#military-strikes

#military-strikes

Afghan Taliban launched few rudimentary drones to harass the brave people of Pakistan. The drones... did not reach their intended targets. These attacks were aimed at inducing fear in the public and remind us of the terrorist mindset which drives the Afghan Taliban.

UNESCO, the UN's cultural body, has expressed its concern about the cultural heritage sites, saying in a statement that it had 'communicated to all parties concerned the geographical coordinates of sites on the World Heritage List as well as those of national significance, to avoid any potential damage.' 'UNESCO continues to closely monitor the situation of cultural heritage in the country and across the region, with a view to ensuring its protection.'

President Donald Trump had long threatened that he could order military strikes on targets on Venezuelan territory after months of attacks on boats accused of carrying drugs from the South American country. President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela said the U.S. military operations were a thinly veiled effort to oust him from power. On Saturday, the U.S. conducted a large-scale strike against Venezuela.

Drug boats should be stopped and searched, and their operators should be arrested and tried; they should not be blown up. The penalty for transporting drugs is years in prison, not immediate death without proof or jury. When a first bomb strike doesn't kill everyone, survivors should be rescued and tried, not blasted into small bits as they sit atop a capsized boat in the middle of the ocean. As a society, what's come over us?

President Trump yesterday pretended he hadn't said, on camera, that he had no problem with releasing video of an increasingly controversial military strike he ordered on a boat in the Caribbean, yelling at yet another female reporter when she asked about his about-face. ( Washington Post) Congress appears to have tired of the will-they-or-won't-they act, preparing to dock Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's travel budget unless the administration releases videos of the 22 lethal strikes so far. ( Politico) Eighty-seven people have been killed in the attacks. ( NYT)