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[?]Nonilex » 🌐
@Nonilex@masto.ai

…In a letter to the ' 15-member , seen by Reuters, 's UN Ambassador Samuel Moncada asked for a determination that the strikes off its coast are & to issue a statement backing Venezuela's .

Less than a week ago, the announced its counter-narcotics operations in the region would not be led by the Miami-based Southern Command, which oversees US military activities in .

    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
    @Nonilex@masto.ai

    Prior to Thursday's operation, strikes against suspected drug boats off killed at least 27 people, raising alarms among some legal experts & Democratic lawmakers, who question whether they adhere to the .

    Videos presented by the admin of previous attacks showed vessels being completely destroyed, & there have been no prior accounts of survivors afterwards.

      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
      @Nonilex@masto.ai

      The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, did not offer additional details about the incident, which has not been previously reported, except to say that it was not clear that the strike had been designed to leave survivors.

      The development raises new questions, including whether the rendered aid to the survivors & whether they are now in US military custody, possibly as .

        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
        @Nonilex@masto.ai

        Exclusive: In a first, US strike in leaves , US official says

        The US carried out a new strike on Thursday against a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean, & in what is believed to be the first such case, there were survivors among the crew, a US official told Reuters.


        reuters.com/world/us/us-carrie

          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
          @Nonilex@masto.ai

          …It was not clear Thursday who would replace Admiral Holsey, who just this week visited the islands of & as well as .

          News of the admiral’s departure comes a day after it was reported that the admin had secretly authorized the to conduct covert action in .

          Trump acknowledged Wednesday that he had authorized the covert action & said the US was considering strikes on Venezuelan territory.

            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
            @Nonilex@masto.ai

            …Admiral Holsey, who is , becomes only the latest in a line of more than a dozen leaders, many of them people of color &/or , who have left their jobs this year. Most have been fired by Secretary or pushed out.

              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
              @Nonilex@masto.ai

              It was unclear why Admiral Holsey is leaving now, less than a year into his tenure, & in the midst of the biggest operation in his 37-year career.

              …Since early Sept, Special Ops forces have struck at least 5 boats off the coast of that the admin claims were transporting drugs, killing 27 people. US officials have privately made it clear that the main goal is to drive Nicolás , ’s leader, from .

                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                @Nonilex@masto.ai

                The commander overseeing the Pentagon’s escalating attacks against boats in the Sea that the admin says are smuggling drugs is stepping down, 2 officials said Thursday.

                The officer, Adm. Alvin Holsey, is leaving his job as head of the , which oversees all operations in Central & South America, even as the has rapidly built up some 10,000 forces in the region in what it says is a major counterdrug & counterterrorism mission.

                  [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                  @Nonilex@masto.ai

                  Nothing wrong here

                  Head of the Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

                  Adm. Alvin Holsey is leaving less than a year into his tenure, & as the escalates attacks against boats in the Sea.


                  nytimes.com/2025/10/16/us/poli

                    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                    @Nonilex@masto.ai

                    A measure to block the admin’s lethal strikes on alleged drug traffickers fell short in the last week, a of lawmakers to assert their constitutional role in deciding if & how the enters a .
                    
 ofcls in multiple classified briefings have not definitively identified the victims or explained why the military is using deadly force rather than the long-standing protocol of interdicting vessels at sea, Democratic lawmakers have said.

                      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                      @Nonilex@masto.ai

                      Sept 25 satellite images showed a ship matching the length & visual composition of the MV Ocean Trader docked at St. Croix…. On Oct 6, satellite images…show the same ship operating in the ~40 miles east of — a few dozen miles from where the helicopters were filmed.

                      About ⅒ of all deployed naval power is in the region, a “seismic” reordering of assets, analysts said, including a submarine, a fleet of destroyers & F-35 fighters mobilized in Puerto Rico.

                        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                        @Nonilex@masto.ai

                        …The MV Ocean Trader, a commercial vessel reconfigured into a stealthy floating Special Ops base, appears to have recently operated in the & may have some relationship to the aircraft, per experts.
                        
The ship can carry ~200 personnel, ~150 of whom are dedicated to special missions, said Bradley Martin, a snr policy researcher at Rand Corporation & fmr surface captain. It can hold multiple aircraft…including the numerous helicopters shown in the video.

