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| Americans protest drone use within and outside of US |
| 2012-12-11 |
| [Iran Press TV] Americans have staged a protest against the use of drones both domestically and internationally, voicing their concerns about the violation of civil rights, Press TV reports. A recent rally held by mainly Christian peace organizations in front of CIA headquarters in Virginia was to protest against the increasing usage of drones by the US both abroad and in its own skies. "What is happening is a proliferation, it is a militarization of our police source, I think we are going down the wrong path," said protester Malachy Kilbride. As the US is considered as the international leader in drone warfare, many Americans are concerned about privacy violations, constitutional rights and public safety regarding the surveillance of its own people. According to the US Federal Aviation Administration, there will be over 10,000 commercial drones flying in the American airspace within the next five years. The rally did not only focus on the domestic usage of drones, it also voiced concerns about the so-called "double tapping" attacks used in countries such as Pakistain, Yemen, Afghanistan and Somalia, meaning that a second attack always follows the first one, targeting the rescuers trying to help the initial victims. "They hit them twice, it is insidious and immoral and it is shameful, it is shameful on our government for doing such a thing," said organizer Jack McHale. With the movement gaining momentum, similar rallies are expected to be held in the next coming months. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 See also WAFF, TOPIX > NEXT/NEW GENERATION UCAVS TO HAVE "DEATH RAY" LASERS | [Tweaktown.com] NEXT MILITARY DRONES TO SPORT DEATH LASERS, courtesy of DARPA + HELLADS Project. ARTIC = Laser-armed UCAVS as designed to possess internal equivalent of an "unlimited ammo magzazine". IIUC, underwing LR Missles + Rockets + Cannons + Gatlings to become the UCAV's secondary armament vee primary Lasers??? DARE THIS MEANS THAT THE FUTURE US-WORLD OF "SOLYENT GREEN" WON'T BE USING PEOPLE-SCOOPING FRONT-LOADERS, HAUL/DUMP VEHICLES, + COMBINES WHEN ITS TIME TO "HARVEST" THE [Human]CROPS FOR FOOD??? D *** NG. I KNEW IT! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-12-11 21:29 |
| #5 When drones are outlawed, only outlaws will have drones. And we'll make them in our mom's basement. It's not that hard. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2012-12-11 19:47 |
| #4 10,000 - I thought I read it was 30,000??? What could possibly go wrong??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-12-11 19:26 |
| #3 Don't need them here are home, but I love the way they are used against Islamists. Yeah, I'm a redneck. |
| Posted by: rel56 2012-12-11 11:33 |
| #2 And a hunting group in Pennsylvania has shot down drones run by an animal rights group that were disrupting their events. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2012-12-11 08:53 |
| #1 I had heard the EPA was using drones (Fox news reported this IIRC) in order to do overflights on farms/ranches etc - I'm not a fan of that in the least. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2012-12-11 08:28 |