors .80 people have been killed to date. Do you agree or disagree with eliminating trafficking of drugs into the U.S. by Trump’s airstrikes ? Have you lost a loved one to drug overdoses ?

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, leave no survivors .80 people have been killed to date. Do you agree or disagree with eliminating trafficking of drugs into the U.S. by Trump’s airstrikes ? Have you lost a loved one to drug overdoses ?

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Members of Congress have now seen the video of the second strike by the U.S. military on an alleged drug boat that killed two survivors. ABC News' Luis Martinez reports.

Members of Congress have now seen the video of the second strike by the U.S. military on an alleged drug boat that killed two survivors. ABC News' Luis Martinez reports.

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Pres. Trump said Tuesday that he hasn't gotten a lot of information on the second strike on an alleged drug boat on Sept. 2 that reports say targeted survivors. "I didn't know about the second strike," Trump said.

Pres. Trump said Tuesday that he hasn't gotten a lot of information on the second strike on an alleged drug boat on Sept. 2 that reports say targeted survivors. "I didn't know about the second strike," Trump said.

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🚨TRUMP IS NO BETTER THAN PUTIN: Rep. Seth Moulton compared Trump’s Caribbean strike to the SAME war crimes Russia commits in Ukraine: “We’ve seen a lot of videos coming out of Ukraine of Russians executing wounded or captured Ukrainians… the Russians committing another war crime in Ukraine.” On the survivors in the Caribbean: “We have ships in the area that could have rescued them… and instead, they just kill them.” Then Moulton asked the only question that matters: “How is this different?”

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Republicans just blocked my attempt to force the release of the video of the 'second strike' that killed shipwrecked survivors on September 2nd. This is their latest move to provide cover for this administration as it drags us closer to war with Venezuela. We've seen the videos of other strikes, even the first one from that day. Why not this one?

Republicans just blocked my attempt to force the release of the video of the 'second strike' that killed shipwrecked survivors on September 2nd. This is their latest move to provide cover for this administration as it drags us closer to war with Venezuela. We've seen the videos of other strikes, even the first one from that day. Why not this one?

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