April 28, 2012

Drone Summit: Killing and Spying by Remote Control

Tune into Codepink's Drone conference, online. The dangers of drones are discussed, and how they affect not only innocent civilians in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and more, but can be used domestically too, in the US.

The Codepink listserve message from April 28, 2012:

Dear Friend,

If you are unable to join us in Washington, DC for our groundbreaking Drone Summit happening today, Saturday, April 28, make sure to watch all the day's panels online either on USTREAM or livestream!

Find the full schedule of speakers and panels on our website.

Tweet our live stream to your followers and share with your friends on Facebook!

Follow @codepink and @WarDronesOn for live tweeting throughout the day.

Also contribute to the conversation on Twitter by using #DroneSummit, #drones, #targetedkillings, #humanrights and #p2. 

Here are some sample tweets about drones:

Since 9/11 as many as 3,000 ppl have been killed by #drones, including 100s of noncombatants #DroneSummit

Did you know #drones can be used for domestic surveillance? #DroneSummit

.@BarackObama carried out 1^st #drone strike just 3 days after inauguration #DroneSummit

US has launched drone strikes in #Pakistan, #Somalia & #Yemen, all countries it is not at war with #DroneSummit

In 2000 Pentagon had fewer than 50 aerial #drones; today it has more than 7,500 #DroneSummit

Global spending on research & manufacturing of #drones expected to total $94 billion in next 10 years

#Israel is the world’s leading exporter of #drones, with more than 1,000 sold in 42 countries #DroneSummit

And if you didn't catch Medea Benjamin on Democracy Now yesterday morning with Shahzad Akbar, make sure to check it out!