[GushShalom] Rachel Corey (ISM) killed in Gaza Strip by bulldozer VIGIL NOW

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Rachel Corey (ISM) killed in Gaza Strip by bulldozer VIGIL NOW 
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We got a phonecall from Yonathan Pollack who saw the following in 
Ha'aretz. He is one of those who often joined ISM actions; he asked to call 
everybody who can to come to the Defence Ministry for a vigil at 9.00 THIS 
EVENING.   

Ha'aretz, Sunday, March 16, 2003 Adar2 12, 5763	Israel Time: 18:58 
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American woman peace activist killed by IDF bulldozer in Gaza	
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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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