Text Fwd: Court Victory for the Creech 14 who were against the drones 무인 비행기에 저항한 크리치 기지 14 시위자들의 법정 승리

* Slide by MacGregor Eddy, in the Nevada Desert Experience site

* Frank Cordaro forwarded the below texts on Sept. 25, 2010
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National Catholic Reporter
A peace movement victory in court
by John Dear SJ on Sep. 21, 2010

Excerpt

"Fourteen anti-war activists may have made history today in a Las Vegas courtroom when they turned a misdemeanor trespassing trial into a possible referendum on America's newfound taste for remote-controlled warfare." That's how one Las Vegas newspaper summed up our stunning day in court last Tuesday, Sept. 14, when fourteen of us stood trial for walking on to Creech Air Force Base last year on April 9, 2009 to protest the U.S. drones.

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the defendants were able to extract several key points from their witnesses:

* Intentional killing is a war crime, as embodied in U.S. constitutional law.
* Drone strikes by U.S. and coalition forces kill a disproportionate number of civilians.
* People have the right, even the duty, to stop war crimes.
* According to the Nuremberg principles, individuals are required to disobey domestic orders that cause crimes against humanity.

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"By all accounts, the Creech 14 trial is the first time in history an American judge has allowed a trial to touch on possible motivations of anti-drone protesters," the local paper said.

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National Catholic Reporter
Drones on trial, and a judge listens
by Tom Roberts on Sep. 18, 2010

Excerpt

Drones have raised to a new level the detachment with which modern warfare can be conducted. Operated remotely from great distances away, drones are lifeless, indiscriminate killing machines. They’ve been responsible for countless civilian deaths and a concomitant rising tide of anger against the United States in Pakistan. What follows is an intriguing account of the recent trial of 14 activists who trespassed at an Air Force Base in Nevada protesting the use of drones.

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