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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Julian Borger Senior international correspondent

US aircraft that attacked suspected drug boat reportedly disguised as civilian plane

US fighter jets  on the runway
US fighter jets stationed in Puerto Rico amid tensions with Venezuela. However, the aircraft used in the September strike was reportedly made to look like a civilian plane. Photograph: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Reuters

The US aircraft that carried out the first airstrike on a suspected drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean was reportedly disguised as a civilian plane – a possible war crime.

The New York Times reported that the aircraft had been painted to obscure its military identity, and its munitions were hidden inside its fuselage rather than visible under its wings.

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