The Nuclear Resister Nonviolent Resistance for a Peaceful and Nuclear-Free Future ________________________________ « E-bulletin October 2012 9 arrested blocking gates of Beale Air Force Base in drone protest Posted on October 30, 2012 On October 30, nine military veterans and peace activists were arrested at Beale Air Force Base in Marysville, California. The group – Barry Binks, Toby Blome, Fr. Louie Vitale, MacGregor Eddy, David Hartsough, Jan Hartsough, Sharon Delgado, Janie Kesselman and Shirley Osgood – was charged with trespass after blocking two different gates of the base. The front gate was closed for four hours. About 100 activists from throughout California unfurled large banners and carried model drones and large photos of child victims of drone strikes to show the dark side of drone warfare. Beale Air Force Base has been a target of anti-drone protests for years. It is home to the U2 and the Global Hawk, the unmanned surveillance drone that is an “accomplice” in drone killings. Activists demanded: (1) An immediate ban on the use of all drones for extrajudicial killing, (2) A halt of all drone surveillance that assaults basic freedoms and inalienable rights and terrorizes domestic life in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen and Somalia, (3) A prohibition on the sale and distribution of drones and drone technology to foreign countries in order to prevent the proliferation of this menacing threat to world peace, freedom and security and (4) The U.S. must immediately stop this lawless behavior of drone warfare that violates many international laws and treaties. “U.S. military and CIA drone attacks have killed thousands of innocent civilians, including women and children, in the Middle East, Somalia, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. In the name of combatting terrorism against the U.S. we are terrorizing innocent people, and creating many more enemies and potential terrorists in the process,” said a statement issued by Veterans for Peace, Code Pink, Chico Peace and Justice Center, Nevada County Peace Center, Peace Fresno, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and World Can’t Wait. “Our government has become a lawless power, acting as judge, jury and executioner, just because they can. They use remote-controlled drones to kill women in their kitchens, elders meeting in their jirgas, mourners at funerals, and rescuers who try to help the wounded. By most independent studies, the vast majority of those killed are civilians,” said Toby Blome, of Code Pink’s Peace Delegation to Pakistan. “When I learned about what we are doing with drones…killing innocent civilians, and see the faces of dead children and their mourners, I find the passion to do something. That’s why I’m taking some action at Beale,” said Shirley Osgood, Occupy Nevada County and Nevada County Peace Center and Nevada County Green. The Nuclear Resister Nonviolent Resistance for a Peaceful and Nuclear-Free Future http://www.nukeresister.org/2012/10/30/9-arrested-blocking-gates-of-beale-air-force-base-in-drone-protest/ -- Mary Ann514 N. 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