There was a very large peace march and rally in Pakistan over the weekend focusing on the issue of drone strikes in the FATA. The march was organized by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), which appears to be a budding political party emerging from roots as a peace and justice organization. http://www.insaf.pk/ https://twitter.com/PTIofficial The march was scheduled to travel from Islamabad to Waziristan, but was apparently impeded by Pakistani security forces which alleged the march was under threat. The march stopped in Tank for a rally led by PTI head Imran Khan [ @ImranKhanPTI http://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI ]. http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-13-17997-Forces-head-off-PTI-rally Reprieve UK was prominent in helping organize the event, represented by Clive Smith [ @CliveSSmith http://twitter.com/CliveSSmith ]: http://www.reprieve.org.uk/blog/2012_10_08_drones_peace_march_clive_storify/ A delegation of 33 Americans participated, including former US diplomat Ann Wright and CodePink: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Wright http://blip.tv/ptiofficialvideos/why-ex-us-diplomat-marie-ann-wright-is-join... http://www.codepink4peace.org/article.php?id=6248 Here's a roundup of media coverage from around the world: http://redwishdotcom.wordpress.com/2012/10/08/peace-march-media-coverage/ Twitter tag was #PTIPeaceMarch: https://twitter.com/i/#!/search/%23PTIPeaceMarch?q=%23PTIPeaceMarch https://twitter.com/i/#%21/search/%23PTIPeaceMarch?q=%23PTIPeaceMarch gf -- Gregory Foster || gfoster@entersection.org @gregoryfoster <> http://entersection.com/ _______________________________________________ drone-list mailing list drone-list@lists.stanford.edu Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/drone-list If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest?" You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator in monthly reminders. Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE