Families of local Afghan refugees were among thousands of evacuees disrupted by the deadly attack outside Kabul airport on Thursday.
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Drone awareness walk
Members of the Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars are walking from Syracuse to Niagara Falls to make Western New Yorkers aware that the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station is now a drone control center similar to the one that’s been operating for several years at Hancock Air National Guard Base […]
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From shepherd to Fulbright scholar
One of Nangyalai Attal’s earliest memories is of watching foreign aircraft bomb the Afghan countryside. “I remember the people running and screaming,” he says. “I don’t remember if it was being done by the Soviets or the mujahideen who were trying to expel them. But I can still remember the horror of it.” And while […]
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Local drone protesters arrested
This is a corrected version of this blog. More than 30 members of the Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars were arrested this week after participating in a protest outside the Hancock Air National Guard Base near Syracuse. Some of the US military’s killer drones are operated and flown to targets […]
