Posted on 02/24/2010 6:10:28 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
The family of US activist Rachel Corrie, run over by an Israeli bulldozer during a demonstration in Gaza in 2003, will sue the Jewish state over her death, their lawyer said on Wednesday.
The 23-year-old killed at the height of the 2000 Palestinian intifada, or uprising, became an symbol of foreign support for the Palestinian cause and the subject of a 2005 play based on her emails and diary.
"The state should take responsibility for the death of Rachel Corrie. We believe her killing was done intentionally or at least out of negligence and wrongdoing," Hussein Abu Hussein, the family's lawyer, told AFP.
The family will be travelling to Israel for the trial, which will start March 10, Abu Hussein said
Activists who witnessed Corrie's death said she and others were acting as human shields to prevent a house demolition in the Gaza border town of Rafah for more than two hours and were clearly visible to the bulldozer driver.
"The whole time she was wearing a fluorescent jacket, as were her friends, and she had a megaphone," Abu Hussein said.
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It seems like those weapons were inadequate, the bulldozer won easily.
They should sue the educational facility that they sent her to that indoctrinated her and turned her into a complete nutcase.
Correct...I was being satirical as you probably realize.
Not only was the vest a joke but the megaphone was useless due to the noise of the Cat.
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Wear your kaiffye... Lol
Well, it’s not like they could just come out and publicly suggest that people wear their bomb vests!
Not enough infidels at the ihop
I don’t think Rachel has a leg to stand on in this case.
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