'Simply murders': Relatives of men killed in boat strikes sue U.S.
'Simply murders': Relatives of men killed in boat strikes sue U.S. The mother of Chad Joseph and sister of Rishi Samaroo, slain in the strikes, say the attacks "lack any plausible legal justification." Adam Klasfeld Jan 28 Images of a boat strike and its victims from the lawsuit The family members of two Trinidadian men killed in one of the 36 U.S. strikes on civilian boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean sued the federal government in Massachusetts. “These premeditated and intentional killings lack any plausible legal justification,” the 23-page complaint states. ‘Thus, they were simply murders, ordered by individuals at the highest levels of government and obeyed by military officers in the chain of command.” On Oct. 14, a U.S. strike launched a missile on a boat carrying six people, including Trinidadians Chad Joseph and Rishi Samaroo . All six passengers died, and an estimated 135 people have died in three dozen attacks like it. Represented by th...