Posted on 10/04/2012 10:44:43 AM PDT by blam
US Women Stage Hunger Strike In Pakistan Over Drone Strikes (Code Pink)
Jon Boone, The Guardian
Oct. 3, 2012, 10:01 AM
Not content with a planned march into one of Pakistan's most dangerous regions, a group of middle-aged American women are considering mounting a hunger strike outside the US embassy in Islamabad as part a campaign against CIA drone attacks in the country.
Thirty-five activists from Code Pink, a US anti-war group, have gathered in the Pakistani capital this week as they prepare for an unprecedented march and political rally in South Waziristan, one of the semi-autonomous tribal areas on the Afghan border, which is a hotbed of Taliban militancy.
Despite intense publicity surrounding the event, doubts persist over whether it will be able to take place. Local authorities have expressed strong doubts about the safety of the march, even though the Pakistani military has long claimed its operations in the area have brought a semblance of security.
Medea Benjamin, the veteran activist leading the Code Pink delegation, said: "Frankly, it's a win-win situation for us, whether we get into Waziristan or not.
"We are going because we are challenging the Pakistani government to allow us to go to a place that has been off limits but needs to be seen. And if they try to stop us, it will be clear they do not want the world to see what is going on there."
On Tuesday in Islamabad, the women met retired generals, ambassadors and even a former head of the notorious military spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and discussed other tactics to publicise their cause.
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Do these women seriously think that they will be safe? First chance a group of Muslim Jihadist’s get these women will be raped, and beaten, over and over. I pity them, and do not wish this on them, but it might be what it takes to open these bleeding heart liberals eyes.
Middle-aged US women for the hunger strike?!?
It will be going on for months. Good grief.
FMCDH(BITS)
These are some pretty sick folks and naive.
Waziristan is not Oakland or Berkeley.
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