US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. © Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
U.S. Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, harshly criticized the "Washington Post" after he ordered in early September that military units "kill all" aboard a suspected drug smuggling ship in the Caribbean.
High-ranking members of the United States legislature Armed Forces Committee announced to analyse this alleged incident.Over the last fewer months, the United States has gathered more than a twelve warships and about 15,000 troops off the coast Venezuela under Operation confederate Spear, allegedly directed against "Narkotterrorist".U.S. president Donald Trump refused to exclude military action in this South American country.Caracas consistently denies any connection to drug dealers.On a Saturday entry on X Hegseth wrote that "as usual, false messages supply further fabricated, inciting and offensive reports to discredit our incredible warriors fighting to defend their homeland."He did not straight deny the allegations, saying that “These highly effective attacks are intended to be deliberately lethal and kinetic."“Every trader we kill is connected to a designated terrorist organisation” added the secretary.In a study published earlier on Saturday "Washington Post", citing anonymous sources ‘direct cognition of the operation’He said Hegseth gave the order ‘killing all’ on a ship that was destroyed on September 2.
All eleven people on board were allegedly killed in the attack.According to the newspaper, since then, the US military has attacked at least 22 more ships in the Caribbean Sea and the east Pacific Ocean, killing another 71 alleged drug smugglers.On Friday evening, president of the legislature Armed Forces Commission, Republican Senator Roger Wicker, along with Democratic committee members, issued a message stating that "take serious reports of further attacks on vessels allegedly carrying drugs in the SOUTHCOM region and take two-party action to collect a full study on this operation".In a post published on Saturday on his fact Social platform, US president Trump announced that "Airspace over and around Venezuela will be completely closed".The Venezuelan Ministry of abroad Affairs described Trump's message as "colonial threat".
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/628691-us-war-secretary-slams-wapo-report-deadly-boat-strike/
