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University if [sic] Maryland Student Scorns Death of Rachel Corrie SEATTLE (PalestineChronicle)- In the online edition of the University of Marylands school newspaper, The Diamondback student cartoonist, Daniel J Friedman published a caricature of the late Rachel Corrie, scorning her tragic death. Rachel Corrie, a 23 year old woman from Olympia, Washington was a senior at The Evergreen State College in Washington State. The young woman was a member of the International Solidarity Movement, and was staying in the home of a Palestinian pharmacist in the town of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. - While trying to protect the...

Olympia Woman Killed In Anti-Israel Demonstration March 16, 2003 By Emily Langlie GAZA CITY - Friends describe Rachel Corrie, from Olympia, as an especially caring and empathetic young woman. They say she was drawn to try to help in the Palestinians in Gaza. She was interviewed there just last week about her efforts to stop Israeli army bulldozers. On March 5th she said "these are homes that don't have any connection necessarily with suicide bombers. These are homes that just happened to be in a place that the Israeli military finds strategically important to them." Rachel was with a group...