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International Criminal Liability and U.S. Boat Attacks in the Pacific and Caribbean

Even after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured, U.S. nationals may still be prosecuted under international law ...
The Virginian-Pilot

U.S. attacked boat with secret aircraft that looked like civilian plane

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first attack on a boat that the Trump administration said was smuggling drugs, killing 11 people last ...
Defense One

The D Brief: F/A-18s’ Venezuelan flyby; Unpublished version of NSS; Little public support for boat attacks; Funding falters for Navy’s next jet; And a bit more.

Nearly half of Americans (48%) oppose U.S. military attacks on alleged drug trafficking boats, and that includes almost a fifth (19%) of Republicans, according to a new survey conducted in early ...
The New York Times

U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane

Even accepting the Trump administration’s claim that there is an armed conflict with suspected drug runners, the laws of war bar “perfidy.” Even accepting the Trump administration’s claim that there ...