[Peace-discuss] Hiding Drone Murders: Killer Koh & Illinois Nazi Law Faculty--LAW SCHOOL OFF CAMPUS!

[Boyle, Francis A]

Resistance actions continue at Des Moines Drone Command Center

Four peace activists were arrested on Wednesday morning, June 28 after they chained themselves to three concrete blocks they placed in the road leading into a drone base in Des Moines, Iowa.  The road was blocked for hours while fire crews cut through the concrete barriers.  Jesse Horne, Spencer Kaaz, Jessica Reznicek and Ruby Montoya were charged with interference with official acts and obstructing a public way. Appearing in front of a jail judge after a night behind bars, they all pled guilty, were given fines and released.

The protest is part of a campaign started six weeks earlier by the Des Moines Catholic Worker and the Des Moines chapter of Veterans for Peace to bring attention to the mission of the Des Moines Drone Command Center.  Activists have maintained a regular presence there, with multiple actions that have resulted in arrests and some jail time for repeat protester Frank Cordaro.

Read more here<http://nukeresister.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5e793916f1979bfc73458af19&id=20a6d4fb23&e=0ae2b44006>.

On Saturday, June 10, seven drone protesters gathered at the gate of the main entrance of the Des Moines, Iowa Drone Command Center.  The gate had already been closed by Air National Guard security, who soon warned the activists that they had to leave or would be arrested. Al Burney and Mark Kenney were arrested when they refused to do so.  When Frank Cordaro was leaving, a Des Moines police officer informed him that he was under arrest for violating his recently received "ban and bar" letter from the base.

Read more here<http://nukeresister.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5e793916f1979bfc73458af19&id=ea545ebb8c&e=0ae2b44006>.


Francis A. Boyle
Law Building
504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.
Champaign, IL 61820 USA
217-333-7954 (phone)
217-244-1478 (fax)
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From: Boyle, Francis A
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Subject: RE: Hiding Drone Murders: Killer Koh & Illinois Nazi Law Faculty--LAW SCHOOL OFF CAMPUS!

FOUR CITIZEN ACTIVISTS ARRESTED AT VOLK FIELD AS THEY ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY THE BASE AS A CRIME SCENE
by Joy First
Wisconsin Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars has held monthly vigils against drones at the gates of Volk Field for over five years.  This Wisconsin Air National Guard Base is a critical component of the whole drone warfare program being conducted by the US government in a number of countries in the Middle East and Africa.   At Volk Field personnel are trained to operate the RQ-7 Shadow Drone, which has been used for reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition.  However, now there is the likelihood that the RQ-7 is also weaponized.  See http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/7914/was-a-new-type-of-drone-launched-weapon-used-to-kill-al-qaedas-2-man
There is a savagery in drone warfare as whole communities in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, and other places in the Middle East and Africa suffer from PTSD from drones constantly flying overhead, as wedding parties and funerals are hit, as rescuers are hit by a second attack, as grandmothers working in the field are killed, as children sleeping in their beds are murdered.  A number of credible sources tell us that only 1 out of 10 people killed by drones are the intended target.
Wisconsin activists join others at military bases across the country, including California, Nevada, Missouri, Iowa, Arizona, Pennsylvania, New York and Virginia, who are standing up and speaking out against the horrors of drone warfare.
Members of the Wisconsin Coalition have sent numerous letters to the base commander asking to talk to him about their concerns, but the letters go unanswered.  Several times we have attempted to walk onto the base to share the letters in person and have been arrested.
So, on June 27 we again planned to go onto the base to put up crime scene tape and to deliver an indictment for war crimes.
As we met at a park near the base for a planning meeting, two cars from the Juneau County Sheriff's department drove up, one of the cars being with the canine unit.  They arrested Brian Terrell of the Chicago based Voices for Creative Nonviolence.  We were surprised that they came and arrested Brian before the action, but it was not totally unexpected as there was a warrant pending for Brian's arrest.  Brian was arrested at the base in February 2016, and after being found guilty of trespass, he refused to pay the fine.
After Brian's arrest, we continued to discuss our plan and then processed to the gates of Volk Field.  The Sheriff obviously knew we were going to be risking arrest and we expected the gates to be closed, but were surprised to see they were open with about ten deputies waiting for us.  Father Jim Murphy and I walked to the gate with the crime scene tape and it was snatched from our hands.  The captain said that the base commander didn't want any tape on "his" fence.  I started reading the indictment while standing two steps onto the base and was immediately arrested.  Jim walked onto the base and was arrested, and then Phil Runkel walked onto the base and was arrested.
The three of us were cuffed in front and taken to the Juneau County jail where we were charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct and then released.  We have an initial hearing on August 9.  Brian will be held at the jail until Friday or Saturday and then released.
While in office Obama used drones to murder thousands of innocent people, including children.  Drone strikes are increasing even more under Trump, with even more innocent people suffering and dying.  Our government tries to keep us in the dark about what is going on, and so we must go to other credible sources of information to be informed.
It is up to us, the people, to do everything we can to bring an end to drone warfare.  Please join us at the gates of Volk Field on the 4th Tuesday of the month.  For more information, contact joyfirst5 at gmail.com<mailto:joyfirst5 at gmail.com>
Brian's arrest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgXClrHfuk0&t=9s
Arrests at the gate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-azM2G5rgpc


