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Sharon Delgado

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December 1, 2012
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Witnessing at Beale

On Oct. 30, I joined about 100 people for a demonstration at Beale Air Force Base calling for an end to drone warfare. Beale is home to the Global Hawk Drone, a surveillance drone that is used to determine drone targets. After stopping traffic onto the base for four hours, nine of us were arrested for trespassing onto federal property. I took this action because I am convinced that the use of drones for targeted assassinations is immoral and illegal and that their use threatens us all. Now is the time to stop the new drone arms race in its …

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