The Nuclear Resister
December, 2012
IN THIS E-BULLETIN:
1) DRONES AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROTEST ARRESTS ON FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS
2) NEW SABOTAGE CHARGE FOR TRANSFORM NOW PLOWSHARES
3) DRONE PROTESTERS SENTENCED TO JAIL FOR ACTION AT HANCOCK AIR BASE
4) ANTI-NUCLEAR ACTIVISTS IN INDIA RELEASED ON BAIL
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Drones and nuclear weapons protest arrests on Feast of the Holy Innocents
AT DAVIS MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, THE PENTAGON, OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE
On the morning of the Feast of Holy Innocents, December 28, about 15 peace activists gathered outside the gates of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona to commemorate and grieve the contemporary slaughter of innocents. The group held signs calling for an end to drone warfare. An Arizona Air National Guard unit based at Davis-Monthan since 2007 operates armed Predator drones used by U.S. military in Afghanistan and elsewhere.
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New sabotage charge for Transform Now Plowshares
A new charge of sabotage, carrying up to 20 years in prison, has been leveled against the Transform Now Plowshares defendants. In the new indictment, Greg Boertje-Obed, Sister Megan Rice, and Michael Walli face two charges from the original indictment, but the trespass charge has been replaced by the sabotage charge listed as Count I below:
Count I – Damage to national security defense materials, with a fine and or imprisonment up to 20 years under 18 USC 2155. The prosecution has also added 18 USC 2152 which is harm to, among other things, torpedoes from submarines. That claim carries an additional imprisonment of up to 5 years.
Count II – Damage to a structure within Y-12, carrying up to 5 or 10 years in prison.
Count III – Damage in excess of $1000 – up to 10 years in prison.
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Drone protesters sentenced to jail for action at Hancock Air Base
In DeWitt, New York Town Court, in a swift four and a half hour trial on December 13, Judge Jokl found eleven of the original fifteen protesters of Reaper drones guilty of trespass. Hancock Air National Guard Base is home of the MQ-9 Reaper drone maintenance and training center, adjacent to Syracuse Airport where soldiers pilot drones used in the extra judicial killings in Afghanistan…
The judge sentenced Ed Kinane and Rae Kramer, of Syracuse, Clare and Ellen Grady, and James Ricks of Ithaca, to 15 days in jail.
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Anti-nuclear activists in India released on bail
Three women from the village of Idinthakarai in Tamil Nadu, all leaders in the mass movement opposed to the start-up of the joint Russian-Indian nuclear power project at the southern tip of India, have been released on bail. Xavieramma, Sundari and Selvi had been denied bail and charged with various crimes including sedition following their arrests on September 10. They are now ordered to report regularly to a police station in Madurai, over 200 kilometers away from their homes and families.
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