Above photo: The Peshawar school attack is being labelled the worst terrorist attack to occur in Pakistan. Children died. But it was not the first ever school attacked, another one was in northern Pakistan. It was attacked by a US drone. Children died. From Indymedia.org.nz
Shows Graphic Images of Children Killed and Mutilated, and Pleads with Drone Pilots to ‘Refuse to Fly’
LAS VEGAS, NV – Disturbing images of children killed and mutilated by U.S. drones are shown in a graphic and controversial television commercial now airing here on CNN and other cable networks – it is thought to be the first-ever anti-drone war commercial to appear on U.S. television.
The spot is airing on CNN, MSNBC and other networks in the Las Vegas area, just a few miles from Creech Air Force Base, a major drone operating and training facility.
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Sponsored by KnowDrones.com, the spot began airing Feb. 28 and will run through March 6 in the Las Vegas television market. The commercial is expected to be airing in other U.S. markets soon.
Major protests opposing the U.S. drone program are taking place at Creech AFB this week by peace, veterans and humanitarian groups from around the nation, including CODEPINK and Veterans for Peace.
The very graphic 15-second commercial shows an image from a drone operations video screen, an explosion, civilians searching through rubble after the drone attack, a Hellfire missile loaded onto a drone and images of children killed and mutilated by the attack.
On-screen text charges “Drone Killing Violates Law and Morality,” and then ends with a plea for “Drone Pilots. Please Refuse to Fly. No one has to obey an immoral law.”
The television spot’s appeal for pilots to “Refuse to Fly” is aimed at Creech AFB drone pilots, sensor operators, support personnel and their families as well as the general public.
“We produced this spot to make the point as powerfully as possible that drone killing is horrifying, illegal and immoral,” said Nick Mottern, coordinator of KnowDrones.com.
