The Joint Special Operations commander reportedly then followed Pete Hegseth's order to kill them all. First off, the Trump administration doesn't have Congress's approval for these military strikes. They are illegal. Second, Killing unarmed civilians is a violation of U.S. and international law. Legal experts are saying that this could be a war crime. DOD's own war manual says firing on people who have been shipwrecked by quote, would clearly be illegal. (01:11–01:17)
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Asserts that killing unarmed civilians violates U.S. and international law.
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