
U.S. Military Strikes Fourth Drug Boat This Week, Death Toll Hits 205
The U.S. military killed three more people Saturday in a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Pacific Ocean, the fourth such attack this week.
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The U.S. military killed three more people Saturday in a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Pacific Ocean, the fourth such attack this week.

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