[Peace] Fwd: CIA air wars [signature needed]

[C G Estabrook]

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> From: "Tara Tabassi" <info at winwithoutwar.org>
> Subject: CIA air wars [signature needed]
> Date: March 29, 2019 at 2:46:51 PM CDT
> To: "C. G. ESTABROOK" <carl at newsfromneptune.com>
> Reply-To: info at winwithoutwar.org
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> C. G.—
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> Red Alert: This month, Trump signed an Executive Order that could allow the CIA to become a secret killing squad, with no way to know how many people they kill. [1]
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> Drone strikes have tripled under Trump. He already snuck the CIA dangerous authority to conduct shadow drone wars around the world that are killing civilians, including Somalia, Yemen, and Pakistan. And now there is literally nothing in U.S. law requiring reporting on civilian casualties by the CIA — making those wars completely invisible.
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> But Congress can stop the CIA from waging secret air wars around the world — by banning the CIA from conducting drone strikes entirely. So it’s time for us to make sure Congress hears us loud and clear:
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> Tell Representative Rodney Davis and Senators Richard J. Durbin and Tammy Duckworth to ban the secret CIA drone strikes NOW! <https://act.winwithoutwar.org/act/ban-cia-drone-strikes-now?source=em20190329_1&t=4&akid=3322%2E7606%2ERLMW0M>
>  <https://act.winwithoutwar.org/act/ban-cia-drone-strikes-now?source=em20190329_1&t=5&akid=3322%2E7606%2ERLMW0M>
> Since Trump took office, finding out who the U.S. is killing through lethal air wars has become nearly impossible.
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> The Pentagon claims it has killed no civilians in its Somalia drone war over the last 2 years. But we know drone strikes have killed civilians in Somalia — and the U.S. is the only government conducting airstrikes in the country [2]. In other words: the CIA is almost certainly launching secret drone strikes killing Somali civilians, and then flat-out lying about it!
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> Halimo Mohamed Abdi was hit by a drone strike in Bariire, outside of the Somali capital of Mogadishu. Before losing consciousness, she saw three little boys, ages 9, 10, and 16, die in explosions. The strike broke her hips, left shrapnel in her thigh and terrible burns on her chest. After being hospitalized for 3 months, she returned to her home in ruins and 25 of her goats dead. She was forced to move to a camp housing tens of thousands of Somalis fleeing U.S. airstrikes, and fighting between Al Shabab and the Somali government. [3]
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> We cannot let our government conduct unchecked, secret wars that kill and displace people around the world. That’s why we have to get Congress to ban CIA air wars NOW.
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> Act Now: Tell Representative Rodney Davis and Senators Richard J. Durbin and Tammy Duckworth to ban CIA drone strikes. <https://act.winwithoutwar.org/act/ban-cia-drone-strikes-now?source=em20190329_1&t=6&akid=3322%2E7606%2ERLMW0M>
> Thank you for working for peace,
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> Tara, Kate, Mariam, and the Win Without War team
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> [1] The Atlantic, "Trump Just Gave Himself More Power to Kill in Secret <https://act.winwithoutwar.org/go/15370?t=9&akid=3322%2E7606%2ERLMW0M>"
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> [2] Foreign Policy, "U.S. Bombardments Are Driving Somalis From Their Homes <https://act.winwithoutwar.org/go/15373?t=10&akid=3322%2E7606%2ERLMW0M>"
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> [3] The Nation, "Inside the Secretive US Air Campaign In Somalia <https://act.winwithoutwar.org/go/15537?t=11&akid=3322%2E7606%2ERLMW0M>"
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