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US military releases video of strike on alleged drug boat

Al Jazeera · · 71 words
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“The US military has released video of what it says is a strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that the U.S. military launched a strike on a vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The islands in the Pacific Ocean are categorized into three major island groups: Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Depending on the context, the term Pacific Islands may refer to one of several co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_in_the_Pacific…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It stretches from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Pacific Ocean theater of World War II was a major theater of the Pacific War, the war between the Allies and the Empire of Japan. It included the U.S. Pacific Ocean Areas command, which comprised …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean_theater_of_World…
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“which killed three people onboard”
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Three separate web search results explicitly state that three people were killed in the strike on the suspected drug boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The islands in the Pacific Ocean are categorized into three major island groups: Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Depending on the context, the term Pacific Islands may refer to one of several co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_in_the_Pacific…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It stretches from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pacific Ocean Areas (POA) was a major Allied military command in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II. It was one of four major Allied commands during the Pacific War and one of three United Stat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean_Areas
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“At least 22 people have been killed since April in similar strikes reported by US Southern Command”
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While the evidence confirms the existence of US Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) via Wikipedia, none of the provided search results or Wikipedia entries contain the specific statistic that 'at least 22 people have been killed since April in similar strikes'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM), located in Doral in Greater Miami, Florida, is one of the eleven unified combatant commands in the United States Department of Defense. It is responsib…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Southern_Command
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Central Command (USCENTCOM or CENTCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the United States Department of Defense. It was established in 1983, taking over the previou…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Central_Command
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the United States Department of Defense. The command is tasked with providing military support for no…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Northern_Command
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