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Shortcuts for news about longtime peace activist and U.S. citizen Rachel Corrie killed March 16 2003 by Israeli bulldozer in Rafah, Gaza.
http://news.google.com/news?q=Rachel+Corrie --thousands of news sites.
http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?c=&p=Rachel+Corrie --wire services' news and photos.

17 March 2003. Scoop [New Zealand]: Rachel Corrie in her own words.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0303/S00236.htm

First section of photos and captions below are from this Yahoo News Photos search shortcut:
http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?c=news_photos&p=Rachel+Corrie

Emphasis added to captions below.

Peace activist Rachel Corrie is shown at the Burning Man festival in a photo from September 2002, in Black Rock City, Nev. Corrie, 23, a student at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., died Sunday, March 16, 2003, in the Gaza Strip (news - web sites) city of Rafah while trying to stop a bulldozer from tearing down a Palestinian physician's home. She fell in front of the machine, which ran over her and then backed up, witnesses said. Israeli military spokesman Capt. Jacob Dallal called her death an accident. State Department spokesman Lou Fintor said the U.S. government had asked Israeli officials for a full investigation. (AP Photo/Denny Sternstein)

Rachel Corrie, 23, from Olympia, Washington, a member of the 'International Solidarity Movement' stands in front of an Israeli army bulldozer in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah Sunday, March 16, 2003. Rachel was run over Sunday by the bulldozer that she was trying to stop from tearing down a building in the Rafah refugee camp, witnesses said. (AP Photo/International Solidarity Movement)

Rachel Corrie, 23, from Olympia, Wash., a member of the 'International Solidarity Movement,' uses a loudspeaker as she stands between an Israeli buldozer and a Palestinian physician's house in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah Sunday, March 16, 2003. Corrie died Sunday while trying to stop a bulldozer from tearing down the physician's home. She fell in front of the machine, which ran over her and then backed up, witnesses said. (AP Photo/HO, International Solidarity Movement)

Friends try to aid Rachel Corrie, 23, from Olympia, Wash., a member of the 'International Solidarity Movement,' in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah Sunday, March 16, 2003, after she was run over by an Israeli army bulldozer. Corrie died Sunday in Gaza while trying to stop the bulldozer from tearing down a Palestinian physician's home. She fell in front of the machine, which ran over her and then backed up, witnesses said. (AP Photo/HO, International Solidarity Movement)

Friends try to aid Rachel Corrie, 23, from Olympia, Wash., a member of the 'International Solidarity Movement,' in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah Sunday, March 16, 2003, after she was run over by an Israeli army bulldozer. Corrie died Sunday in Gaza while trying to stop a bulldozer from tearing down a Palestinian physician's home. She fell in front of the machine, which ran over her and then backed up, witnesses said. (AP Photo/HO, International Solidarity Movement)

Palestinian doctors try to save the life of Rachel Corrie, 23, from Olympia, Wash., a member of the 'International Solidarity Movement' at the Najar hospital in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah Sunday, March 16, 2003. Rachel was run over Sunday, March 16, 2003 by an Israeli army bulldozer that she was trying to stop from tearing down a building in the Rafah refugee camp, witnesses said. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Alice, no surname available, a friend of 23-year-old Rachel Corrie, from Olympia, Wash., holds her friend's passport as she reacts on hearing the news of her Rachel's death at the Najar hospital in southern Gaza Strip Sunday March 16, 2003. Rachel, a member of the 'International Solidarity Movement', was run over by an Israeli army bulldozer when she was trying to stop the demolition of a house in the Rafah refugee camp, witnesses said. She was taken to Najar hospital in Rafah, where she died. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Rachel Corrie, 23, from Olympia, Wash., right, and other members of the 'International Solidarity Movement' hold up a banner reading 'Israeli army stop shooting children' in protest of Israeli military actions at the Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza Strip in this photo taken Friday March 14, 2003. Corrie was run over Sunday March 16, 2003 by an Israeli army bulldozer when she was trying to stop the demolition of a building in the Rafah refugee camp, witnesses said. She was taken to Najar hospital in Rafah, where she died. (AP Photo/Lorenzo Scaraggi)

