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American woman peace activist killed by IDF bulldozer in Gaza. Send email to the media: cover this story!
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The story is here:
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.
Indymedia links:
Israel
indymedia.org.il/imc/israel/webcast/52394.html
Seattle
seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3
Reuters has a picture:
www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml
Associated Press has picked up the story, so many news outlets have the info available, if they choose to use it.
AP link: customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/ISRAEL_PROTESTER_KILLED
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(1) Send this message to all of your lists, friends, family, associates.
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(2) Contact the following, ask them to cover this story if they haven't, and tell them how you feel about this tragedy.
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CNN feedback:
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Fox News:
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ABC News
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CBS News
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MSNBC News
www.msnbc.com/news/435157.asp
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(3) Now please contact your local news outlets.
(4) As far as specific actions beyond contacting the media, I think we should take our lead from the folks that Rachel worked with. Stay tuned.
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---------- URGENT ACTION NEEDED!! -----------------
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URGENT ACTION NEEDED!!
The story is here:
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.
Indymedia links:
Israel
indymedia.org.il/imc/israel/webcast/52394.html
Seattle
seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3
Reuters has a picture:
www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml
Associated Press has picked up the story, so many news outlets have the info available, if they choose to use it.
AP link: customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/ISRAEL_PROTESTER_KILLED
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------- PLEASE TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS!! ---------------
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(1) Send this message to all of your lists, friends, family, associates.
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(2) Contact the following, ask them to cover this story if they haven't, and tell them how you feel about this tragedy.
--
CNN feedback:
www.cnn.com/feedback/
--
Fox News:
www.foxnews.com/
page to the bottom
--
ABC News
abcnews.go.com/service/help/abccontact.html
--
CBS News
www.cbsnews.com/sections/home/main100.shtml
page down, click on "Feedback"
--
MSNBC News
www.msnbc.com/news/435157.asp
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(3) Now please contact your local news outlets.
(4) As far as specific actions beyond contacting the media, I think we should take our lead from the folks that Rachel worked with. Stay tuned.
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