RIP Rachel Corrie: A True American Hero

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Rachel Aliene Corrie (April 10, 1979 – March 16, 2003) was an American member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) who traveled to the Gaza Strip during the Second Intifada. She was killed by a bulldozer operated by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during a protest against the destruction of Palestinian homes by the IDF in the Gaza Strip.[1] The details of the events surrounding Corrie's death are disputed.

On March 16, 2003, an IDF operation in the land between the Rafah refugee camp and the border with Egypt was engaged in house demolition, which the IDF claims is necessary to destroy guerrilla hideouts and smuggling tunnels.[10] The IDF says the tunnels are used for arms, explosives, and cash;[5][11] a recent Al Jazeera article says the tunnels are used for consumer goods impossible to acquire due to Israel's blockade.[11] Corrie was part of a group of seven ISM activists (three British and four US) attempting to disrupt the actions of Israeli bulldozers. Corrie, who had positioned herself in the path of a Caterpillar D9R armored bulldozer, was fatally injured. In June 2003, a military investigation by the Israel Defense Forces Judge Advocate’s Office concluded that her death was accidental. “The driver at no point saw or heard Corrie,” an army source told the Jerusalem Post. “She was standing behind debris which obstructed the view of the driver and the driver had a very limited field of vision due to the protective cage he was working in.”

Smith recounted afterward; "We were horribly surprised. They had been careful not to hurt us. They'd always stopped before."[12] Corrie was transported to a Palestinian hospital. Accounts vary as to whether she died at the scene, in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, or at the hospital.[12]

The events surrounding Corrie's death are disputed. ISM eyewitnesses assert that the Israeli soldier driving the bulldozer deliberately ran Corrie over twice while she was acting as a human shield to prevent the demolition of the home of local pharmacist Samir Nasrallah.[13][14] The ISM said she was interposed between the bulldozer and a wall near Nasrallah's home, in which ISM activists had several times spent the night.[5] The Israeli Government and the IDF denied that version of events and described Corrie's death as an accident. The official Israeli response stated that Corrie was killed by debris pushed over by the bulldozer, that the driver did not see her, and that the bulldozer was clearing brush and not engaged in a demolition when Corrie blocked its path. Other reports say the Israeli government charged that the house being demolished contained a tunnel used for smuggling weapons from Egypt.[15]

The major points of dispute are whether the bulldozer driver saw Corrie, and whether her injuries were caused by being crushed under the blade or by the mound of debris the bulldozer was pushing. An IDF spokesman has acknowledged that Israeli army regulations normally require that the drivers of the armored personnel carriers (APCs) that accompany bulldozers are responsible for directing the drivers towards their targets, because the Caterpillar D9 bulldozers have a restricted field of vision with several blind spots.[16] However, the Israeli army commander of the Gaza Strip said in an interview broadcast on Israeli television that on the day of Corrie's death, soldiers had to stay in their armored vehicles and were not able to direct the bulldozer or arrest the protesters, because of the threat of Palestinian sniper fire. He also said that Israeli soldiers may have been handling other ISM activists instead of watching over the bulldozer.[citation needed] In a statement issued the day after Corrie's death, the ISM said that, "When the bulldozer refused to stop or turn aside she climbed up onto the mound of dirt and rubble being gathered in front of it... to look directly at the driver who kept on advancing."[17]

The IDF produced a video about Corrie's death that includes footage taken from inside the cockpit of a D9. It makes a "credible case", Joshua Hammer wrote of this video in Mother Jones, that "the operators, peering out through narrow, double-glazed, bulletproof windows, their view obscured behind pistons and the giant scooper, might not have seen Corrie kneeling in front of them."[5]

Please lets not forget the mental traumas and hardships that the Israeli bulldozer operator had to go through after this event. Supposedly he needed months of therapy .

Agreed. It was a tragedy all around. Just goes to show that these events cause pain in all directions.

Mods, a one day pin in remembrance of this day would be much appreciated.

Good intentions and lack of safety precautions = potentially lethal mix.

True, true...but, how many of us would honestly be willing to give our lives for something we truly believe in.

We all speak about standing up to the government and fighting for what we believe in.