                          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                          @Nonilex@masto.ai

                          The inclusion of Little Birds — small attack aircraft designed to insert operators onto the ground & provide close air support — suggests preparations for potential missions that could see , Cancian said.
                          
The Black Hawks could be used in support, he added, carrying additional troops, combat search-&-rescue or other capabilities.

                            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                            @Nonilex@masto.ai

                            The aircraft are likely operated by the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, said Mark Cancian, a senior adviser with . The unit flies missions for commandos like Navy SEALs, Green Berets & Delta Force, & has gained renown for undertaking complex & dangerous operations such as the raid to kill Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

                              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                              @Nonilex@masto.ai

                              Visuals that circulated on social media in early October appeared to show MH-6 Little Bird attack helicopters & MH-60 Black Hawks over open water near oil & gas platforms. A visual analysis of the platforms & visible terrain indicates the helicopters were flying off ’s northeast coast, bringing them within 90 miles of several points along ’s coastline.

                                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                The has struck at least 5 boats allegedly carrying illegal narcotics in , killing at least 27 people, acc/to US ofcls, the last one occurring Tues. said Wednesday he had authorized the to conduct missions inside .

                                The admin declared it is in “armed conflict” with drug traffickers, though lawmakers & legal experts have said the strikes are unlawful killings of people who are suspected criminals & not battlefield combatants.

                                  [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                  @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                  The ’s elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment appears to have flown in waters <90 miles off the coast of in recent days, acc/to a WaPo visual analysis. authorized covert action inside the country.
                                  
The helicopters were engaged in *training exercises*, acc/to a US official, that could serve as prep for expanded against alleged drug traffickers, including missions inside Venezuela.


                                  washingtonpost.com/national-se

                                    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                    @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                    The authorization is the latest step in the admin’s intensifying pressure campaign against . For weeks, the has been targeting boats off the Venezuelan coast it claims are transporting drugs, killing 27 people. US officials have been clear, privately, that the end goal is to drive from .

                                    The new authority would allow the to carry out operations in & conduct a range of operations in the .

                                      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                      @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                      The agency would be able to take covert action against or his government either unilaterally or in conjunction with a larger military operation. It is not known whether the is planning any operations in or if the authorities are meant as a contingency.

                                      But the development comes as the is planning its own possible escalation, drawing up options for to consider, including strikes inside Venezuela.

                                        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                        @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                        ordered an end to talks w/ the govt this month as he grew frustrated w/ ’s leader’s failure to accede to demands to give up & continued insistence that they had no part in .

                                        The has long had authority to work w/govts in Latin America on & . That has allowed the agency to work w/Mexican ofcls to target drug cartels. But those authorizations do not allow the agency to carry out direct ops.

                                          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                          @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                          The admin’s strategy on , developed by Secy of , with help from dir , aims to oust from .

                                          Ratcliffe has said little about what his agency is doing in Venezuela. But he has promised that the CIA under his leadership would become more aggressive. During his confirmation hearing, Ratcliffe said he would make the CIA less averse to risk & more willing to conduct covert action when ordered by the president….

                                            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                            @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                            Admin Authorizes Covert Action in

                                            The development comes as the is drawing up options for Trump to consider, including possible strikes inside the country.


                                            nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/poli

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                                              [?]RememberUsAlways » 🌐
                                              @RememberUsAlways@newsie.social

                                              I'm not a fan of but in a propaganda battle between tinpot dictators, he made Trump and the US look like rookie .

                                                [?]RememberUsAlways » 🌐
                                                @RememberUsAlways@newsie.social

                                                ‘Highly provocative’: warns .

                                                The United States has started yet another illegal war off the coast of .
                                                "No more foreign wars."
                                                Yet another lie sold to the American public by
                                                m.timesofindia.com/articleshow

                                                  [?]David August ❌👑 » 🌐
                                                  @davidaugust@mastodon.online

                                                  Individual sailors and soldiers who destroyed boat Tuesday may have committed war crimes.

                                                  "'…zero evidence of self-defense…Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea,' according to Adam Isacson, director for defense oversight at…Washington Office on Latin America. 'Even if…drugs aboard…not a capital offense.'"

                                                  Lethal force against civilians in international waters 'is a war crime if not in self-defense,” according to Isacson."

                                                  independent.co.uk/news/world/a

                                                    [?]Erik Jonker » 🌐
                                                    @ErikJonker@mastodon.social

                                                    Rubio is distancing himself from the crime Trump committed.

