But it’s the first strike, on September 2, that has become an object of particular scrutiny after the Washington Post reported last week that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” on the boat. The Pentagon knew at the time of the second attack that there were survivors and launched the follow-on strike anyway. Killing helpless people at sea — and with their boat disabled in the first attack, the survivors would have been helpless — is unambiguously a war crime, as well as a violation of the Pentagon’s own law of war manual.
Author: Cameron Peters
Published at: 2025-12-04 23:16:38
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