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US Strikes Vessel Allegedly Linked to Terrorist Drug Trafficking Organization - Trump

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Эскадренный миноносец ВМС США USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98)  - Sputnik International, 1920, 20.09.2025
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States has launched a strike on a vessel allegedly linked to a terrorist drug trafficking organization, US President Donald Trump said.
"On my Orders, the Secretary of War ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
He said intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking illicit drugs and was transiting along a well-known drug trafficking passage.

"The strike killed 3 male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel, which was in international waters. No US Forces were harmed in this strike," Trump said.

Soldiers march in the Independence Day military parade in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, July 5, 2024. Venezuela is marking 213 years of independence from Spain. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez) - Sputnik International, 1920, 09.09.2025
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