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Plane used in boat strike off Venezuela last fall was painted to look like a civilian aircraft, sources say
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The move appears to be at odds with the Pentagon’s manual on the laws of war, which prohibits troops from pretending to be civilians while engaged in combat.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The plane used by the U.S. military to strike a boat accused of smuggling drugs off the coast of Venezuela last fall was painted to look
The aircraft used in the US military’s first strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, a strike which has drawn intense scrutiny and resulted in numerous Congressional briefings, was painted as a civilian aircraft and was part of a closely guarded classified program, sources familiar with the…
The move appears to be at odds with the Pentagon’s manual on the laws of war, which prohibits troops from pretending to be civilians while engaged in combat.
The plane used by the U.S. military to strike an alleged drug-smuggling boat last fall was painted to look like a civilian aircraft, which appears to be at odds with the Pentagon's manual on the laws of war.
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