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Admiral Who Approved Second Strike on Venezuelan Survivors Described Steps Taken To Conduct The Operation: Report

Reports about a double-tap strike against an alleged drug vessel noted that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth instructed the military to leave no survivors, prompting Adm. Mitch Bradley, then overseeing the mission under Joint Special Operations Command, to order a second strike to carry out that directive.

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Trump's Word Games Can't Conceal the Murderous Reality of His Anti-Drug Strategy

Calling suspected cocaine smugglers "combatants" does not justify summarily executing them.

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Hegseth Mulls Releasing a Video That Illustrates the Brutality of Trump's Murderous Anti-Drug Strategy

The footage shows what happened to the survivors of the September 2 attack that inaugurated the president's deadly campaign against suspected drug boats.

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The 'Threat' That Supposedly Justified Killing 2 Boat Attack Survivors Was Entirely Speculative

The commander who ordered a second missile strike worried that the helpless men he killed might be able to salvage cocaine from the smoldering wreck.

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A suspect was arrested in a pipe bomb case, a new member was sworn in on a pink Bible, and the Capitol gingerbread house got a sugar coating.

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Boat Attack Commander Says He Had To Kill 2 Survivors Because They Were Still Trying To Smuggle Cocaine

Adm. Frank M. Murphy reportedly told lawmakers a controversial second strike was necessary because drugs on the burning vessel remained a threat.

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Pete Hegseth sacrificed a top Navy admiral to escape responsibility for the strike and bragged there’s no boats left to destroy now

After turning his allegedly unlawful boat strikes into a meme, Pete Hegseth has now disowned accountability for the incident. Shamelessly enough, he made his top officer the fall guy for the controversial second strike instead.

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Hegseth's 'Fog of War' Is No Excuse for Summarily Executing Suspected Drug Smugglers

Regardless of what the defense secretary knew or said about the September 2 boat attack, the forces he commands are routinely committing murder in the guise of self-defense.

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MAGA Loyalist Megyn Kelly Defends War Crimes, Says She Wants To See Victims 'Suffer'

Conservative commentator Megyn Kelly has publicly welcomed gruesome violence against alleged drug boat traffickers following a controversial US military strike.

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Trump news at a glance: Hegseth scrutinized over boat strikes as first formal complaint filed by victim’s family

Trump says any country he believes is making drugs destined illegally for the US is vulnerable to military attack – key US politics stories from Tuesday, 2 December 2025

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Trump Administration In Shambles As Leavitt Confirms Second Strike On A Narco Terrorist Boat

White House admits a second strike on a Venezuelan boat, killing survivors from an earlier missile attack, triggering bipartisan outrage and questions over potential war crimes.

International Business Times UK

Trump administration is ‘selling out’ admiral to shield Hegseth over boat strikes, officials say

White House names Adm Frank M Bradley as officer who ‘directed the engagement’, distancing Hegseth from accountability

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Hegseth Sets Up Admiral Bradley As 'Fall Guy' For His Alleged War Crime

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has publicly backed Admiral Frank Bradley while spotlighting him as the decision-maker behind a controversial September 2 boat strike that killed survivors.

International Business Times UK

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Hegseth's Alleged Order To 'Kill Everybody' Complicates Trump's Defense of His Murderous Anti-Drug Campaign

Even if you accept the president's assertion of an "armed conflict" with drug smugglers, blowing apart survivors of a boat strike would be a war crime.

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House Armed Services Committee Announces Investigation Into Hegseth's Possible War Crimes

The U.S. House Armed Services Committee has opened a formal investigation into allegations that Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered lethal strikes on drug-smuggling boats, including directives to kill survivors

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