Candle light vigil tonight (3/16) at 7pm for Washington state woman who
was an international observer killed by Israeli bulldozer.

Sunday, March 16, 2003 Adar2 12, 5763Israel Time: 18:58 (GMT+2)

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.



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