Ground the Drones...Lest we Reap the Whirlwind

international | anti-war / imperialism | other press Tuesday April 07, 2009 13:20 by Kathy & Brian

Getting a Closer Look at the Killer Drones

Kathy Kelly, who attended and gave evidence at the three Pitstop Ploughshares trials in Dublin, along with other Catholic Workers have headed down to isolated Creech Air Force Base in the Nevada desert. Creech AFB is the home of the drones that are presently carrying out regular bombings and assasinations in northern Pakistan. Below are there refelections

Down Where the Predators Live
Getting a Closer Look at the Killer Drones
By KATHY KELLY and BRIAN TERRALL

It's one thing to study online articles describing the MQ-9 Reapers and MQ-1 Predators. It's quite another to identify these drones as they take off from runways at Nevada's Creech Air Force base, where our "Ground the Drones.Lest We Reap the Whirlwind" campaign is holding a ten-day vigil.

This morning, during a one hour walk from Cactus Springs, Nevada, where we are housed, to the gates of Creech Air Force base, we saw the Predator and Reaper drones glide into the skies, once every two minutes. We could easily distinguish the Predator from the Reaper, - if the tailfins are up, it's a Predator, tail fins down, a Reaper.

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