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  1. 3 more ‘narco-terrorists’ killed in boat strike, possibly leaving survivors: US military

    The U.S. military on Wednesday announced it launched attacks on three more boats that were allegedly smuggling drugs.…
    #UnitedStates #US #USA #boatstrike #Død #drugsmuggling #internationalwaters #JointTaskForce #narco-terrorists #pentagon #petehegseth #SEARCHANDRESCUE #SecretaryofDefense #USMilitary #USSOUTHCOM
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  2. #US #military carried out a strike Thursday on a *suspected* drug boat in the Eastern #Pacific, killing 4 people on board, per a #USSOUTHCOM social media post→

    “Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in international waters operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization. Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was carrying illicit narcotics & transiting along a known narco-trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific. Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed.”

  3. "Admiral Holsey's resignation only deepens my concern that this administration is ignoring the hard-earned lessons of previous #US #military campaigns & the advice of our most experienced warfighters," Reed said in a statement.

    #Trump #Venezuela #law #USSouthCom #war #WarPowers #InternationalWaters #NonInternationalArmedConflict

  4. Earlier on Thursday, #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth said the admiral who leads #USSouthCom will step down at the end of this year, 2 years ahead of schedule, in a surprise move.

    The top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Jack Reed, called Admiral Alvin Holsey's unexpected resignation troubling given mounting fears of a potential US confrontation with #Venezuela.

    #Trump #war #WarPowers #InternationalWaters #NonInternationalArmedConflict

  5. Instead, the #Pentagon said a task force ‘was being created that would be led by II Marine Expeditionary Force, a unit capable of rapid overseas operations that is based at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.

    That decision came as a surprise to #US #military watchers, since a combatant command like Southern Command would normally lead any high-profile operations.

    #Trump #Venezuela #law #USSouthCom #war #WarPowers #InternationalWaters #NonInternationalArmedConflict

  6. …In a letter to the #UnitedNations' 15-member #SecurityCouncil, seen by Reuters, #Venezuela's UN Ambassador Samuel Moncada asked for a #UN determination that the #US strikes off its coast are #illegal & to issue a statement backing Venezuela's #sovereignty.

    Less than a week ago, the #Pentagon announced its counter-narcotics operations in the region would not be led by the Miami-based Southern Command, which oversees US military activities in #LatinAmerica.

    #Trump #law #WarPowers #USSouthCom

  7. …It was not clear Thursday who would replace Admiral Holsey, who just this week visited the islands of #Antigua & #Barbuda as well as #Grenada.

    News of the admiral’s departure comes a day after it was reported that the #Trump admin had secretly authorized the #CIA to conduct covert action in #Venezuela.

    Trump acknowledged Wednesday that he had authorized the covert action & said the US was considering strikes on Venezuelan territory.

    #US #military #USSouthCom #Pentagon #law #murder #war

  8. …Admiral Holsey, who is #Black, becomes only the latest in a line of more than a dozen #military leaders, many of them people of color &/or #women, who have left their jobs this year. Most have been fired by #Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth or pushed out.

    #Trump #US #Venezuela #Caribbean #USSouthCom #Pentagon #law #murder #war #Venezuela #NonInternationalArmedConflict

  9. It was unclear why Admiral Holsey is leaving now, less than a year into his tenure, & in the midst of the biggest operation in his 37-year career.

    …Since early Sept, #US Special Ops forces have struck at least 5 boats off the coast of #Venezuela that the #Trump admin claims were transporting drugs, killing 27 people. US officials have privately made it clear that the main goal is to drive Nicolás #Maduro, #Venezuela’s #authoritarian leader, from #power.

    #military #USSouthCom #law #murder

  10. The #military commander overseeing the Pentagon’s escalating attacks against boats in the #Caribbean Sea that the #Trump admin says are smuggling drugs is stepping down, 2 #US officials said Thursday.

    The officer, Adm. Alvin Holsey, is leaving his job as head of the #USSouthCom, which oversees all operations in Central & South America, even as the #Pentagon has rapidly built up some 10,000 forces in the region in what it says is a major counterdrug & counterterrorism mission.

    #law #Venezuela

  11. Buen día, miserables.

    Aparentemente el payaso asesino decidió no hacer su vuelo en un F-16 porque su gente le dice que estamos en riesgo de un tercer atentado a entidades israelitas, como los de 1992 y 1994.

    ¿A quién le falló el gobierno nacional esta vez?

    En cualquier caso, les dejo una comparación de fotos del presidente de aquellos años, que era un absoluto delincuente como éste pero a la gente la tenía fascinada con su estilo y su desfachatez, con el que votaron los catorce y medio millones de cretinos. (Fuente.)

    #Argentina #Menem #Milei #USSOUTHCOM