The US army performed strikes towards two alleged drug-trafficking boats in the japanese Pacific Ocean on Thursday, killing 5 folks, in response to US Southern Command.
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“On Dec. 18, at the direction of @SecWarPete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted lethal kinetic strikes on two vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters,” SOUTHCOM wrote on X.
Wednesday’s assault brings the whole killed in the strikes to at the least 104 folks and marks the third assault this week.
SOUTHCOM added no US service members have been harmed in the strike.
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The strikes on suspected drug boats are a part of an ongoing marketing campaign, dubbed Operation Southern Spear, that the Trump administration has stated is aimed toward curbing narcotics trafficking.
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