Debra Sweet | June 17, 2015 The Air Force announced cutbacks in drone surveillance and targeted killing operations, saying they can’t train and retain drone operators. From The New York Times June…
Category: Covert Drone War
The use of Predator and Reaper drones (unmanned flying vehicles that are often armed with video-guided missiles) by the US military and CIA is a largely untold story of the “Global War on Terror / Global Contingency Operation” – yet has caused thousands of deaths in Pakistan and Afghanistan, many of whom are women and children.
Veterans Urge Drone Operators to Refuse Orders to Fly
Know Drones | June 17, 2015 Letter Reinforces Call Made in National TV Ad Campaign Hastings on Hudson, NY – An increasing number of United States military veterans are counseling United States…
No Apology, No Accountability for Drone Deaths, but People are Taking the Targeted Killers to Court
Debra Sweet | June 12, 2015 “I profoundly regret what happened,” Obama said, apologizing to the families of the deceased. When a U.S. citizen, Warren Weinstein, and a European were killed by…
Drone Warfare Terrorizes Whole Peoples And Is Terrorism
Ed Kinane | June 4, 2015 The media don’t tell us that drones, with their Hellfire missiles and 500 lb. bombs, dismember and incinerate human beings with far less “precision” than any…
Supporting Yemeni Drone Victims’ Pursuit of Justice
Debra Sweet | May 29, 2015 Faisal bin Ali Jaber, together with his family members, has brought a case against the German government for allowing the U.S. to use Ramstein Air Base…
What to Say to People Who Drone on About How Good Drones Are
Debra Sweet | April 29, 2015 A few points on the U.S. drone war which will not surprise you, but should be in your arsenal of arguments for people who think drones…
Drone Pilot With PTSD Confined Without Charges by the Air Force
Nick Mottern | April 28, 2015 As the Obama government attempts to justify its drone program, Staff Sergeant Shane R. Owens, a drone sensor operator suffering from PTSD from having been involved…
Yemen Bombed by US-Supported Coalition of Saudi Arabia & Other Monarchies
Debra Sweet | March 30, 2015 U.S. airstrikes and drone attacks against rebels in Yemen came to the world’s attention in 2009, though CIA drone strikes first started in 2001. None of…
March 4-6: Mass Mobilization to Stop Drone Wars!
World Can’t Wait | February 22, 2015 World Can’t Wait endorses actions to Shut Down Creech Air Force Base, the primary home of killer drones. We received this from activists: Possibly 200-300…
Convicted of Upholding Human Rights on Int’l Human Rights Day
World Can’t Wait Chicago Chapter | December 11, 2014 On Dec. 10, 2014, International Human Rights Day, Kathy Kelly and Georgia Walker were found guilty of trespass by a US magistrate for…