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fromTruthout
2 days ago

Trump Administration's Deadly Strike on Venezuelan Boat Raises Fear of Wider War

U.S. forces destroyed an alleged Venezuelan drug-smuggling boat in international waters, killing 11 amid unsubstantiated claims linking it to narcotics and Tren de Aragua.
fromAxios
3 days ago

"We've never seen this before": Trump's drug war looks like a real war

"The president's overall perspective is that, if there is a terrorist threat to the homeland of the United States, he trusts the military to take that threat out - whether it's a drug boat off the coast of Venezuela or an al-Qaeda terrorist in the Middle East," a senior Trump administration official told Axios. Driving the news: On Tuesday, the U.S. Navy blew up a suspected drug-running boat off Venezuela, killing its crew of 11, according to Trump and Pentagon officials.
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