U.S. Military Boat Strikes Under Operation Southern Spear Kill Eight, Death Toll Reaches 215

Last week, the U.S. military killed eight people and stranded six others in three illegal boat strikes, bringing the total number of people killed by 'Operation Southern Spear' to at least 215.

The ongoing campaign—allegedly targeting drug smuggling—has long ceased to be major news, fading, like so much else, into the constant background hum of inconceivable violence wrought by the current administration.

Tracking the carnage is made easy by the military division that conducts the strikes, which posts its snuff footage on Twitter, alongside kill counts.

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