UKUKHULULEKILEYO Qhagamshelana: Ed Kinane 315) 478-451 ekhaya
21 February 2017 Abanye abamangalelwa (jonga ngezantsi)
ABAMANGALI ABAHLANU BABONGA NEENKUNDLA YENKANTOLO YASEDEWITT
5 PM LWESIBINI FEBRUWARI 28 NGENXA YABO 3/19/15 “IINCWADI EZINKULU”
I-Anti- WEAPONIZED DRONE ACTION E-HANCOCK AIRBASE
NgoMatshi 19, 2015 ngo-12th Isikhumbuzo sohlaselo lwase-US e-Iraq, amalungu asixhenxe e-Upstate Drone Action Coalition abanjwa eHancock Air Base ngaphandle kweSyracuse, eNew York. Babeqhankqalaza ngokungekho mthethweni ukusetyenziswa kukaHancock ngokubulala kunye nokungekho mthethweni kwe-MQ9 Reaper drones phezu kwe-Afghanistan nakwezinye iindawo.
Ezisixhenxe zisasaze iikopi ezinkulu (iinyawo ezi-7X4) zeencwadi ezine kumnyango omkhulu weHancock, ikhaya le-174.th Ukuhlaselwa Iphiko le-NY National Guard - umzingeli omkhulu / umbulali weReaper hub yedrone. Iincwadi: uMqulu we-UN; “IiMfazwe Ezimdaka” kaJeremy Scahill; I-NYU kunye neSikolo soMthetho saseStanford "Ukuhlala phantsi kweeDrones"; & Nengxelo yamalungelo oluntu kaReprieve "Awusoze Ufe Kabini."
Abahlanu kwabasixhenxe batyholwa ngokuThintela ulawulo lukaRhulumente (isenzo esigwenxa esifuna iqela labachopheli-tyala kunye nesigwebo esiphakamileyo sonyaka omnye), ityala lokungena, kunye namatyala amabini okuziphatha kakubi. Baxoxwa kwiNkundla kaJaji uDavid Gideon kwiDolophu yaseDeWitt [5400 Butternut Drive, East Syracuse]:
~ Daniel Burns, Ithaca, 607) 280-0369
~ UBrian Hynes, iBronx, 718) 838-2636 iseli
~ Ed Kinane, ISirakuse, 315) 478-4571 ekhaya
~ Fr. Bill Pickard, Scranton, 570) 498-3789 iseli
~ James Ricks, Ithaca, 607) 280-7794 iseli
Okwakucwangciselwe ukuxoxwa ityala ekupheleni kukaNovemba ka-2016, ityala lamiswa de kube nguFebruwari ukuze kubizwe iqula elitsha lejaji ukuze kuqinisekiswe “ijaji yoontanga bakhe” kuRicks, umSilamsi omnyama. Ummangalelwa uDaniel Burns uthe: “Imfazwe yedrone ibulala abantu abaninzi abamsulwa, kuquka nabantwana. Njengotata wabantwana abathathu abahle, ndibophelelekile ukuba ndizame ukuyeka imfazwe ye-drone. Abantu abanezazela kufuneka benze konke okusemandleni ethu ukunqanda ukunyhashwa kwamalungelo abantu nomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe.”