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American woman peace activist killed by IDFbulldozer in Gaza
Ha'aretz ^
| Sunday, March 16, 2003 Adar2 12, 5763
| By Arnon Regular, Haaretz Correspondent, and Agencies
Posted on 03/16/2003 9:05:37 AM PST by Cinnamon Girl
An American woman peace protester was killed Sunday by an IDF bulldozer, which ran her over during the demolition of a house at the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip.
Another activist was wounded in the incident.
Rachel Corey, 23, from Olympia, Washington, was killed when she ran in front of the bulldozer to try to prevent it from destroying a house, doctors in Gaza said.
"Corey was killed in the al-Salam neighbourhood when an Israeli bulldozer covered her with sand as she stood in front of a bulldozer," said Dr Ali Musa, a doctor from the al-Najar hospital in the southern Gaza Strip.
He said she died from skull and chest fractures.
The IDF said it was checking the report.
Greg Schnabel, 28, from Chicago, said the protesters were in the house of Dr. Samir Masri.
"Rachel was alone in front of the house as we were trying to get them to stop," he said. "She waved for 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."
Since the start of the Intifada, groups of international protesters have gathered in several locations in territories, setting themselves up as "human shields" to try to stop IDF operations.
Corey was the first member of the groups, called "International Solidarity Movement," to be killed in the conflict. Schnabel said Corey was a student at Evergreen College and was to graduate this year.
He said there were eight protesters at the site, four from the United States and four from Great Britain. "We stay with families whose house is to be demolished," he told the Associated Press by telephone from Rafah after the incident.
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KEYWORDS: blackshirts
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To: Cinnamon Girl
It's sad really. I don't think these shields understand that it is literally a life and death shooting war in the middle east. It's not a T.V. drama, but brutal and bloody. Being young, raised in a western peaceful society that protects them, these people simply cannot comprehend that death waits for the stupid, careless and naive.
Life is hard.....it's harder, if you're stupid.
To: BenLurkin
Don't give me you Freeper number nonsense. I've been visting FR for years, and Phil V. is probably the most consistently anti-Israel voice on these boards.
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posted on
03/16/2003 9:26:10 AM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Mini-14
I'm amazed at the lack of humanity that some people display on FR Although I hear what you are saying, I think it is important to have a wider view.
The whole human shield concept is just idiotic. It is symbolism to the max. It can never work in the real world. The loss of a life is unfortunate, but I believe that it will take a few of these loses to maybe get through to those people who are thinking of taking up this activity.
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posted on
03/16/2003 9:27:14 AM PST
by
sd-joe
To: txradioguy
"And if you protect or attempt to protect terrorists, doesn't that make you no better than the terrorist?"
Absolutely. If these creeps were interested in saving LIVES, they would be riding around on buses in Tel Aviv. But they seem to be a lot more interested in saving the HOUSES of homicide bombers. They obviously value property more than human life.
To: dennisw
The only way she could have been saved is if the IDF grabbed her and arrested her. And that would have made them vulnerable to gunfire from terrorists.
They made the right choice. There is no reason to sacrifice any soldiers to save someone who is attempting to protect terrorists.
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posted on
03/16/2003 9:28:06 AM PST
by
EvilOverlord
(Body armor goes well with ANY outfit)
To: Mini-14; Cinnamon Girl
I'm amazed at the lack of humanity that some people display on FR. We sympathize with the victims of terrorism---not with the enablers, abettors and defenders of terrorism. The alternative to killing terrorists is to allow them to kill us. Israel is fighting a terror war waged against them, that they did not start, when they bulldoze the homes of terrorists.
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posted on
03/16/2003 9:28:58 AM PST
by
gg188
To: dennisw
Who will call her a martyr. That depends on how it's "played".
The image of the Chinese man in Tian An Minh(sp?) Square in front of the tank still burns brightly.
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posted on
03/16/2003 9:29:17 AM PST
by
Phil V.
F=m(a)
To: PETAMember
The anonymous "they" have been quoted in newspapers saying that the Israeli policy of destroying houses is "the worst kind of terrorism".
The homes of terrorists are more important than scores of dead Israelis (and let's not forget the Americans who died as well).
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posted on
03/16/2003 9:30:44 AM PST
by
EvilOverlord
(Body armor goes well with ANY outfit)
To: Cinnamon Girl
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posted on
03/16/2003 9:31:35 AM PST
by
Happy2BMe
(HOLLYWOOD:Ask not what U can do for your country, ask what U can do for Iraq!)
To: Phil V.
Had a Palestinian--an adult, not a child or teen egged on by an adult--stood in front of the bulldozer and died, your comparison to the Tianamen Square incident might be appropriate. As it is, it is misplaced.
It is most interesting Palestinian adults aren't volunteering to sacrifice their lives in this manner. Rather, they let leftist nimrods from the US do it.
To: EvilOverlord
Absolutely correct. She should have ridden on the busses and gotten between the homicide bombers with their nail bombs targetting STUDENTS AND INNOCENT ISRAELIS if she wanted to be a human shield.
Guarding the PROPERTY--AN EMPTY HOUSE!--of a dead homicide bomber, was supremely stupid. Those houses are going down. She thought she was special enough to stop that. She doesn't get any more chances to be that dumb.
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posted on
03/16/2003 9:33:34 AM PST
by
Judith Anne
(What's another word for Thesaurus? -S.Wright)
To: txradioguy
Some shields are suicidal, such as this one.
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posted on
03/16/2003 9:33:42 AM PST
by
tomahawk
To: PETAMember; All
It's a sad commentary on our world these days, when the people who are trying to liberate the oppressed and save lives are viewed as evil jack booted thugs, and the terrorists who could care less how many innocent men women and children are killed in their "cause" are championed like heroes.
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posted on
03/16/2003 9:33:42 AM PST
by
txradioguy
(Have you forgotten how it felt that day? To see your homeland under fire And her people blown away?)
To: Mini-14
She was just another innocent victim of the suicide bomber. At least the terrorist family was smart enough to get out of the way.
Only an upper-middle-class-spoiled-brat-wrong-headed-terrorist-loving "peace" activist from America would be stuipid enough to stand in front of a bulldozer on a military mission in a combat zone. She was brain-dead before this incident. I just hope she didn't suffer as much as the victims of the terrorist bomber who's house she died protecting.
To: Mini-14
I find it very hard to dig up *any* compassion for someone who:
1.) thinks that *she* (in this case) is the only one that matters in this world,
2.) deliberately tries to violate Mother Nature's Laws of Physics,
3.) tries to impose her political views on people through extortion,
4.) wants a pass for her lack of common sense,
5.) doesn't know her history, and
6.) was upset because she couldn't get on American Idol/Jerry Springer/etc.
I don't respond well to emotional blackmail. She had a choice, and chose wrongly. At least the wrong place and time.
The victims of the terrorists the emanated from that neighborhood didn't have a similar choice.
To: Mini-14
You probably feel sorry for a homicide bomber.
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posted on
03/16/2003 9:34:59 AM PST
by
ijcr
To: Phil V.
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posted on
03/16/2003 9:35:09 AM PST
by
Happy2BMe
(HOLLYWOOD:Ask not what U can do for your country, ask what U can do for Iraq!)
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To: Cinnamon Girl
You can bet none of the commie organizers got in front of the dozer.
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posted on
03/16/2003 9:36:24 AM PST
by
Check6
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