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November 11, 2025

Pentagon Announces Strikes on Alleged Drug Boats in the Eastern Pacific, Killing 6 People
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced yesterday that the U.S.
military killed six people on Sunday in two more strikes on boats in the
eastern Pacific. Since early September, the Pentagon has claimed
responsibility for 19 attacks on boats the U.S. has said, without
evidence, are carrying drugs in the Pacific and the Caribbean Sea,
killing 76 people. The strikes come as the Pentagon is deploying its
largest warship, the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, to join a
buildup of U.S. forces in the Caribbean this week.


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