Are any of us willing to take it this far???

After seeing this video I TAKE BACK EVERYTHING BAD THING I EVER SAID ABOUT AMERICANS!

i wouldn't take anything jadr said about this american heroine seriously.


this is what he posted about her horrible murder in another thread:-




fukkin zionist kunt!

Depends for which combat + we all have different tolerance thresholds.

Also it's highly dependent of your ideological filters.

If you interpret the world through Marxist lenses, you will be much more likely to actively engage in all sorts of causes.

Batflap!!

I think a fund should be setup, to give money to that poor zionist Israeli bulldozer operator. That poor guy , such good people they are, so honest, so moral , so fair.

HASHAHAHA

HAHAHAH...

no, id put it in other words :

" radical zionists , who steal others lands and bulldoze others homes, will commit any attrocities needed , to further their evil goals. "

there, I fixed that for ya Jadr...

thank me later.

I am completely DUMFOUNDED! What an angel!! I am overcome with emotion after seeing RC in her 5th grade address to the world!1 What a beutiful angel!!!!!

supposedly that zionist bulldozer operator, was trying to build a new playground and sand box, for the palestinain children to play in,..

such good samaratins they are....


gee, with me being able to concoct such lies and diversions, I might be able to become a press writer for the zio tribe members and media...

blablabla ... spoken like a true batflap!!!

so I wonder how many more homes, this zionist bulldozer operator, was able to plow down, after this horrifc event ?

or maybe the isaralei zionist government, moved him into another division of the zios evils and infiltration...

maybe he became part of the zio sewage team, that dumps shit, piss, medical waste, etc, into the few bits of remaingin lands the palestinains are living ?

GOTTA LOVE THE ZIOS..

gods chosen special [people..

HAHAHAHAHAAHH

nope..spoken like someone who knows the evils, lies and diversions and racisms of your tribe...

I have a feeling, that there is MUCH LESS PAIN, felt by the zios , then the palestianins, in these affairs of evils that have been taking place for over 60 years.

Spoken like double batflap!

EXACTLY...

usually, any feelings the zios claim to present, for other non zio members, is insincere, and just going thru the motions..

its part of being a sociopath and believing ones tribe is the master race, and all others are below them/ cattle..

makes sense , right ?

can you tell us, how may Israeli homes, have been bulldozed by the Palestinains in the last 60 + years, compared to how many palestinaisn homes have been bulldozed by the zios ?

the numbers, tell the truth !

That woman died protecting the homes of innocent people. a heroine to those she tried to protect and a heroine to those where she came from.


a dirty murdering israeli fuk dove his bulldozer over her twice.

petty sad when an israeli 'man' needs a bulldozer to kill an american woman.


you are not fit to kiss the ground she walked on. you and yours have her blood on your hands and should never be allowed to go unpunished.


that murdering fuk drover over her because she was a goyim


i believe when jadr calls people batflap he is using it as a replacement for goyim because he's too cowardly to come out and say he hates goyim.

batflap = goyim to jadr

just watch him deny, attack, lie and weasal around about this, typical, no guts.

Actually batflap = someone C**t like and sinister

do not try and waste time, to get the zios to admit truths and evils about their tribe or get them to act empathetic about others who arent part of their tribe...

its usually not in their genes to be like this...

the best way to reveal the zios, is thru the facts, and then they will counter with their weapons of lies/ diverions...

but eventually, the facts always win out

batflap = goyim to jadr


watch him deny, attack, lie and weasal around about this, typical, no guts.

HEY...anyone wanna take a bet, that the zio members/ supporters on this forum, dont answer my above post ?

ONCE AGAIN...THE ZIOS DONT LIKE IT WHEN TRUTHS ABOUT THEIR TRIBES ACTIONS ARE POINTED OUT...

so usually their only way to fight such truths is thru more of their lies, diversions, or to not respond, when the evils of their own tribe are clearly pointed out.

you wish most people are Goyim - but you're a batflap!!!

I am goyim !!!!!!!


and am proud to wear that title, that the master race named me

does that mke me anti-gentillic..or anti-semtic ?

God bless her. She's with the angels now. Lovely, lovely soul. We can all learn from her.