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Action Alert> April 16: Historic Durbin hearing on drone strikes & better ways to save billions
April 16: Historic Durbin hearing on drone strikes Robert Naiman Just Foreign Policy For the first time since the US started conducting drone strikes ten years ago, there will be a prominent hearing in Congress devoted to the policy. The hearing is scheduled for April 16, 10AM ET. It will be broadcast on the web. […]
Jonathan S. Landay>Obama’s drone war kills ‘others,’ not just al Qaida leaders
“The United States has gone far beyond what the U.S. public – and perhaps even Congress – understands the government has been doing and claiming they have a legal right to do.” Mary Ellen O’Connell, Notre Dame Law Professor Pakistani soldiers stand guard at the Shamsi Airbase located some 320 kilometers southwest of Quetta in […]
Misty Rowan> On Military Drones (and tearing them to pieces)
On Military Drones (and tearing them to pieces) By Misty Rowan It’s the arms race of the future, really, except this time Sputnik’s ganna be an unmanned plane. And if the vessel is unmanned, doesn’t that make the killing automatically inhumane? It’s odd to me to think that when I’m voting with my dollar, I […]
TBIJ> Latest Casualty Estimates, Drone Strikes
Casualty Estimates The Bureau of Investigative Journalism CIA Drone Strikes in Pakistan 2004–2013 Total US strikes: 366 Obama strikes: 314 Total reported killed: 2,537-3,581 Civilians reported killed: 411-884 Children reported killed: 168-197 Total reported injured: 1,174-1,465 US Covert Action in Yemen 2002–2013 Confirmed US drone strikes: 43-53 Total reported killed: 228-328 Civilians reported killed: 12-45 Children reported killed: 2 Reported injured: 62-144 Possible extra […]
Covert Drone War> In Video: Naming the Dead
COVERT DRONE WAR In Video: Naming the Dead March 26th, 2013 | by Drones team | Bureau of Investigative Journalism So far, our monitoring of CIA drone strikes has recorded at least 2,537 people reported to have been killed by strikes in Pakistan. But fewer than 20% of those killed have been named. Our new Naming the […]
Anti-drones activists plan month of protest over Obama’s ‘kill’ policy
Anti-drones activists plan month of protest over Obama’s ‘kill’ policy Organisers keen to build on renewed focus of president’s targeted killing programme by holding series of protests in April Paul Harris in New York guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 27 March 2013 12.24 EDT US Drone, Pakistan. The use of unmanned robots to strike at suspected militants has risen sharply […]
Bruce Gagnon> Droning On and On
DRONING ON AND ON By Bruce Gagnon February 15, 2013 Space4Peace Drone medals? The out-going Secretary of War Leon Panetta has announced that the Pentagon will begin awarding the Distinguished Warfare Medal to individuals for “extraordinary achievement” related to military operations that occurred after Sept. 11, 2001. But unlike other combat medals, it does not […]
A Letter from Prison> A Christmas Message from Brian Terrell
“I think our best ethical, moral and religious energy needs to be put toward loving these people. Otherwise, we’re just making the world a much more dangerous and scary place.” Brian Terrell of Voices for Creative Non-Violence is in prison for six months, the maximum sentence for trespassing on a US base near Kansas City for protesting U.S. drone […]
David Swanson> The Case and the Movement Against Armed Drones
The Case and the Movement Against Armed Drones Unmanned killer robot planes have convinced certain people that there is a better way of waging war. Wednesday, 05 December 2012 12:46By David Swanson, War is a Crime | Op-Ed But these drones have now made the United States as unpopular in places like Pakistan and Yemen as any nation […]
Drones Week of Action Called in UK> October 6–13, 2012
Drones Week of Action: 6th – 13th October 2012 Posted on July 5, 2012 The Drones Campaign Network in the UK is organising a week of action to protest the growing use of armed drones from 6th – 13th October. The week coincides with the International Keep Space for Peace Week which focuses on the militarization of space. Over […]
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