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Nevada Desert Experience
Sep 10, 2010 through Sep 14, 2010
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Sept. 10 to 14: "There is No Appeal from Drone Strikes. Our Grief is Still Not a Cry for War"

14 People were arrested in April 2009 for crossing onto Creech Air Force Base near Las Vegas for attempting to stop or at least dialog with commanders of the Predator and Reaper remotely piloted "drones" that are either protecting US forces or are inciting outrage and endless war because they are killing civilians and being used questionably against people in violation of international and US law, depending on your perspective.

The DA (or someone) reversed themselves and belatedly decided to prosecute the activists, some of whom have served in the military or have seen first-hand the destruction in Pakistan and Afghanistan caused by drone and other US air strikes.

Friday, Sept. 10 through Monday, Sept. 13, 6:30 to 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 to
5:00 p.m.:

Daily vigils at Creech AFB. Co-sponsored with Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Some people will walk from the Goddess Temple in Cactus Springs. Others will drive out from Vegas to stand together. Rides will be arranged as needed. Note that on Monday, 9/13 there will not be an afternoon vigil.

Saturday, Sept. 11, The Temple to Goddess Spirituality, Cactus Springs, NV:

"Our Grief is Still Not a Cry for War: A Day of Solidarity and
Remembrance in Memory of Civilians and Soldiers."

Vigil along with the Creech 14 as noted above.

The Eyes Wide Open memorial boots and shoes will be on exhibition all day as focus for reflection and remembrance. U.S. military personnel from Nevada who were killed in either Afghanistan or Iraq are represented by a pair of boots with a name tag. Civilians killed are represented by pairs of shoes with names of a small portion of those killed. The public is invited for all or some of the activities. All events at the Goddess Temple are free (though donations are gratefully accepted).

10:00 a.m. Reflection and remembrance group or alone time
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Reflection and remembrance group or alone time
5:00 p.m. Pot luck supper
7:00 p.m. gathering for ritual
7:30 p.m. Ritual for Peace in Solidarity and Remembrance of Soldiers and Civilians

Sunday, Sept. 12

Nevada Desert Experience National Council meeting (Pace e Bene office, 1420 W. Bartlett Ave. Las Vegas).
Creech-14 defendants meet and prepare for trial as much as they desire.

(Goddess Temple in Cactus Springs)

Col. Ann Wright available to meet with groups and interested individuals about the American Ship to Gaza for which she is raising money (Cactus Springs or Las Vegas).

Other expert witnesses and Creech-14 defendants available for interviews
(Goddess Temple in Cactus Springs)

To arrange a meeting or speaking engagement, contact Jim Haber (NDE)

Monday, Sept. 13, 7:00 pm, Thomas & Mack Moot Court Facility, Boyd School of Law, UNLV:

The Public Interest Law Association (PILA), in collaboration with the Nevada Desert Experience presents, 'The Legal and Ethical Implications of Unmanned Weapons Systems.'
Special Guest Speakers include Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Legal Director for the Center of Constitutional Rights Bill Quigley, Former U.S. Colonel and retired U.S. State Department Official Ann Wright, and Co-founder of Voices for
Creative Nonviolence Kathy Kelly. Panelist representing the Air Force still pending.
This event is free and open to the public.

Tuesday, Sept. 14

Trial of Creech 14 defendants:
Regional Justice Center, 200 Lewis Ave.,
Las Vegas, 5th Floor (Regional Court, Department 5):
7:30 am rally in at Lewis and 3rd St.; 8:30 am trial scheduled to begin.

It is unclear how long the trial will last: the morning, all day, more
than a day?

For more information or to arrange a meeting with defendants or expert witnesses, contact Jim Haber, Coordinator of Nevada Desert Experience, 415-828-2506(cell), .

About the Sept. 13 panelists:

Ramsey Clark, a former Marine, earned his J.D. from the University of
Chicago. Clark served as U.S. Attorney General under the presidential
administrations of Kennedy of Johnson. Throughout his tenure as Attorney
General, he focused on social issues and civil rights including prison
reform and the elimination of the death penalty. For decades, Clark has
consistently condemned American foreign policy and its related military
campaigns, from the Vietnam War, to the Iraq War, to the broader War on
Terror. His clients have included Slobodan Milosevic and Saddam Hussein.

Col. Ann Wright, a former United States Army colonel publicly resigned
from the U.S. State Department in direct protest of the March 2003
invasion of Iraq. During her State Department career, Wright served as
Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. embassy in Afghanistan in 2001. In
2008, Ann co-authored the book, Dissent, Voices of Conscience:
Government Insiders Speak Out Against the War in Iraq. She was a
passenger on the Challenger 1, which along with the Mavi Marmara, was
part of the Gaza flotilla in May.

Bill Quigley is the Legal Director for the Center for Constitutional
Rights, a national legal and educational human rights organization. He previously taught law at Loyola University New Orleans and has been an active public interest lawyer since 1977 with a wide range of public interest organizations. Bill is the author of Ending Poverty As We Know It: Guaranteeing A Right to A Job At A Living Wage (2003) and Storms Still Raging: Katrina, New Orleans and Social Justice (2008).

Kathy Kelly co-coordinates Voices for Creative Nonviolence, a campaign to end U.S. military and economic warfare. In 2009, Voices formed a small delegation to visit Pakistan, aiming to learn more about the effects of U.S. drone warfare on the civilian population and to better understand consequences of U.S. foreign policy in pressing for Pakistani military offensives to dislodge Taliban fighters. Kathy’s most recent trip to the region, in 2010, included a visit to Afghanistan, focusing on surgical centers serving victims of war. Kelly is one of the Creech 14.