Goodman writes: "Resistance to Obama's drone wars is growing. In upstate New York, in a surprise ruling, five anti-drone activists were acquitted after being tried for blocking the gate of Hancock Field Air National Guard Base near Syracuse."
Anti-drone protesters gather in Islamabad this weekend. (photo: unknown)
The Rising Resistance to Obama's Drone Wars
31 October 13
wasn't scared of drones before, but now when they fly overhead I wonder, ‘Will I be next?'" That is the question asked by 8-year-old Nabila Rehman, from northwest Pakistan. She was injured in a drone attack a year ago, in her small village of Ghundi Kala. She saw her grandmother, Mamana Bibi, blown to pieces in the strike. Her brother Zubair also was injured. Their case has become the latest to draw attention to the controversial targeted killing program that has become central to President Barack Obama's foreign policy and global war-making.
"We really just have a very simple message to the U.S.: How do you justify killing a grandmother? How does that make anyone safer?" Mustafa Qadri posed the question on the "Democracy Now!" news hour. Qadri authored a new Amnesty International report titled "‘Will I Be Next?' U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan."
Nabila and Zubair are unique among the growing number of drone-strike victims: They were able to appear before Congress, along with their father, Rafiq ur Rehman, to testify about the strike and the devastation it brought to their family. They are featured in a new documentary being released for free on the Internet this week, "Unmanned: America's Drone Wars," by Brave New Films. In it, Rafiq, a primary-school teacher, describes that day:
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