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Christa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 04:42 PM
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Parents demand answers from Israel in bulldozer death
Rachel Corrie, along with colleagues from the International Solidarity Movement, was trying to prevent Israel from bulldozing homes in Rafah, close to the Egyptian border. Her activism cost her her life in March 2003.

A colleague said at the time, "Many times the bulldozer came up to us and buried us with dirt, but they always stopped."

Corrie's parents want to know the truth about their daughter's death, whether the killing was intentional and who is accountable.

Craig and Cindy Corrie's civil suit against Israel's defense ministry starts in Haifa, Israel, on Wednesday -- a court date that took years to reach.

"The more we found out, the more likely that the killing was intentional, or at least incredibly reckless," Craig Corrie said. "And, as a former soldier, I was even in charge of bulldozers in Vietnam... You're responsible to know what's in front of that blade, and I believe that they did."

The Israeli military carried out a month-long investigation, which found no Israeli soldier was to blame.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/03/10/israel.bulldozer.death/index.html
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duhneece Donating Member (967 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 04:46 PM
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1. Thank you, thank you
I am so glad this story is still alive.
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Christa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-11-10 04:56 PM
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2. Next week is the anniversary of her death
We owe it to her to keep it alive.


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