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“Oh, give me a home free of USA drones,
where the Afghani people all pray,
Where seldom is heard a compassionate word
From the Creechers who bomb
us all day.”
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The U.S. government has been increasingly carrying out drone strikes in countries with which America is not at war, and killing people with drone strikes who have no dispute with the United States. Last week, the Washington Post reported that the CIA had asked for authority to expand its drone strike campaign in Yemen by launching strikes even when it does not know the identities of those who could be killed. [Emphasis mine] Such “signature strikes” allow the CIA to hit targets based solely on intelligence indicating patterns of “suspicious behavior.”
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Dear [Newsweek] Editor,
We
are a nation of cowards, attacking a nation that did nothing to us, and
with no risk for ourselves. We are not even attacking people who are
necessarily shooting us. Instead, we kill innocent civilians under the
pretext of preempting possible attacks against us, with no proof that
those attacks are imminent, only a suspicion. It is profiling in its
most egregious form, killing bystanders with impunity, destroying lives
and families and hopes and dreams, and with no regret or apology, done
by teenagers sitting in air-conditioned comfort thousands of miles away
as if playing video games. Cowards, all.
For shame, President Obama.
We are monsters, and I weep for my country.
Daniel Zwickel ben Avram
1975 Willow Pass Road
Bay Point, California 94565
(925) 439-7638
Daniel@PeaceHost.net
www.PacifistNation.net
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Beale Air Force Base Vigil Photos and July action
There has been an anti-drone vigil at Beale Air Force Base (north of Sacramento - Beale Air Force Base, N Beale Rd, Beale Afb,
CA 95903) for past 19 months. Join us again Monday-Tuesday July
30-31! Some come for afternoon vigil for base shift change and evening
peace circle and potluck. Usually 10-15 camp out overnight in front of
main gate. Possible arrangements for nearby housing or sharing motel
for non campers! We then greet large morning shift as they arrive to work from 5am to 9am. Military personnel and civilians run a quarter mile gauntlet of signs banners and vigilers
with flyer hand outs near main gate. We have vigiled at as many of three of the bases gates at the same time. I have been to past three vigils and post some pictures. http://www.flickr.com/photos/baypointcommunity/collections/72157629986955170/
For carpool and other information:
Michael E. Kerr
(925) 219-6518
Additional Information on Drones:
RT TV Cindy Sheehan Anti-Drone CIA Protest
33 Anti-Drone Protesters Arrested Outside Hancock Air Field Base
Anti-drone movement grows
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