I-DRONE RESISTERS IYAKHULULWA!

            Ama-drone resisters amane, uJames Ricks, uDaniel Burns, uBrian Hynes, kanye no-Ed Kinane, abavela ecaleni lezincwadi ezinkulu zango-2015 batholakala bemsulwa kuwo wonke amacala ngo-11pm eNkantolo Yedolobha laseDewitt. Ngemva kokuqulwa kwecala cishe isigamu sehora kuphela, ijaji labuya nesigwebo sokungabi nacala kuwo wonke amacala. Kuqhume ihlombe enkantolo ngesikhathi amajaji ememezela lesi sinqumo. Laba bane bathweswe amacala okuphazamisa ukusebenza kukahulumeni, ukungaziphathi kahle kanye nokungena emthethweni kanti bagwetshwe unyaka ejele. Ngemuva kokukhishwa kwesinqumo, ijaji laya kuBrian Hynes lathi: “Ngiyakweseka ngempela okwenzayo. Qhubeka ukwenze.”

Ngesikhathi sokuqulwa kwecala, uBrian Hynes utshele ijaji, "Leli akulona icala elimayelana namaqiniso aphikiswayo, leli yicala elimayelana nezincazelo eziphikiswayo." UHynes uqhubekile nokuchazela ijaji ukuthi bangakwazi, ngamazwi ka-4^th I-Circuit of Appeals, khulula nganoma yisiphi isizathu esithinta ingqondo noma uthando lwabo. Ebufakazini obunamandla, uJames Ricks utshele ijaji mayelana nokuhlangana nemindeni yezisulu ze-drone nokubona ukonakala kwemicibisholo yesihogo somlilo. Amajaji abekhala izinyembezi izikhathi eziningi. UDaniel Burns uthe, “Ingabe ukhona kithi ongabona kwamukelekile ukuthi abathandekayo bethu banikelelwe ukuzivikela okulindelekile kwesinye isizwe. Vele akunjalo! Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukube ama-drones abeqondiswe kubantwana bami elinye izwe, bengingathemba ngawo wonke amandla ami ukuthi izakhamuzi zalelo zwe zingase zizame ukumisa izenzo zezwe lazo ezingekho emthethweni nezokuziphatha okubi.” U-Ed Kinane utshele ijaji ngolimi olucacile nolunamandla mayelana nesikhathi sakhe ehlala e-Iraq phakathi nempi kanye nokwesaba okutshalwe ama-drones. Izimpikiswano zokuvala zinikezwe abameli uDaire Irwin noJonathon Wallace kanye noJames Ricks noBrian Hynes.

Umkhondo ubangelwe yisenzo sangoMashi 19, 2015. Ngomhla ziyi-12^th isikhumbuzo sokuhlasela kwe-US ngokungemthetho e-Iraq, amalungu ayisikhombisa e-Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars avala isango elikhulu le-Hancock Drone Base (eduze kwaseSyracuse, NY) ngekhophi enkulu ye-UN Charter kanye nezinye ezintathu. izincwadi ezinkulu - Izimpi ezingcolile (Jeremy Scahill), Ukuphila Ngaphansi Kwe-Drones (NYU kanye neStanford Law Schools), kanye Awufe Kabili (Khululeka).

            Izishoshovu ezingenalo udlame nazo zibambe isibhengezo esicaphuna Isigaba sesi-6 soMthethosisekelo wase-US, sisho ukuthi zonke izivumelwano ezisayiniwe ziba umthetho ophakeme wezwe. Balethe izincwadi ku-Hancock ukuze bakhumbuze wonke umuntu ongaphansi kwezivumelwano ezisayiniwe ezivimbela ukubulawa kwezakhamuzi nokubulawa kwabantu. Iqembu liphinde lazama futhi ukuletha incwadi yezakhamizi icala lobugebengu bempi ochungechungeni lwe-Hancock Air base chain of command.

Ama-Codefendants ecaleni (kusuka kwesobunxele): Ed Kinane (I-Syracuse, NY), Fr. UBill Pickard (IScranton, PA, uBrian Hynes (Bronx, NY), Daniel Burns (Ithaca, NY) kanye noJames Ricks (Ithaca. NY) ngakwesokudla, Ummeli u-Jonathan Wallace kanye no-Daire Irwin wase-Buffalo, NY. (owesi-2 nowesi-3 ukusuka kwesokudla) ubeluleka.