CODEPINK Mocks and Protests Unmanned US Drone Attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan (See Video + Photos!)
October 10th, 2010
Members of Pax Christi USA, Foreign Policy in Focus, CODEPINK and other
organizations, mock and protest the unmanned US drone attacks in Afghanistan
and Pakistan in Washington DC. The United States Thursday admitted the situation
in Pakistani tribal areas was 'difficult and complex' as tensions with Islamabad
escalated over US drone attacks on extremists. Photo Credit: AFP
Members of Pax Christi USA, Foreign Policy in Focus, CodePink
and other organizations, mock and protest the unmanned U.S. drone attacks
in Afghanistan and Pakistan in front of the Capitol. Credit: Washington
Post
InstPolicyStudies | October 08, 2010
The U.S. has increasingly used unmanned drones in the war in Afghanistan
and in Pakistan. These attacks have killed an estimated 50 civilians for
every targeted al-Qaeda or Taliban leader. On October 6, 2010, Code Pink,
Foreign Policy In Focus, and Pax Christi held a mock drone attack in Dupont
Circle in Washington, DC.
Art Laffin, a member of Catholic human rights group Pax Christi,
protests gainst the unmanned US drone attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan
near the US Capitol building. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs habitually
declines to comment on the strikes by unmanned drone aircraft armed with
missiles, believed to be carried out by the CIA, and did not immediately
respond directly to Basit's remarks. Photo Credit: AFP