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Vigil to Mourn Yemenis Killed in US Drone Strike
December 18, 2013 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
ST. PATRICK’S VIGIL TO MOURN YEMENIS KILLED IN US DRONE STRIKE AND
CALL ON POPE TO CONDEMN DRONE WAR
NEW YORK A vigil mourning 15 Yemeni wedding-goers killed on Dec. 12,
2013 by a US drone strike will be held Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013 from 1
pm – 3 pm in front of Manhattan’s famous St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
“St. Patrick’s is chosen for the vigil,” said Nick Mottern,
coordinator of KnowDrones.org, “as a reminder one week before the
birth of Jesus Christ of his witness on behalf of poor and outcast
people, his message of reconciliation and peace and his challenge to
the religious and political establishments of his time. In this
spirit, we urge Pope Francis and other religious leaders to condemn
drone warfare everywhere in the world.”
The vigil will include a large-scale model of the MQ-9 Reaper drone,
the workhorse of US drone killing in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and
Somalia. Mottern estimates that over 5,000 people have been killed in
US drone strikes since they began in 2001.
Organizations participating in addition to KnowDrones.org include:
Granny Peace Brigade, Veterans for Peace, War Resisters League and
World Can’t Wait.