Rachel Corrie, 23, from Olympia, Wash., is seen in this undated picture taken by her friends in the northern Gaza Strip town of Rafah. Rachel, a member of the 'International Solidarity Movement' was killed when she was run over Sunday, March 16, 2003 trying to stop an Israeli army bulldozer from tearing down a building in the Rafah refugee camp, witnesses said. (AP Photo/O)

Rachel Corrie, 23, from Olympia, Wash., a member of the 'International Solidarity Movement,' burns a mock U.S. flag during a rally in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah in this Feb. 15, 2003 file photo. Corrie was run over and crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer Sunday, March 16, 2003, while she was trying to stop it from tearing down a building in the Rafah refugee camp, witnesses said. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

..."No one will see our demonstration." Others in Rafah echo this sense of invisibility: "We make protest here for Iraq, but we need to think about ourselves. Things are bad enough here. Nobody here likes Saddam Hussein. We make protest for Iraq because we know what this is like and we do not want this for the people of Iraq. Saddam Hussein is a king. He will not die. He will not be hungry. He will not suffer. We make a protest for Iraq. Because we have experienced this. Who makes protest for us?"
--from Feb 16, 2003 article written by Rachel Corrie. Article about Rafah, Gaza Strip, rally Feb 15, 2003 in solidarity with tens of millions rallying in over 600 cities worldwide.
http://www.palestinemonitor.org/Other%20Updates/Internationals%20join%20Palestinians.htm

Friends of Rachel Corrie grieve at a candlelight vigil in Olympia, Wash., Sunday evening, March 16, 2003. Corrie, 23, a student at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, died Sunday in the Gaza Strip city of Rafah while trying to stop a bulldozer from tearing down a Palestinian physician's home. She fell in front of the machine, which ran over her and then backed up, witnesses said. (AP Photo/Louie Balukoff)

Holly Gwinn Graham, center, sings a ballad during a candlelight vigil in Olympia, Wash., Sunday evening, March 16, 2003, for Rachel Corrie, 23, a student at The Evergreen State College in Olympia. Corrie died Sunday in the Gaza Strip city of Rafah while trying to stop a bulldozer from tearing down a Palestinian physician's home. She fell in front of the machine, which ran over her and then backed up, witnesses said. (AP Photo/Louie Balukoff)

Olympia, Wash. residents stand in silent vigil around a mock casket at a candlelight vigil Sunday evening, March 16, 2003, for Rachel Corrie, 23, a student at The Evergreen State College in Olympia. Corrie, 23, died Sunday in Gaza while trying to stop a bulldozer from tearing down a Palestinian physician's home. She fell in front of the machine, which ran over her and then backed up, witnesses said. (AP Photo/Louie Balukoff)

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http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?c=news_photos&p=Rachel+Corrie

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Next photos below are from electronicintifada.net articles:
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article1248.shtml and
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article1253.shtml

Rachel Corrie lies on the ground fatally injured by the Israeli bulldozer, Rafah, Occupied Gaza, 16 March 2003. (ISM Handout)

Rachel in Najjar hospital, Rafah, Occupied Gaza. Ha'aretz newspaper reported that Dr. Ali Musa, a doctor at Al-Najjar, stated that the cause of death was "skull and chest fractures". (Mohammad Al-Moghair)

An ISM volunteer holds up Rachel Corrie's US passport as another peace activist sits in shock, Al-Najjar Hospital, Rafah, Occupied Gaza. Rachel was killed by an Israeli bulldozer driver while protesting the demolition of a Palestinian home. (Mohammad Al-Moghair)
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article1248.shtml

Colleagues of Rachel comfort each other in Najjar hospital, Rafah, Occupied Gaza. Ha'aretz newspaper reported that a second activist was also injured at the same location. (Mohammad Al-Moghair)

ISM activist Rachel Corrie on the phone in Rafah, Gaza on 4 March 2003, negotiating in an attempt to protect a mosque that Israel attacked that night. Corrie was later murdered by an Israeli bulldozer driver in Rafah on 16 March 2003. (Ben Granby)
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article1253.shtml

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Rachel Corrie was a member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM).

