Rachel Corrie: American Peace Activist Killed by Israeli Bulldozer

[Galraedia]

[BillZBubb]

1. She forced the Israelis to kill her. They had no choice.

Everyone knows the Israelis never kill innocent people unless they are forced to.

[another_liberal]

4. She pulled that bulldozer right over herself . . .

And then backed it back over herself again, if I remember correctly.

Sad really.

[Galraedia]

8. Video from the cockpit transmission proves he saw her.

In the actual cockpit transmission from the D-9 bulldozer driver to the watch tower, the driver is asked "Did you see him?" and responds "Yes I saw him, I think he is dead."

[BillZBubb]

9. I have no doubt Corrie was seen.

I also have no doubt the driver was representative of way too many Israelis.

[drynberg]

33. THIS IS ONE OF THE OFFICAL LIES ABOUT POOR RACHEL

Reality: They may have thought she was a Palestinian and of course that's ok...or the driver was told to "get the job done". We'll never know, but we will know that the statement above by the Israelis is far far from the truth. Sad to be sure, but a reality check in case one thinks the propaganda strewn all over the place is correct.

[4now]

2. Does this qualify as an atrocity or is this just murder?

[another_liberal]

5. An atrocity . . .

Since it was a murder committed while in the act of breaking international law regarding illegal destruction of civilian housing.

[LloydS of New London]

7. Shhhh! You're being anti-Semitic!

[Iggo]

29. Both.

[OutNow]

3. We remember Rachel Corrie

After all the recriminations, all the sanctimonious proclamations by the "friends of Israel", all the global political machinations, we will remember Rachel Corrie.

[BillZBubb]

6. Unfortunately, not enough of us.

The US gave the Israelis a free pass on murdering a US citizen, and not the first time either.

[L0oniX]

10. Her murder was the point where I changed my moral support.

[JoeyT]

23. Same here.

I went from "Israel is under siege and has to defend themselves" to "Both sides are bad". And that was before their current batch of war crimes.

[freebrew]

31. Same here...

and remember this was AFTER a lone man with a grocery bag stopped the tanks in China.

[blackspade]

11. This was tragic.

Business as usual for the IDF though.
They don't bother to differentiate between civilians and terrorists.

[Galraedia]

13. Rachel Corrie - Interview (two days before her death)

[ballyhoo]

18. I can't watch this. Her death caused me to doubt the

existence of God. My hate for the Israelis is palpable.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

14. Some don't want you to know about Rachel Corrie.

In fact some tried to ban the play that told her story.

[radiclib]

15. I couldn't watch this

I started to, but didn't last long. It's just too fucking sad this sad week.

[whereisjustice]

16. Just some patriotic Israeli folks murdering some American folks and some other folks.

[NAO]

17. This story puts moral perspective on the Israeli / Palestinian conflict

It REALLY puts things in moral perspective on this issue where people don't know where to side.

I think the IDF (Israeli "defense" forces) said they ran over her because they *thought* she was a Palestinian girl...ah, yes, that would be OK to do.

She was protecting Palestinian land where the UN has ORDERED Israel not to be...they (Israel) are supposed to go back to the pre-1967 borders.

I can't believe the media did not play this story over and over and over...after all, a little AMERICAN girl was murdered in cold blood.

[billhicks76]

19. Neoconning Media Derelict

We need to constantly pressure and call out the bloodthirsty war mongers.

[Galraedia]

20. From Rachel's Parents,

"We have seen photographs of memorials held in Gaza after Rachel's death in which Palestinian children and adults honor our daughter by carrying a mock coffin draped with the American flag. We have been told that our flag has never been treated so respectfully in Gaza in recent years. We believe Rachel brought a different face of the United States to the Palestinian people, a face of compassion."

[Fantastic Anarchist]

30. I'm not one to give in to emotion easily ...

... but that photo ... wow. Just wow.

[tavernier]

21. Alan Rickman co-wrote and produced

the play. He was blackballed in many communities for his attempt to start a conversation.

[randys1]

26. Havent heard from him in a while, is this why?

[tavernier]

27. No, he did the play during the early

Harry Potter years in between films.
Since HP, he has been in several projects including The Butler, where he played Ronald Reagan, and CBGB, a true story of the punk rock club, and a couple more not so memorable.

He just finished directing a film starring Kate Winslet, a period piece where he plays Louis XIV, long curly wig, tights and all. It opens this month at the Toronto film festival, I think? It is called A Little Chaos.

Rachel Cory was blackballed in some heavily populated Jewish cities... Miami for one... but largely because the play was misunderstood. It is not political in nature, but rather a poignant story based on the journal she kept.

AR is known for tackling independent projects that "get people to start a conversation". Liberal trouble maker, lol.

[Uncle Joe]

22. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Galraedia.

[ProgressiveJarhead]

24. Shoshana Nathanson

[xocet]

25. What does that have to do with Rachel Corrie?

Are you implying that one act of violence (however remote) deserves another act of violence or do you have some other extremist point of view that you wish to espouse?

[intaglio]

28. My, my how progressive

Justifying one murder with another. Oh, in case you were not aware Rachel Corrie was the American killed, many Palestinians died in the same way including the elderly buried alive inside their homes.

[freebrew]

32. USS Liberty.

[NAO]

36. Israelis bombed, napalmed US navy ship, burned to death over 100 crew

and our massive retaliation consisted of....nothing.

The attack went on for hours, the ship was sending radio distress calls, identifying as a US Navy ship, and was flying US Navy colors.

They said it was a "mistake" but it went on for hours.

Israel has never been held accountable for this horrific attack and the deaths of the US servicemen. They seem to get a free pass to bomb US Navy ships and bulldoze US teenage girls (and, of course, slaughter and genocide against the Palestinians) as well as ignoring UN Security Council resolutions (They have been in continuous violation of UN SC resolution #242 for nearly 50 years)

[freebrew]

37. As I heard it many years ago...

Israel first attempted to blame the Palestinians for the attack, thinking it would force the hand of the US to get more involved.

I've seen no mention of that on the interwebs, though.

[BillZBubb]

34. Your definition of progressive must be a strange one.

[Galraedia]

35. Do you really want to compare child deaths?

http://www.ifamericansknew.org/stat/children.html