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'Donald Trump has declared war on drug cartels and notified Congress that the United States is now engaged in a 'non-international armed conflict'.
The extraordinary escalation by the president follows a series of recent strikes on drug-smuggling vessels operated by '********* organizations' in the Caribbean.
Trump's declaration is intended to place an iron-clad legal framework around the military action. According to international law, a country may kill enemy fighters even when they pose no threat and detain them indefinitely without trial.'
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