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<span style="font-family: 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 18px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class="">This is the Drone Campaign Network's email newsletter containing the latest information,
campaign updates and links to resources to help you campaign on the growing use of armed drones. Please forward this email on to anyone who may be interested. To receive our email newsletter, sign up via our<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://dronecampaignnetwork.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f4b7a7e4e1dc9a526bdcef140&id=58d888e115&e=002b191e0d" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(197, 46, 38); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" class="">website
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1. recent actions<br class="">
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<strong class="">December 19th - demonstrations at Elbit Systems</strong><br class="">
There was co-ordinated actions at 3 Elbit Systems sites at Shenstone, Crawley and Oldham on December 19th.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://dronecampaignnetwork.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f4b7a7e4e1dc9a526bdcef140&id=328cd81372&e=002b191e0d" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(197, 46, 38); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" class="">Elbit</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is
Israel’s largest arms company. It manufactures drones, systems for military aircraft, armed remote control boats, and military land vehicles.</span><br class="">
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Fly Kites Not Drones March 21st</strong><br class="">
The Persian New Year, March 21st, has become established as an excellent time to remember the millions of young people for whom the threat of drone strikes means an end to the simple pleasure of kite flying; a time when we can fly kites in solidarity with them.
If you would like to make your own kites or run a workshop or simply find out more information see<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.flykitesnotdrones.org/" style="color: rgb(197, 46, 38); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" class="">www.flykitesnotdrones.org</a>
(<em class="">there is an excellent video in workshop 3).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></em><br class="">
Let us know of any kite flying events you are organising this year and we can include them in the next newsletter or on our website.<br class="">
Or join the big demonstration at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">RAF Waddington</strong>, five miles south of Lincoln on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">Saturday 18th March 1pm -3pm.</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>There
are regular<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://dronecampaignnetwork.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f4b7a7e4e1dc9a526bdcef140&id=e19b9d183f&e=002b191e0d" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(197, 46, 38); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" class="">buses</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>from
Lincoln and Grantham to the base, from which the British armed Reaper drone is controlled. Don't forget your kite!</span><br class="">
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a.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">Legality of British drone strikes</strong><br class="">
On 11th January the Attorney General<strong class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong>gave an important<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://dronecampaignnetwork.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f4b7a7e4e1dc9a526bdcef140&id=aaba3020d0&e=002b191e0d" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(197, 46, 38); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" class="">speech</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>on
the legality of UK pre-emptive drone strikes. A<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://dronecampaignnetwork.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f4b7a7e4e1dc9a526bdcef140&id=20351d77a0&e=002b191e0d" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(197, 46, 38); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" class="">detailed
analysis<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a>by Drone Wars UK looked at how Britain was following the lead of the US in attempting to re-define the understanding of ‘imminent’ to enable the expansion of the ability to undertake pre-emptive armed
attacks and that no evidence of an actual or specific attack was necessary.<br class="">
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<span style="font-weight: 400;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">b.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="">Drone Proliferation</strong><br class="">
Many<strong class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong>more countries, as well as The US, the UK and Israel are now using armed drones. Most are buying from China but some countries like Turkey and Iran have developed their own. In the last
15 months there have been drone strikes undertaken by Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, UAE, Turkey and possibly Egypt. see<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://dronecampaignnetwork.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f4b7a7e4e1dc9a526bdcef140&id=ca987f7122&e=002b191e0d" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(197, 46, 38); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" class="">here</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for
more information.</span><br class="">
It is highly likely that other countries will acquire the technology and begin launching drone strikes over the next 18 months, including European countries. The implications for global peace and security of multiple nations using drones to launch cross border
strikes is very serious.<span style="font-weight: 400;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://dronecampaignnetwork.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f4b7a7e4e1dc9a526bdcef140&id=c87f28e749&e=002b191e0d" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(197, 46, 38); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" class="">Canada</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>too
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<strong class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class="">c.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong></span><strong class="">Drone Development</strong><br class="">
And finally the US military have test launched 103 miniature swarming drones from a fighter jet. The small Perdix drones have a wingspan of 12", operate autonomously and share a distributed brain. See them<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://dronecampaignnetwork.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=f4b7a7e4e1dc9a526bdcef140&id=26bac17e5c&e=002b191e0d" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(197, 46, 38); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" class="">in
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