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Trump-approved 2019 SEAL mission in North Korea failed, left civilians dead, NYT reports
President Trump authorized a covert 2019 Navy SEAL mission to intercept Kim Jong-un's communications, which ended with the death of two to three unarmed North Korean fishermen, raising legal concerns.
- A 2019 covert mission by US Navy SEALs in North Korea resulted in the deaths of several civilians when forces opened fire during high-stakes diplomatic negotiations, as reported by the New York Times.
- The operation, approved by President Donald Trump, was intended to gather intelligence amid nuclear negotiations with North Korea.
- The Navy SEALs opened fire on civilians diving for shellfish after unexpectedly encountering a fishing boat.
- An independent investigation was ordered by Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III following renewed scrutiny since President Joe Biden took office.
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U.S. Navy SEALs botched secret 2019 mission in North Korea: report
Elite US Navy SEALs launched an audacious operation in 2019 to plant a listening device in North Korea to spy on the country’s reclusive leader Kim Jong Un, the New York Times reported Friday, but the mission quickly unraveled and culminated in the deaths of multiple civilians.
Navy SEAL reportedly killed Korean fishermen to hide a failed mission in 2019
You are a fisherman in one of the poorest, most repressed countries in the world. About 20 years ago, your country was suffering from a famine that is still forbidden to discuss frankly. The streets are filled with living reminders of starvation, people whose bodies are marked by childhood malnutrition. Food is precious to you. So today, as other days, you woke up before dawn with your companions to go diving in the freezing cold ocean, in hopes…
Top secret SEAL Team 6 killed North Korean civilians during failed covert mission in 2019: report
Navy SEALs Team 6's Red Squadron secretly entered North Korea in early 2019 to plant a device to intercept Kim Jong Un's communications — but reportedly killed unarmed civilians diving for shellfish instead.
Trump 'sent Bin Laden kill squad to North Korea' but mission went horribly wrong - The Mirror
According to a bombshell report, Donald Trump green-lit a plan to send the US Navy SEALs to North Korea, but the mission went wrong and ended in the deaths of civilians
The New York Times revelation: The group had to install a device to intercept Kim's communications during nuclear talks with Trump, M...
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