                                                    Trump decided to blow up the boat instead of interdicting it

                                                    Alt...Trump decided to blow up the boat instead of interdicting it

                                                      [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                      @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                      …If is no longer in power following pressure, "no one will be crying," one administration official told Axios' Marc Caputo.

                                                      Meanwhile, another suggested "this could be Noriega part 2," referencing the U.S. military's 1989 operation to capture Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega.

                                                        [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                        @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                        More:

                                                        Secy of State on Wednesday defended a strike on a boat operated by an alleged Venezuelan gang & warned that such operations “will happen again.”

                                                        Rubio claimed previous US interdiction efforts in have not worked in stemming the flow of illicit drugs into the US & beyond.


                                                        apnews.com/article/trump-venez

                                                          [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                          @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                          “What will stop them is when you blow them up, when you get rid of them,” said on a visit to Mexico, adding that it is just the beginning of a larger US operation in the region.

                                                            [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                            @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                            attacks vessel allegedly carrying drugs from

                                                            said Tuesday that the US has carried out a strike in the southern against a drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela.

                                                            Trump offered scant details on the operation.

                                                            Secretary of said on X that the vessel was being operated by a “designated narco-terrorist organization.” He described the operation as a lethal strike.


                                                            apnews.com/article/venezuela-s

                                                              [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                              @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                              The had recently announced plans to boost its maritime force in the waters off to combat threats from Latin American drug .

                                                              The US has not signaled any planned land incursion by the thousands of personnel being deployed. Still, President Nicolás ’s government has responded by deploying troops along Venezuela’s coast & border with neighboring , as well as by urging Venezuelans to enlist in a civilian .

                                                                [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                                @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                                claims the strike on vessel in targeted 's Tren de Aragua gang & killed 11.

                                                                “The strike occurred while the *terrorists* were at sea in International waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States,”Trump alleged in a social media posting. “No US Forces were harmed in this strike. Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America.”


                                                                apnews.com/article/venezuela-s

                                                                  [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                                  @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                                  "We have assets in the air, assets in the water, assets on ships because this is a deadly serious mission for us, & it won't stop ... with just this strike," said Wednesday morning on FauxNews.

                                                                  "Anyone else trafficking in those waters who *we know* is a designated narco-terrorist will face the same fate," he added.

                                                                    [?]Nonilex » 🌐
                                                                    @Nonilex@masto.ai

                                                                    : mission won't stop "with just this strike"

                                                                    Sec Hegseth suggested in a Wednesday interview that the strike on an alleged drug vessel that ofcls said hailed from Venezuela would not be the last as US assets amass off the country's shores.

                                                                    Tuesday's operation marked a sharp escalation in already boiling tensions between the US govt & the regime of Venezuelan President .


                                                                    axios.com/2025/09/03/hegseth-v

                                                                      [?]❄️SnowyIn🇨🇦❄️ » 🌐
                                                                      @SnowyCA@social.vivaldi.net

                                                                      🤔 I'm not noticing chatter about the US instigating an international crisis and a possible war--no one cares if their children are sent to war?

                                                                        [?]Miguel Afonso Caetano » 🌐
                                                                        @remixtures@tldr.nettime.org

                                                                        "President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. carried out a strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela. “We just … shot out a drug-carrying boat, lot of drugs in that boat,” he said. “These came out of Venezuela.”

                                                                        A senior U.S. defense official offered a more coherent statement, confirming to The Intercept that “the U.S. military conducted a precision strike against a drug vessel operated by a designated narco-terrorist organization.”

                                                                        The Tuesday attack is the first acknowledged attack in Trump’s recent ramp-up of U.S. military force in Central and South America. The belligerent foreign relations harken back to early 20th-century military interventions, when the “big stick” approach to the Monroe Doctrine led the U.S. to invade or militarily support favored regimes in the majority of nations in the Western Hemisphere. This gunboat diplomacy risks embroiling the U.S. in additional foreign wars and undermining Trump’s anti-immigration efforts.

                                                                        The White House and State Department did not reply to request for additional information on the attack.

                                                                        Last week, the United States dispatched three Aegis guided-missile destroyers to the waters off Venezuela as part of Trump’s supposed war on Latin American drug cartels."

                                                                        theintercept.com/2025/09/02/tr

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