CNN’s Elie Honig Points Out Alleged US Strike on ‘Defenseless’ Survivors Is Literally a Textbook Example of a War Crime

David Gilmour Dec 1st, 2025, 11:59 am

CNN’s Elie Honig pointed out Monday that a “double tap” strike on a ship, the likes of which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is alleged to have ordered, was a textbook example of an “illegal” act cited in the “Department of Defense’s own manual on the law of war.”

reported Saturday that the September 2 mission targeting a suspected narco-trafficking boat, part of a Trump administration push against Venezuelan drug routes, escalated after a drone spotted two survivors clinging to the wreckage, prompting Hegseth to allegedly order “kill everybody” with a second strike .

Speaking to CNN host Wolf Blitzer on Monday, Honig a

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