Pentagon announces another boat strike amid heightened scrutiny – US politics live

Four killed in attack on boat in eastern Pacific as questions continue over earlier double strike

• Pentagon announces it has killed four men in another boat strike in Pacific

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The US forces conducted another deadly strike on a boat suspected of carrying illegal narcotics on Thursday, the Pentagon said, killing four men in the eastern Pacific as questions continue to mount over the legality such attacks.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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