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Amnesty’s report was the latest by an international rights group to accuse RSF of atrocities in Sudan’s 30-month war. These have included mass killings and rapes in attacks on towns and cities, particularly in Darfur. The Sudan military also has been accused of atrocities in the war.
More than 80 people have now been killed by U.S. strikes on suspected drug boats.There are growing questions about an order to kill two of those people — whether it amounts to a war crime.Here’s what we know: on September 2,
Palantir CEO and Trump ally Alex Karp is no stranger to controversial (troll-ish even) comments. His latest one just dropped: Karp believes that the U.S. boat strikes in the Caribbean (which many experts believe to be war crimes) are a moneymaking opportunity for his company.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Tuesday denied direct responsibility for a Sept. 2 follow-up boat strike on alleged drug traffickers, saying he “watched that first strike live” but “moved on” before Vice Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley ordered a second strike that killed two survivors.
Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia said a reported U.S. follow-on strike on an alleged drug boat earlier this year "rises to the level of a war crime if it's true."
Even Republicans are calling for an investigation.
California Rep. Ted Lieu, vice chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, said Tuesday that attacking shipwrecked survivors is a crime of war, and that any member of the U.S. military involved in
Monday on the RealClearPolitics radio show, Tom Bevan, Andrew Walworth, and Carl Cannon discuss what President Trump means when he says he's halting asylum claims from "third world countries" and suggests "remigration" is the only solution to the immigration crisis.
Following new details about the United States repeated strikes on alleged drug boats in the gulf, and allegations of war crimes against Secy. Hegseth, we speak to Oakland University Professor Mark Navin about what actually constitutes a "war crime" and the growing questions of whether or not this administration is acting within the bounds of international law.