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US Sends Army Troops to Latin America for Anti-Drug Campaign
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In Short: The United States is sending several hundred Army soldiers to train and conduct exercises with local forces in Latin America as part of an expanded campaign against drug trafficking, according to U.S. military officials.
The first elements of a 600-soldier battalion from the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York, have begun deploying to a new jungle training facility in Panama, though the Panamanian Embassy clarified that only 120 soldiers are participating in a two-week training course.
The Pentagon's campaign, which began more than a year ago, has seen dozens of strikes, resulting in the deaths of over 235 people, according to Fox News.
The U.S. military is also directing naval vessels to Venezuela to support State Department-led relief operations, highlighting the region's complex geopolitical landscape.
Critics question the effectiveness and necessity of such military interventions, noting that the U.S. has fought long, bloody wars in Vietnam (20 years, 58,220 dead), Iraq (9 years, 4,492 dead), and Afghanistan (20 years, 2,325 dead) with uncertain outcomes.
There is also concern in Latin America about America's imperial overreach, given previous military 'excursions' in the region.
Meanwhile, the U.S. military is expanding its presence in Latin America, with the latest strike in the Caribbean underlining the administration's continued military campaign at sea.
President Donald Trump has defended these attacks as a way to curb drug smuggling and reduce fatal overdoses in the U.S., despite offering little evidence to support claims of killing smugglers.
In stark contrast, endangered red squirrel populations in the UK have plummeted from about 3.5 million to less than 300,000 due to the introduction of grey squirrels, which carry a virus deadly to red squirrels.
The Pentagon announced that President Donald Trump had approved the execution by firing squad of former Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Fort Hood shooter.
Left-wing Twitch streamer Hasan Piker criticized President Trump's comments that San Diego and Los Angeles should be 'taken out' by Iran, saying they were more harmful than his own 2019 remark that America deserved 9/11.
FBI agents arrested 18-year-old Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, who faces a federal terrorism charge for allegedly planning an ISIS-inspired mass shooting at the Mall of America.
The firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed, a decision described as 'public' by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
What's confirmed
- The first elements of a 600-soldier battalion from the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York, have begun deploying to a new jungle training facility in Panama, though the Panamanian Embassy clarified that only 120 soldiers are participating in a two-week training course.
- The Pentagon's campaign, which began more than a year ago, has seen dozens of strikes, resulting in the deaths of over 235 people, according to Fox News.
- The U.S. military is also directing naval vessels to Venezuela to support State Department-led relief operations, highlighting the region's complex geopolitical landscape.
- Critics question the effectiveness and necessity of such military interventions, noting that the U.S. has fought long, bloody wars in Vietnam (20 years, 58,220 dead), Iraq (9 years, 4,492 dead), and Afghanistan (20 years, 2,325 dead) with uncertain outcomes.
- There is also concern in Latin America about America's imperial overreach, given previous military 'excursions' in the region.
- Meanwhile, the U.S. military is expanding its presence in Latin America, with the latest strike in the Caribbean underlining the administration's continued military campaign at sea.
- President Donald Trump has defended these attacks as a way to curb drug smuggling and reduce fatal overdoses in the U.S., despite offering little evidence to support claims of killing smugglers.
- In stark contrast, endangered red squirrel populations in the UK have plummeted from about 3.5 million to less than 300,000 due to the introduction of grey squirrels, which carry a virus deadly to red squirrels.
- The Pentagon announced that President Donald Trump had approved the execution by firing squad of former Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Fort Hood shooter.
- Left-wing Twitch streamer Hasan Piker criticized President Trump's comments that San Diego and Los Angeles should be 'taken out' by Iran, saying they were more harmful than his own 2019 remark that America deserved 9/11.
- FBI agents arrested 18-year-old Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, who faces a federal terrorism charge for allegedly planning an ISIS-inspired mass shooting at the Mall of America.
- The firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed, a decision described as 'public' by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
What's still developing
- Then it points out that, although right-wing politicians in Central and South America have made gains with a ‘tough on gangs and drug dealers’ message, there is much concern in the region about America’s imperial overreach based on previous ‘excursions’ by the US military to the region.
- The New York Times, citing US military officials speaking on condition of anonymity, reports that about 600 soldiers from the Army's 10th Mountain Division are being dispatched to train regional forces and bolster a widening anti-drug campaign.
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- “Imagine a socialist ‘mispeaking’ like this. oh wait … i said something far less damaging than this in 2019 & its currently the only gop midterm strategy,” Piker, a member of Democratic Socialists of America, said.
- Hasan, an Army psychiatrist who held the rank of major, walked into a medical building on Nov. 5, 2009, where soldiers were waiting in long lines to receive immunizations and medical clearance for deployment.
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- Hasan Piker told Axios that, “pound for pound,” the United States had killed more people than al-Qaeda, the organization that plotted and carried out the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.
- “If you’re killing 140 schoolgirls, that is an act of terror,” Piker said.
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