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The Pentagon’s independent watchdog is probing the legality of the US military’s widely criticized operation targeting alleged drug boats that has killed at least 192 people, US media reported on Monday.President Donald Trump’s administration began striking vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean in September last year, insisting it is effectively at war with what it calls “narco-terrorists” operating out of Latin America.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.But legal experts and rights groups suggest the attacks could amount to extrajudicial killings because they have apparently targeted civilians who do not pose an immediate threat to the United States.Trump’s administration has also not provided definitive evidence that the vessels it has attacked as part of Operation Southern Spear are involved in drug trafficking.The backlash from the operation is a blow to US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who has said that the campaign
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