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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 22:19:03 EST
Subject: the death of Rachel Corrie
Contact Congressman Brian Baird regarding the death of Rachael Corrie in Palestine.
U.S. House of Representatives
1421 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3536
Fax: (202) 225-3478
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (March 16) - An American woman in Gaza to protest Israeli operations was killed Sunday when she was run over by an Israeli bulldozer, witnesses and hospital officials said.
Rachel Corrie, 23, a college student from Olympia, Wash., had been trying to stop the bulldozer from tearing down a building in the Rafah refugee camp, witnesses said. She was taken to Najar hospital in Rafah, where she died, said Dr. Ali Moussa, a hospital administrator.
Greg Schnabel, 28, of Chicago, said the protesters were in the house of Dr. Samir Masri. Israeli almost daily has been tearing down houses of Palestinians it suspects in connection with Islamic militant groups, saying such operations deter attacks on Israel such as suicide bombings.
``Rachel was alone in front of the house as we were trying to get them to stop,'' Schnabel said. ``She waved for the bulldozer to stop and waved. She fell down and the bulldozer kept going. We yelled, 'Stop, stop,' and the bulldozer didn't stop at all. It had completely run over her and then it reversed and ran back over her.''
Witnesses said Corrie was wearing a brightly colored jacket when the bulldozer hit her. She had been a student at The Evergreen State College in Olympia and would have graduated this year, Schnabel said.
Israeli military spokesman Capt. Jacob Dallal said her death was an accident. The U.S. State Department had no immediate comment.
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"The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them." ~ George Orwell
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Subject: Photo story: Israeli bulldozer driver murders American peace activist
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 09:11:44 -0500 (EST)
From: "Wolfgang Mueller" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Photo story: Israeli bulldozer driver murders American peace activist
Photo story: Israeli bulldozer driver murders American peace activist
By Nigel Parry and Arjan El Fassed,
The Electronic Intifada, 16 March
2003
Click here for full story and photos
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article1248.shtml
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