"For the mission, SEAL Team 6's Red Squadron was chosen. It was the same team responsible for the killing of terror leader Osama Bin Laden. The team was tasked with landing on North Korean shores, planting the device, and immediately retreating. Due to the secretive nature of the operation, however, drones could not fly overhead to provide a clear picture of the area. The soldiers, as the report noted, were essentially blind."
"While one team was convinced the boat had spotted the lights from their mini-subs underwater, the other team believed they were still in the clear. Because there was no communication between teams, someone had to make a choice. The report continued: As the shore team watched the North Korean in the water, the senior enlisted SEAL at the shore chose a course of action. He wordlessly centered his rifle and fired. The other SEALs instinctively did the same."
"After the team opened fire, they swam to the boat to check the bodies. The people on the boat appeared to be nothing more than fishermen: The shore team swam to the boat to make sure that all of the North Koreans were dead. They found no guns or uniforms. Evidence suggested that the crew, which people briefed on the mission said numbered two or three people, had been civilians diving for shellfish. All were dead, including the man in the water."
A covert 2019 operation aimed to install a listening device on North Korean soil to intercept government communications ahead of a presidential meeting. SEAL Team 6's Red Squadron executed a night landing, tasked with planting the device and retreating. Operational restrictions prevented drone surveillance, leaving operators without situational awareness. Two teams held conflicting assessments about whether a nearby boat had detected their mini-submersible lights, and a lack of communication forced an immediate decision. A senior enlisted SEAL opened fire, teammates followed, and the occupants were later identified as unarmed civilian shellfish divers whose bodies were removed and concealed in the water.
Read at www.mediaite.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]