Democratic lawmaker condemns Hegseth’s call for ‘no quarter’ for US enemies
by Edward Helmore from US news | The Guardian on (#74836)
Defense secretary appeared to endorse killing prisoners, a violation of international law, during press briefing
A top Democratic lawmaker with a military background has reacted strongly to US defense secretary Pete Hegseth's call for no quarter" for US enemies during a Friday press briefing at the Pentagon, calling such an order - if followed by troops - a potential violation of international law.
The US senator Mark Kelly, of Arizona, posted on Friday on X that No quarter' isn't some wanna be tough guy line - it means something. An order to give no quarter would mean to take no prisoners and kill them instead."
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