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From 3 Sep: Camp at RAF Waddington, Lincs, to protest UK Drones

for helen | 24.08.2011 22:19 | Anti-militarism | Terror War | Cambridge

Peace activist Helen John is setting up a camp at RAF Waddington  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Waddington starting on 3 September to protest against drone warfare in general and the planned expansion of the use of armed drones by British forces. Help is needed to set up and maintain the camp.



BACKGROUND

Until now, UK's armed Reaper drones have been operated from Creech US Airforce base in Nevada, one of the main control centres for US drone warfare and in the middle of nowhere by anybody's standards, not that this has stopped determined anti-war activists from protesting there.  http://www.nevadadesertexperience.org/issues/uavs.htm

Now, however, there are moves to bring the drone wars home and operate the UK's (Grim) Reaper remote-controlled killing machines from RAF Waddington, conveniently situated in a Lincoln suburb:  http://dronewarsuk.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/british-drones-over-afghanistan-to-be-piloted-from-uk/

Drones are increasingly being used illegally in Afghanistan, Pakistan and elsewhere to carry out extra-judicial killings in contravention of international law. Many civilians are being killed 'accidentally' along the way and, as drone warfare expands, this situation can only get worse. There are also moves to open up UK civilian airspace to drones, which is of great concern since they're always crashing:  http://dronewarsuk.wordpress.com/2011/08/24/crash-its-raining-drones/. In Wales, the area between Epynt Mountain in Powys and Aberporth on the Cardigan coast has already been cleared for drone test flights.

Read more about drones here:  http://dronewarsuk.wordpress.com/

The extent to which drones have been used by both the USAF and the RAF in Afghanistan and other truths about the 10 year war have been revealed through the WikiLeaks release of the 'Afghanistan War Logs':  http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/the-war-logs.

Telling the truth about its wars incurs the wrath of the Empire. The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, is currently awaiting the outcome of his High Court appeal against extradition to Sweden on spurious grounds and Bradley Manning, who is alleged to have passed the documents to WikiLeaks, has now been held in US military detention for well over a year, for much of that time under conditions of torture, and faces life in prison or even the death penalty.

 https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/07/482130.html
 http://wiseupforbradleymanning.wordpress.com/about/

SUPPORT THE NEW CAMP AT RAF WADDINGTON

Your support is needed for this protest camp, which intends to stay until drones go. It's a mixed camp: all welcome. Please note that you are asked not to bring illegal drugs or alcohol to the camp.

NEWS ABOUT THE CAMP WILL BE POSTED HERE

 http://directactionstation.com/?cat=200

For more information, contact: 0774 8015601.

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  1. good work. — occupy
  2. Death Squad's now operating by remote control — Adam Flude
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