{
  "id": 6627773,
  "title": "US military takes lighter touch toward new targets in boat strike campaign",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/us-military-takes-lighter-touch-toward-new-targets-in-boat-strike",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T19:12:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6082785-us-military-targets-refueling-vessels-drug-fight/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A year into the U.S. military’s deadly sea-based campaign to stamp out “narco-trafficking,” it is zeroing in on a new target, “floating refueling stations,” and taking a more human approach to sinking the vessels. Since last September, U.S. forces have carried out over 60 lethal drug boat strikes and have killed more than 200 “narco-terrorists”...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}