Francis A. Boyle
Law Building
504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.
Champaign, IL 61820 USA
217-333-7954 (phone)
217-244-1478 (fax)
(personal comments only)

From: Boyle, Francis A
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Subject: RE: Hiding Drone Murders: Killer Koh & Illinois Nazi Law Faculty

Once we made it clear that we were going to mount our Demonstration during Killer Koh's Endowed Lecture at Noon, the Illinois Nazi Law Faculty immediately organized an additional  early morning lecture for Killer Koh so that he could better  justify himself. The Illinois Nazi Law Faculty never made any effort to organize a debate between him and me. Rather the Illinois Nazi Law Faculty spent an entire day maliciously ramming Killer Koh down the throats of everyone in this Good Community as a Role Model for Lawyers in Government Service. Law School Off Campus!

Fab


Francis A. Boyle
Law Building
504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.
Champaign, IL 61820 USA
217-333-7954 (phone)
217-244-1478 (fax)
(personal comments only)

From: Boyle, Francis A
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Subject: RE: Hiding Drone Murders: Killer Koh & Illinois Nazi Law Faculty

It was Obama and Killer Koh who institutionalized  their drone murder extermination Campaign against Muslims/Arabs/Asians of Color-then turned their  Genocidal Machinery over to Trump. And Killer Koh did not just give any old  "lecture" here at the College of Law. Rather, the Illinois Nazi Law Faculty specifically   chose Killer Koh  to give an Endowed Lecture in a Series for Lawyer  Role Models in Government Service. Law School Off Campus!
Fab


Francis A. Boyle
Law Building
504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.
Champaign, IL 61820 USA
217-333-7954 (phone)
217-244-1478 (fax)
(personal comments only)

From: Boyle, Francis A
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Subject: Hiding Drone Murders: Killer Koh & Illinois Nazi Law Faculty

May this Drone Murder Extermination Campaign against Muslims/Arabs/Asians of Color be upon the Heads of the entire Illinois Nazi Law Faculty for the rest of Eternity! fab

