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Several anti-war groups are planning a rally to speak out against and raise awareness of the U.S. use of unarmed drones in Pakistan, Yemen and other countries.
The rally will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Sat., Nov. 24, at the corner of Forbes and Murray avenues in Squirrel Hill.
“This type of warfare is particularly concerning because Congress does not have to approve invasions of countries because there are no troops on the ground, just a silent invasion. Drones are also being used to spy on anyone in this country who our government decides poses a threat to national security,” says Codepink Pittsburgh Coordinator Francine Porter, in a press release. (Click here to read a CP interview with Codepink co-founder Medea Benjamin, who is fighting against drone use.)
The action is endorsed by Codepink Pittsburgh, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, American Friends Service Committee PA, Anti-War Committee of the Thomas Merton Center, Black Voices for Peace, Peace Action, The Pittsburgh Palestine Solidarity Committee, and Students for Justice in Palestine.
For more information, contact Scilla Wahrhaftig at 412-315-7423.
This article appears in Nov 21-27, 2012.
do any of these ‘tards have a clue how the drones are used? Does any one want the US to step up and aid Darfur???
We can have a fat a$$ meal Thursday, biTCH AND moan Saturday but DENY AFRICA all year long… it ain’t right!!
Human rights abuses and total denial by the UN and the tree huggers on Saturday!!!
^insightful post with the use of tard. Win
Black Friday devotees are like a kitten chasing a laser beam; it’s greatly amusing to the humans who watch them frantically cavort in pursuit of the illusory red dot. But kittens haven’t the will to resist, and they end up with the same thing they started with…….bupkis.
OK … let’s stop drones and send in live troops?