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Pictures Of American Rachel Corries Murder By Zionazi Fascists	Current rating: 0
by HELP STOP THE ZIONAZI FASCISTS!! (No verified email address)	16 Mar 2003
GAZA, March 16,2003-An American peace Protester Rachel Corrie, 23, from Olympia, Washington a student at Evergreen College was Murdered Sunday by the Zionazis, crushed to death as she stood in front of a zionazi bulldozer she was trying to stop before the zionazis destroyed another house in a occupied Palestine refugee camp in Rafah, witnesses and medical sources said.
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030316-122657-6138r Greg Schnabel, 28, from Chicago, 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. Schnabel said Rachel was wearing a brightly colored jacket when she was run over. The zionazi bulldozer operator saw her walk over and stand in front of his bulldozer he then hesitated for a second, but then revved the engine and sped forward premeditatedly running over Rachel crushing her to death. Then backed over Rachel to make sure he had finished the job of Murdering Rachel. Schnabel said Rachel was a student at Evergreen College and was to graduate this year. Rachel Corrie was the first member of the groups, called "International Solidarity Movement," to be killed in the conflict. Several have been arrested in previous clashes with Israeli forces, and Israeli authorities have deported some members. Zionazi officials said the incident was under investigation. Foreign peace activists has been staying in Rafah and around Occupied Palestine for many months in an attempt to prevent the zionazis from Murdering Palestinians and the demolition of Palestinian houses. The International Solidarity Movement. http://www.palsolidarity.org/ is the group Rachel was a part of, if you can offer any assistance help is needed. You can contact them thru their web site. Greg Schnabel, a Protester and human rights worker in Rafah, was present at the incident. He said the Murder of Rachel is a message to the American People the effects of Bush policies are killing many people including Americans around the world and soon they will be killing in the streets of America if not stopped. ”Bush is the one who is providing the Zionazis with tanks missiles and gun ships and bulldozers, and now Bush is a accomplice in the Murder of Rachel one more of the American people the shrub has had a part in Murdering" News: Israel / Palestine EMAIL ACTION! American Peace Activist Killed In Israel American woman peace activist killed by IDF bulldozer in Gaza. Send email to the media: cover this story! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------- URGENT ACTION NEEDED!! ----------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ URGENT ACTION NEEDED!! The story is here: http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/273457.html American woman peace activist killed by IDF bulldozer in Gaza By Arnon Regular, Haaretz Correspondent, and Agencies 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. The U.S. State Department had no immediate comment. 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. Indymedia links: Israel http://indymedia.org.il/imc/israel/webcast/52394.html Seattle http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=23482&group=webcast Reuters has a picture: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=2387265 Associated Press has picked up the story, so many news outlets have the info available, if they choose to use it. AP link: http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/ISRAEL_PROTESTER_KILLED?SITE=CODEN&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------- PLEASE TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS!! --------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) Send this message to all of your lists, friends, family, associates. --------------------------------------------------- (2) Contact the following, ask them to cover this story if they haven't, and tell them how you feel about this tragedy. -- CNN feedback: http://www.cnn.com/feedback/ -- Fox News: http://www.foxnews.com/ page to the bottom -- ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/service/help/abccontact.html -- CBS News http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/home/main100.shtml page down, click on "Feedback" -- MSNBC News http://www.msnbc.com/news/435157.asp?0bb=-m1 --------------------------------------------------- (3) Now please contact your local news outlets. (4) As far as specific actions beyond contacting the media, I think we should take our lead from the folks that Rachel worked with. Stay tuned.