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Hegseth's Claims COLLAPSE As Pentagon Official Reveals Human Trafficking Disaster - The Damage Report
Pete Hegseth's claims surrounding details of his and another official's orders to strike a boat and then needlessly strike the remaining survivors begin to unravel as a top Pentagon official now admits the likelihood of victims of human trafficking being killed in the US military attack. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. - 06/11/2026.
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Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking - https://theintercept.com/2026/06/10/trump-boat-strikes-human-trafficking-victims/
"Nine months into the Trump administration’s deadly campaign against so-called drug boats, there is a pattern to the strikes. And a glaring anomaly.
The U.S. military has conducted more than 60 attacks, resulting in over 200 extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. In almost all the strikes, between one and four people lost their lives. In only one strike did the death toll of a single boat reach double digits: the first attack on September 2, 2025.
Since then, experts, lawmakers, and even military officials behind the scenes have been asking a simple but haunting question: Why was that boat packed with 11 people?"