Obama to come under 'mock drone attack'

12 Mar 2010, 6:03 pm   -   Source: SBS staff and agencies
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Anti-war protesters say they will target US President Barack Obama during his Australia visit (AAP)

Anti-war protesters say they will target US President Barack Obama during his Australia visit (AAP)

US President Barack Obama is to come under attack from a fleet of cardboard 'drones' piloted by anti-war activists during his visit to Australia later this month.

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US President Barack Obama is to come under attack from a fleet of cardboard 'drones' piloted by anti-war activists during his upcoming visit to Australia.

Veterans group Stand Fast is angry that Mr Obama will be given a hero's welcome when he arrives in the country later this month.

Group spokesman Hamish Chitts says the Nobel Peace Prize winner should instead be held to account for escalating the conflict in Afghanistan.

"Obama is not a force for progress, he is not a man of peace," said Mr Chitts, a veteran who served in East Timor.

"From his first day in office he has firmly placed himself in the camp of the warmongers and war-profiteers.

'Attack' on motorcade

"We need to take to the streets, in Canberra and wherever he goes, to remind Obama and the warmongers in this country that the anti-war majority demand troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan now."

Fellow Stand Fast member Graeme Dunstan said the 'attack' would be purely symbolic.

"A lot of veterans are appalled at the conduct of the wars," Mr Dunstan said. "I don't expect to get near him, but we are going to have some fun."

Peace campaigners across Australia are being mobilised to build cardboard models of drones with which to 'attack' Mr Obama's motorcade when it rolls into Parliament House.

Stand Fast is holding a cardboard sculpting workshop to create a fleet of two-metre long replicas of the MQ-1 Predator drone being used in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

 

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Demonstrate to welcome Obama

John Passant - from Canberra, 2 years ago

Good on Stand Fast. There will be a demonstration on the Lawns of Parliament House in Canberra the day this warmonger speaks to the Australian Parliament. Hope to see Stand Fast and many more people there too. And I hope the Greens can join us instead of sucking up to Obama. Malalai Joya, a former Afghan woman MP (before the parliament, not the people , threw her out) has said in an interview with l'Humanite that Obama is worse than Bush.

Well done for "Stand Fast"

John G. - from Langwarrin - Vic, 2 years ago

Is a good thing to learn that AT LAST !!some organization in this country is taking the lead to shake the conscience of its people and call for a protest at the arrive of this "champion of peace". Obama must know that his "honey moon" with the antiwar movement around the globe IS OVER !!! But the people of conscience MUST let him !FEEL IT ! The task is going to be hard. The man is cinic and cunning. He allready show his credentials when he did accept the Nobel Price for "PEACE". (a mockery...)

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