-----Beginning of excerpt from article by Nigel Parry and Arjan El Fassed, The Electronic Intifada, 16 March 2003. Emphasis added----
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article1248.shtml

A later report from ISM Media Coordinator Michael Shaikh in Beit Sahour offered more details about the events: The confrontation between the ISM and the Israeli Army had been under way for two hours when Rachel was run over. Rachel and the other activists had clearly identified themselves as unarmed international peace activists throughout the confrontation.

The Israeli Army are attempting to dishonour her memory by claiming that Rachel was killed accidentally when she ran in front of the bulldozer. Eye-witnesses to the murder insist that this is totally untrue. Rachel was sitting in the path of the bulldozer as it advanced towards her. 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 wearing a fluorescent jacket to look directly at the driver who kept on advancing. The bulldozer continued to advance so that she was pulled under the pile of dirt and rubble. After she had disappeared from view the driver kept advancing until the bulldozer was completely on top of her. The driver did not lift the bulldozer blade and so she was crushed beneath it. Then the driver backed off and the seven other ISM activists taking part in the action rushed to dig out her body. An ambulance rushed her to A-Najar hospital where she died.

"This is a regrettable accident," Israeli Defence Forces [sic] spokesman Captain Jacob Dallal was reported as saying in Ha'aretz newspaper. "We are dealing with a group of protesters who were acting very irresponsibly, putting everyone in danger."

Members of the Israeli army and associated Israeli settler paramilitary units have been responsible for the killing of 2,181 Palestinians and the injuring of another 22,218 between 29 September 2000 and 14 March 2003.

In addition to the killing of Rachel Corrie by the bulldozer driver, Israeli troops have shot and killed several other internationals in different incidents during the Intifada: German doctor Harald Fischer, Italian cameraman Rafaeli Ciriello, and British United Nations worker Iain Hook.

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Deaths.
http://www.mepc.org/public_asp/resources/mrates.asp

September 29, 2000 saw an explosion of Palestinian anger and has resulted in an Intifada, Arabic for "a shaking off." Every day, innocent Palestinian and Israeli people are being killed. These pages count, graph and give a context to these deaths.

People killed from Sept. 29, 2000 to Feb. 28, 2003*
Israeli Dead: 674
Palestinian Dead: 2123

U.S. Equivalent**
Israel. 31,316
Palestine. 171,587

* Number of people killed during the al-Aqsa Intifada, from September 29, 2000 to Feb 28, 2003.
** Based on a total U.S. population of 280,562,489. Total Population numbers from the CIA World Factbook.

Israel population. 6,029,529
Palestine population. 3,389,578

The Killing Fields of Gaza. Palestinian deaths by region. Sep. 29, 2000 to Feb. 28, 2003.
http://www.palestinercs.org/graphs/deathsregion2.jpg -- Click for larger graph than below.

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...the list...30 Years Of U.S. UN Vetoes..
http://boards.marihemp.com/boards/message.shtml?1x47598x0

1990. To send three UN Security Council observers to the occupied territories

2001. To send unarmed monitors to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

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ISM = International Solidarity Movement.

-----Feb 14 2003. Previous near-death of ISM activists by Israeli bulldozers in Rafah, Gaza. Emphasis added.-------
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article1253.shtml

Excerpt from March 16 2003 article begins:

At 2 pm on Friday [Feb 14 2003] the ISM received word that Israeli military bulldozers were demolishing houses in Rafah town in the south of the Gaza Strip. The destruction is part of Israel's "Apartheid Wall" policy towards the Occupied Territories. Whereby Palestinians communities will be sealed from the outside world by a massive series of walls, complete with towers from which military sharpshooters can monitor their activities. The section of the Wall under construction near Rafah stretches along the entire length of Gaza's border with Egypt. To give the snipers in the wall's towers clear fields of fire, the Israeli occupation forces in Gaza intend to demolish all the houses within 70 - 100 metres of the wall

As soon as they received word of the demolitions seven activists (3 US, 3 UK and 1 Dutch) left ISM Rafah headquarters in Gaza to resist them. The site of the demolitions was in an area of Rafah known of "Block O" that is overlooked by four of the wall's towers including the infamous Saleh e-Deen Tower from which Israeli snipers have murdered several of Rafah's residents. When they arrived the activists saw a row of six houses being systematically bulldozed by two Israeli military bulldozers guarded by a tank. They were unable to approach the bulldozers directly because of landmines but found an alternative route to the devastation, which bypassed the minefield.

