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Trump announces another lethal strike on alleged drug boat in Caribbean
(CNN) US President Donald Trump announced yesterday another lethal military strike on an alleged drug-trafficking vessel in international waters that he said was affiliated with a designated terrorist organisation.In a social media post, Trump said the strike targeted a vessel operating in US Southern Command’s area of responsibility – which includes Central America, South America and the Caribbean – and killed three male “narcoterrorists” onboard.“On my Orders, the Secretary of War ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking illicit narcotics and was transiting along a known narcotrafficking passage enroute to poison Americans.”
According to the president, no US forces were harmed during the operation.“STOP SELLING FENTANYL, NARCOTICS, AND ILLEGAL DRUGS IN AMERICA, AND COMMITTING VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM AGAINST AMERICANS!!!,” the president said.In a post to his Truth social platform minutes ago, Trump claimed that three male "narcoterrorists" were aboard the vessel at the time of the strike, and were killed.
Trump attached a video of the strike to his post.Asked later Monday for evidence the vessel was carrying drugs, Trump responded, “We have proof. All you have to do is look at the cargo that was spattered all over the ocean, big bags of cocaine and fentanyl all over the place.”
(CNN) US President Donald Trump announced yesterday another lethal military strike on an alleged drug-trafficking vessel in international waters that he said was affiliated with a designated terrorist organisation.In a social media post, Trump said the strike targeted a vessel operating in US Southern Command’s area of responsibility – which includes Central America, South America and the Caribbean – and killed three male “narcoterrorists” onboard.“On my Orders, the Secretary of War ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking illicit narcotics and was transiting along a known narcotrafficking passage enroute to poison Americans.”
According to the president, no US forces were harmed during the operation.“STOP SELLING FENTANYL, NARCOTICS, AND ILLEGAL DRUGS IN AMERICA, AND COMMITTING VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM AGAINST AMERICANS!!!,” the president said.In a post to his Truth social platform minutes ago, Trump claimed that three male "narcoterrorists" were aboard the vessel at the time of the strike, and were killed.
Trump attached a video of the strike to his post.Asked later Monday for evidence the vessel was carrying drugs, Trump responded, “We have proof. All you have to do is look at the cargo that was spattered all over the ocean, big bags of cocaine and fentanyl all over the place.”
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