Reuters. 17 March 2003. Gazans mourn American protester killed by IDF. GAZA -- Hundreds of Palestinians held a symbolic funeral Monday for U.S. student Rachel Corrie, who was killed by an IDF bulldozer as she protested the demolition of a house in southern Gaza's Rafah refugee camp.
Holding a stretcher draped with an American flag, around 1,000 Palestinians marched through the refugee camp as a sign of mourning for the 23-year-old American who was killed Sunday. "We fly a U.S. flag today to show our support to all American peace lovers, those like Rachel," said Palestinian farmer Hassan Abu Toa'ma, 24. It was a rare change of pace for Rafah, where American flags have more often been burned than held in reverence since the Intifada began in September 2000. In Gaza City, dozens of Palestinian and foreign activists held a vigil for Corrie, holding banners saying, "Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is a war criminal." School children befriended by Corrie during her time in Rafah filed past the American woman's body at the local morgue. Friends said Corrie's parents were coming to Gaza to retrieve the body. "They wanted that her body remains untouched until they come," said a friend of Corrie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ProletarianNews http://www.utopia2000.org ------------------------------------------- Macdonald Stainsby http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/rad-green http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international -- In the contradiction lies the hope. --Bertholt Brecht _______________________________________________ Leninist-International mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international
