Posted on 03/15/2005 1:36:57 PM PST by TFFKAMM
The family of Rachel Corrie, a pro-Palestinian activist killed by an Israel Defense Forces bulldozer in Rafah two years ago, sued the State of Israel and the IDF for damages in the Haifa District Court on Tuesday.
The 24-year-old Corrie was killed on March 16, 2003 when she tried to block an IDF bulldozer from destroying a Palestinian house near the Philadelphi Route, the strip of land in the Gaza Strip bordering Egypt.
An IDF investigation ruled the incident was an accident and that the driver did not see Corrie, and the military prosecutor's office decided not to press charges in connection with Corrie's death.
Corrie's parents, brother, and sister, who are represented by Umm al-Fahm attorney Hussein Abu-Hussein, argue Corrie was killed despite the fact that she was wearing bright clothing and had identified herself as an activist with the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement.
Corrie's family argues that the bulldozer driver intentionally used unreasonable force. According to the family, there was no fighting in the area at the time and there was no threat to soldiers' lives.
The family has asked for roughly $324 thousand in direct damages, as well as punitive damages. They also said they have yet to receive all of the material from the IDF investigation into the matter.
did I read right, or was something lost in translation? $324K isn't much for a lawsuit these days. Where's John Edwards when you need him?
"Still, it makes me sick how many FReepers celebrate and joke about her death."
And how many of these people claim to be "compassionate conservatives" and "Christians". The hypocrisy is as astounding as it is sad.
This family refuses to let go of their 15 minutes of victimhood. They've made it their livelihood. The mother ought to borrow Jackie Peterson's oxygen tank. Jackie hasn't "needed" it since the trial ended.
I agree, she won the Darwin award.
Did she vote in the last elections in Washington? If not, why not? Everyone else did.
I so agree. Let the festivities begin!
$5 says the Corrie's will have a nasty run in with Israeli secrete service sometime down the road...was it an accident...who knows...who really cares...
NOT LIABILE
Case dismiss Give me break Senior Mr and Mrs Corrie for the record your daughter was warn get UP from her lying place place
SHUT UP
I am pinging Israeli news list on this
Ping! Pancakes for dinner?
See my tagline for much needed relief.
Way to lay down the verbal smack! I told `em to read my tagline for much needed relief.
I'll continue to laugh...
What's so funny in this article ? Could any one explain me ?
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