As soon as the activists began to approach the bulldozers they were fired upon from the towers and the tanks which directed rifle and machine gun fire at the ground in front of them. Using their megaphone the activists announced that they were unarmed international peace activists and continued to advance. The tank and the soldiers in the towers continued to fire warning shots at them but the activists refused to submit to their intimidation and continued their approach. ...

Meanwhile [Feb 14 2003] the ISM activists had reached the building that the bulldozers were demolishing while the tank and the towers had fired warning shots at them every step of the way. Two of the activists then stepped into the partially destroyed building preventing the bulldozers from any further destruction while the tank fired its machine gun over their heads. The bulldozer then retreated but then the tank rolled forward to within three feet of them and an uneasy stalemate followed until the tanks backed away. Then the bulldozer came forward again as the other five activists rushed to join their companions in the building and the tank resumed firing its machine gun.

This time the bulldozer didn't stop and five of the activists were able to scramble away while two others became trapped by the bulldozer in a corner of the building. When the bulldozer found its path blocked by rumble and backed off before resuming its advance the two were able to get away and stand on some barrels next to the building to photograph and film the destruction but the bulldozer then began ramming the barrels.

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Beijing tank tracks crushed students dead.
June 2 1999, 10 years later. Guardian (UK) on June 3-4 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing, China.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Tiananmen/Story/0,2763,206054,00.html

From the April 7, 1998 BBC article below:
"Time magazine has cited the unidentified protester as one of the 'top 20 leaders and revolutionaries' of the 20th century."

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_75000/75679.stm

Tuesday, April 7, 1998 Published at 22:16 GMT 23:16 UK
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World: Asia-Pacific
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Tiananmen 'tank man' still at large
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The unknown protester brought an entire line of tanks to a halt
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Watch BBC correspondent Henry Tang's report

The lone Chinese protester who brought a column of tanks to a standstill in Tiananmen Square during the 1989 crackdown was never arrested and is still at large, a Hong Kong-based dissident group has said.

Seven hundred people were killed in the Tiananmen Square crackdown

Chinese students who supported the pro-democracy movement captured the attention of the world's media with their seven-week occupation of Tiananmen Square in June nine years ago.

However, the most memorable images are of a young man, carrying what appears to be a shopping bag, who refused to move out of the way of the advancing tanks.

He then climbed onto the leading tank and spoke to the driver.

The Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy Movement in China says it has obtained official documents that show the Chinese government does not know what happened to him.

Although the man was initially identified as Wang Weilin, the documents suggest the name was false.

In response to an inquiry, President Jiang Zemin is said to have blamed journalists for giving authorities the wrong name. The Chinese government gave up looking for the man after checking lists of the dead and imprisoned.

Time magazine has cited the unidentified protester as one of the "top 20 leaders and revolutionaries" of the 20th century.

Dubbing him "the Unknown Rebel," the American news journal said his moment of fame was seen by more people than laid eyes on Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein and James Joyce combined.

Chinese authorities sent tanks into Tiananmen Square in the early hours of June 4, 1989 to break up an extended demonstration by Chinese student activists. Several hundred people were reported to have been killed.

China has never admitted publicly that there were any deaths as a result of the crackdown.

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------Beginning of excerpt from Christian Science Monitor article. Emphasis added----

Work & Money: "Economic Scene" Column
from the December 09, 2002 edition
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1209/p16s01-wmgn.html

Economist tallies swelling cost of Israel to US

By David R. Francis | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

Since 1973, Israel has cost the United States about $1.6 trillion. If divided by today's [U.S.] population, that is more than $5,700 per person.

This is an estimate by Thomas Stauffer, a consulting economist in Washington. For decades, his analyses of the Middle East scene have made him a frequent thorn in the side of the Israel lobby.

For the first time in many years, Mr. Stauffer has tallied the total cost to the US of its backing of Israel in its drawn-out, violent dispute with the Palestinians. So far, he figures, the bill adds up to more than twice the cost of the Vietnam War.

And now Israel wants more. ...

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