US EditionUK Suspends Some Intelligence Sharing with US Over Legal Concerns on Caribbean Strikes: Report
The UK ceased intelligence sharing over US drone strikes killing 76 people, calling them extrajudicial and illegal under international law in Caribbean drug interdiction efforts.
- The United Kingdom halted intelligence sharing with the United States, citing concerns about illegal US strikes and avoiding complicity in Caribbean operations.
- For years, the United Kingdom helped the US Coast Guard locate drug vessels in Caribbean territories, sending intelligence to Joint Interagency Task Force South for interdictions.
- British officials point to the 76 deaths as central to their legal concerns, while Volker Türk, UN human rights chief, said last month the strikes amount to `extrajudicial killing`, a view the UK shares.
- Adm. Alvin Holsey offered to resign last month after raising legal concerns about the strikes, and he will leave his post in December amid Department of Defense lawyers’ doubts about their lawfulness.
- The Trump administration defends the strikes as lawful under an `enemy combatant` framework, citing a classified Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel opinion and a Congressional memo, but legal experts dispute the Law of Armed Conflict's application.
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UK Suspends Sharing Intelligence With the U.S. Over Pentagon Strikes on Alleged Drug Boats
The United Kingdom has suspended the sharing of some intelligence with the United States on alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean over concerns the data is being used by the Trump administration to carry out deadly military strikes that have been widely condemned as illegal. That’s according to CNN which reported the UK’s intelligence sharing with the U.S. was paused after Trump’s Pentagon began its escalating attacks in September, in …
According to media reports, the US attacks on alleged drug smugglers in the Pacific have consequences in the relationship between Washington and London. After that, the British government no longer passes intelligence information on to the United States, which relates to the process.
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UK Suspends Intelligence Cooperation With US Over Caribbean Attacks
Canada, another strategic ally of Washington in Operation Caribbean, also distanced itself from the US attacks, which have been described as extrajudicial executions and violations of international law. The United Kingdom has stopped sharing intelligence with the United States about vessels suspected of drug trafficking in the Caribbean after concluding that US military strikes against suspected traffickers violate international law, CNN reporte…
The two countries indicated that they would no longer share information about suspicious drug-trafficking vessels with the United States, after the numerous air strikes in the region.
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