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Trump releases video of US drone strike on ‘drug-carrying submarine’ in Caribbean that left 2 dead, 2 captured
President Donald Trump said two narcoterror suspects survived a U.S. military strike on a drug-carrying submarine, claiming it carried fentanyl and could have killed 25,000 Americans.

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US airstrike destroyed 'drug-carrying submarine', says Trump - as survivors repatriated
US Will Send Survivors of Strike on Suspected Drug Vessel Back to Ecuador and Colombia, Trump Says
US releasing survivors of strike on suspected drug vessel to their home countries
The Trump administration is considering moving the two survivors of Thursday’s military strike on a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean to their home countries and releasing them from US military c...

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US military seized survivors after Caribbean drone strike on suspected drug smuggling boat
Trump calls Colombian president a ‘drug leader’ and threatens US will ‘close up’ country’s ‘killing fields’: ‘It won’t be done nicely’
Trump to repatriate two survivors of strike on alleged ‘drugs sub’ destroyed in Caribbean
The detentions posed complicated legal questions for the U.S. over whether to hold the survivors as indefinite wartime detainees or transfer them to military or criminal authorities for prosecution.

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Fact-checking Trump’s claim that each boat strike off Venezuela’s coast saves 25,000 lives
US Navy detains two survivors of strike against alleged drug boat

U.S. military strike on alleged cartel boat leaves survivors for first time, U.S. official says

The Trump admin has in recent weeks launched other strikes on boats allegedly connected to Venezuelan drug cartels, but until Thursday, there were no survivors.
HeraldNet

CIA winds down drone strike program in Pakistan

WASHINGTON — The CIA’s targeted killing program in Pakistan, once the mainstay of President Barack Obama’s counterterrorism effort, is winding down. Because of stricter rules, diplomatic sensitivities and the changing nature of the al-Qaida threat ...
KCRW

CIA Drone Strike Accidentally Kills American, Italian Hostages

In a stunning announcement today President Obama revealed that CIA drone strike in January accidentally killed an American and an Italian being held hostage by al Qaeda in Pakistan. It's the first public acknowledgement of its kind, raising new questions ...
Aclu.org

ACLU v. CIA - FOIA Case for Records Relating to Drone Killings

ACLU Comment on Eric Holder Speech on Targeted Killing Program ACLU Comment on Eric Holder Speech on Targeted Killing Program Mar 22, 2011 Defense Department Does Not Compile Total Number Of Civilians Killed In Drone Strikes Defense Department Does Not ...
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