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USA TODAY: Truth must be revealed about Russian bounties for US troops
When three US Marine reservists were killed in a roadside bomb attack in 2019 in Afghanistan (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/06/29/russia-bounty-us-troops-afghanistan-what-we-know/3277696001/), they seemed like more tragic casualties of America’s two-decade war against Islamic fundamentalists there. Now, however, the case has taken on an even more sinister twist: US intelligence officials suspect the attackers might have been motivated by Russian bounties on American troops (https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2020/06/30/wh-trump-now-briefed-russian-bounty-intel/3285317001/).
Congress must demand any evidence that President Vladimir Putin has the blood of the three Americans, or other US service members, on his hands — and whether President Donald Trump was told about the Russian payments and did nothing about them...
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