https://static.theintercept.com/amp/drone-strikes-columbia-law-human-rights-yemen.html<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.theintercept.com%2Famp%2Fdrone-strikes-columbia-law-human-rights-yemen.html&data=01%7C01%7Csadanand%40ccsu.edu%7C38c6892ef7b149fe6abd08d4be4e2172%7C2329c570b5804223803b427d800e81b6%7C0&sdata=s7CFkiw5aqGEKjwcFC%2FFO1RziFwQPunFJe1dmg277eI%3D&reserved=0>
Murtaza Hussain, The Intercept
OVER THE PAST DECADE, the United States has claimed broad authority to carry out drone strikes across the world, even in places far from the battlefield. Under President Barack Obama, the U.S. acknowledged killing between 2,867 and 3,138 people in strikes that took place in countries like Somalia, Yemen, and Pakistan.
Although in the waning days of his presidency, Obama took some steps to improve transparency about drone strikes, including providing the total estimated death toll, a new report by the Columbia Law School Human Rights Clinic and the Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies says that the U.S. is still lagging in providing a full accounting of its drone program. Among other failures, the report, titled "Out of the Shadows: Recommendations to Advance Transparency in the Use of Lethal Force<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.outoftheshadowsreport.com%2F%23new-page&data=01%7C01%7Csadanand%40ccsu.edu%7C38c6892ef7b149fe6abd08d4be4e2172%7C2329c570b5804223803b427d800e81b6%7C0&sdata=kBQMIEQJ4Gol90AZuFHatbAy0NH8n431sHMsP%2FlNqKc%3D&reserved=0>," says that the U.S. has only acknowledged approximately 20 precent of its reported drone strikes - failing to claim responsibility or provide details in the vast majority of cases.
Meanwhile, the drone program is intensifying. Since President Donald Trump took office earlier this year, the rate of drone strikes per month has increased by almost four times Obama's average. Yemen in particular has been a target of many of these operations, with between nine and 11 strikes hitting the country this year, along with 81 other covert attacks by U.S. forces, according to statistics<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thebureauinvestigates.com%2Fdrone-war%2Fdata%2Fyemen-reported-us-covert-actions-2017&data=01%7C01%7Csadanand%40ccsu.edu%7C38c6892ef7b149fe6abd08d4be4e2172%7C2329c570b5804223803b427d800e81b6%7C0&sdata=F5rCjm5KVBWiRzkMV8TpVvilgSlxRNdW9SEdVh5gryc%3D&reserved=0> compiled by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
The authors of the new report say that the government's failure to provide information or legal rationales for its strikes is making it impossible to understand the full scope of the government's targeted killing program, as well as its impact on civilians.
"For years, the only way we knew anything about individual strikes was from media reports or individual statements about strikes from government officials," said Alex Moorehead, of the Columbia Law School's Human Rights Institute, highlighting the failure of the government to provide details about cases in which drones have been used for targeted killings. "When we talk about official acknowledgment, we are talking about specific information about individual strikes, which is what matters to people who have had loved ones killed."
The estimated number of civilians killed in U.S. drone strikes varies widely, with some independent estimates<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thebureauinvestigates.com%2Fprojects%2Fdrone-war&data=01%7C01%7Csadanand%40ccsu.edu%7C38c6892ef7b149fe6abd08d4be4e2172%7C2329c570b5804223803b427d800e81b6%7C0&sdata=6PtJar1rsDmHd2B%2FOuzvVM%2FIJqfEk%2FbkjW3ie%2BaOoQE%3D&reserved=0> recording hundreds of civilian deaths, while the U.S. government often claims<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheintercept.com%2F2016%2F07%2F01%2Fobama-administration-finally-releases-its-dubious-drone-death-toll%2F&data=01%7C01%7Csadanand%40ccsu.edu%7C38c6892ef7b149fe6abd08d4be4e2172%7C2329c570b5804223803b427d800e81b6%7C0&sdata=6xooQUExkVd4DchTRHOMfiMgT6xCwNSsVyWzkRdo%2B8U%3D&reserved=0> that figures run only into the dozens. The U.S. military has also been criticized for policies like "signature strikes," in which individuals have been killed based on their status as "military-age males" in areas where U.S. drones are operating. These policies are alleged to be responsible for cases in which weddings, funerals, and other communal gatherings have been bombed in Yemen, Pakistan, and Somalia.
"There is a difference in how Western civilians are treated versus non-Western civilians," Moorehead said. "Of all the civilians who have been killed in these strikes, only the two Westerners who were killed in a 2016 strike<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenation.com%2Farticle%2Fhuman-rights-groups-obama-investigate-all-civilian-victims-drone-strikes%2F&data=01%7C01%7Csadanand%40ccsu.edu%7C38c6892ef7b149fe6abd08d4be4e2172%7C2329c570b5804223803b427d800e81b6%7C0&sdata=f%2BK7L6EvYzix0lsp1Q%2BgiH%2BtFXsqoFcwa%2FQcp72B5s0%3D&reserved=0> have ever received any formal acknowledgement, apology, and compensation from the government."
Locals in Yemen have alleged that, in recent months, drone strikes carried out by the Trump administration killed civilians on numerous occasions. One strike reported last month in Yemen's Shabwah Province allegedly targeted<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheintercept.com%2F2017%2F05%2F19%2Fu-s-drone-strike-in-yemen-killed-men-who-had-nothing-to-do-with-al-qaeda-according-to-relatives%2F&data=01%7C01%7Csadanand%40ccsu.edu%7C38c6892ef7b149fe6abd08d4be4e2172%7C2329c570b5804223803b427d800e81b6%7C0&sdata=kNhn8hExgJRhmotjb%2FeucAgBN3O228mUhYpNsVXRW2s%3D&reserved=0> a car full of men with no existing links to terrorist groups, as well as several innocent bystanders. Despite such incidents, Trump has promised measures that would further loosen<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcnews.com%2Fnews%2Fus-news%2Ftrump-admin-ups-drone-strikes-tolerates-more-civilian-deaths-n733336&data=01%7C01%7Csadanand%40ccsu.edu%7C38c6892ef7b149fe6abd08d4be4e2172%7C2329c570b5804223803b427d800e81b6%7C0&sdata=R%2Ff%2Ff8WChrvxOFCOUCym8zXCr0VTzGnim2IPcmx7isQ%3D&reserved=0> targeting standards for drone operators, likely putting civilians in even greater danger. Many Yemenis say that the anger and grief inflicted by these strikes is outweighing any perceived counterterrorism benefit - and even driving some local people into the arms of Al Qaeda.
"The drone program in Yemen has inflicted a lot of civilian deaths that have not been investigated, acknowledged, or even taken into consideration by the U.S. government," said Waleed Alhariri, director of the Sana'a Center's U.S. office and one of the co-authors of the report. "In some cases weddings have been targeted, which has resulted in a lot of public anger from ordinary people towards the United States and has helped recruitment for al Qaeda."
The secrecy of the drone program has made it difficult for civil liberties organizations in the U.S. to provide a full accounting of its impact. More importantly, this secrecy has also made it harder for civilians directly impacted by drones to even understand why they have been targeted. Lacking any ability to find out the details about cases in which they or their loved ones were harmed, Yemeni civilians are generally unable to even obtain recognition, let alone compensation, for the life-changing consequences of these attacks. That those targeted often come from poor and remote regions of the country only makes it harder for them to obtain justice.
"The U.S. public is not aware what is happening in this program. They need more transparency and they need to know the truth," said Alhariri. "But Yemenis who have been impacted also need to know why they've been targeted. People have died, lost the ability to work and lost family members they relied on. They've been ignored and they feel helpless in the face of U.S. military policy in Yemen."


Francis A. Boyle
Law Building
504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.
Champaign, IL 61820 USA
217-333-7954 (phone)
217-244-1478 (fax)
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