Corrie Family files Civil Suit over Israeli Murder of American Citizen

[wwswimming]

if you visit the ADL website, you will find that many of the people who they declare to be "anti-Semitic" are listed only because they have chosen to speak out on behalf of the Palestinians.

in 2003, Rachel Corrie was trying to prevent a Palestinian family's home from being bull-dozed.

The Israeli's chose to run over her with the bulldozer and, for good measure, they ran over her body a second time.

George Bush didn't say a word.

Now, 7 years after the murder, her parents are bringing a civil suit. Israel won't allow all of the witnesses to testify (e.g. the doctor that treated her), but the Corrie's are bringing the suit anyway.

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/02/23-10

"Rachel Corrie's Family Brings Civil Suit over Human Shield's Death in Gaza
Parents want case to highlight events that led to American activist's death under Israeli army bulldozer

by Rory McCarthy in Jerusalem

The family of the American activist Rachel Corrie, who was killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza seven years ago, is to bring a civil suit over her death against the Israeli defence ministry.

The case, which begins on 10 March in Haifa, northern Israel, is seen by her parents as an opportunity to put on public record the events that led to their daughter's death in March 2003. Four key witnesses - three Britons and an American - who were at the scene in Rafah when Corrie was killed will give evidence, according the family lawyer, Hussein Abu Hussein."

 

[Lemon law]

I hope the Corrie family wins.

 

[glenn beck]

A. The bulldozer operator should be charged with murder, case should be won IMO
B. Why did the family who lived in the house not die, oh that is because they left before a bulldozer came to tear down the house, not to kneel in front of it.
C. Where are all these so called "peace-activists" when a suicide bomber or someone launches a rocket into civilians??? I don't know too many stories of them kneeling in front of a suicide bomber.

 

[Noobtastic]

lolz.

for starters, corrie was breaking the law.

israel army and civil servants warned the owners of the homes weeks before the de-construction was to take place.

it was a policy i didnt agree with, but this was during a state of war where palestinians were shielding militants in their homes and exploitating their status as civilians to attack israelis.

virtually all of the homes bulldozes had family members who attacked israelis, or committed suicide bombings.

corrie was a far-leftist who traveled thousands of miles way and involved herself in a conflict she knew very little about.

she believed her status as an american would somehow undermine israel's long standard policy.

she was wrong.

i sincerely doubt israeli soldiers intentionally killed rachel corrie, and most likely in the chaos she either got trapped or fell.

israel has nothing to gain by killing americans, and its military has taken great measures to avoid killing foreigners - even compromising the lives of their civilians.

palestinians didnt have any problem killing foreigners or journalists who asked the wrong question, but unfortunately the victims families have never been given the opportunity to sue Fatah or Hamas.

i think israel has been demonized enough over what was ultimately irrelevant event. many thousands of homes and buildings have been bulldozed in iraq and afghanistan simply to move trucks and tanks through the country.

where is the protest?

pakistan levels entire villages where a taliban suspect comes from, simply to send a message and deter relatives from aiding fellow militants.

i say israel adopt the military policies of its muslim and western critics - countries where rachel corrie is a citizen of.

these people have no credibility. they expect israel to live up to a moral code their native homeland has never, ever lived up to.

 

[Borealis7]

The Israeli's chose to run over her with the bulldozer and, for good measure, they ran over her body a second time.

Yep, a call came in from the Prime Minister who said "take the bitch down."

you would jump over any opportunity to lash out at Israel. if you want an honest discussion, present your story in an unbiased way. until then, take your hate mongering and shove it.

 

[brownzilla786]

Yep, a call came in from the Prime Minister who said "take the bitch down."

you would jump over any opportunity to lash out at Israel. if you want an honest discussion, present your story in an unbiased way. until then, take your hate mongering and shove it.

To you, everything is biased if it is against your views. http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?p=29373121&highlight=#post29373121

You complained about the OP adding Israel in the title of an article when he actually got it directly from the source. For every wwswimming there is a IHateViruses, and both are wrong because they rarely (if ever) admit to their own sides wrong doing. If you wont point out the biased side of one person, how can you point out the biased side of another (that in and of itself is being biased)?

As for the article, I hope the family wins something out of this.

 

[SandEagle]

I hope the Corrie family wins.

don't be surprised if US taxpayers have to foot the bill

 

[Jaskalas]

Everyone's life is forfeit in a war zone. Traitors who place themselves in the way of military operations are no different.

 

[Borealis7]

To you, everything is biased if it is against your views. http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?p=29373121&highlight=#post29373121

You complained about the OP adding Israel in the title of an article when he actually got it directly from the source. For every wwswimming there is a IHateViruses, and both are wrong because they rarely (if ever) admit to their own sides wrong doing. If you wont point out the biased side of one person, how can you point out the biased side of another (that in and of itself is being biased)?

As for the article, I hope the family wins something out of this.

he presented this as if it mandated in Israel's policy to mow down human shields. this is an unfortunate accident and someone should be held accountable for it. but it was not an "executive decision made by the state of Israel" the way he made it out to be.

and as for the thread you linked to, saying that this guy was Israeli contributed nothing to the point the OP was trying to make and he used it to bash Israel just because it gives him a hard-on. but that's water under the bridge now.

 

[yllus]

I feel bad for the family, but if Ms. Corrie was retarded enough to stand in front of a bulldozer that has a very limited line of sight in the middle of a perpetual warzone, I can't assign fault to anyone but her.

 

[Moonbeam]

Do we know if the Israelis knew she was there? Do we know they knowingly plowed her under? Doesn't that make some difference as to what this is?

 

[SandEagle]

he presented this as if it mandated in Israel's policy to mow down human shields. this is an unfortunate accident and someone should be held accountable for it. but it was not an "executive decision made by the state of Israel" the way he made it out to be.

and as for the thread you linked to, saying that this guy was Israeli contributed nothing to the point the OP was trying to make and he used it to bash Israel just because it gives him a hard-on. but that's water under the bridge now.

haha whatever. that link was COPIED directly from CNN. surprised no one had anything to say about that sicko. time to bump that thread ttt.

 

[JohnnyGage]

Do we know if the Israelis knew she was there? Do we know they knowingly plowed her under? Doesn't that make some difference as to what this is?

There are photos of the bull dozer on the interwebs, it's not your standard CAT yellow bull dozer, it's heavily armored with bullet proof glass or slats IIRC. Not good visability and the driver didn't know she was there.

 

[theeedude]

Do we know if the Israelis knew she was there? Do we know they knowingly plowed her under? Doesn't that make some difference as to what this is?

That's why we have trials so we can see evidence on both sides and decide.

 

[woolfe9999]

Do we know if the Israelis knew she was there? Do we know they knowingly plowed her under? Doesn't that make some difference as to what this is?

Suggesting that the actual intent of the driver matters is just too much common sense for this forum. Who needs common sense when you can broad brush everything based on which side of the the overall conflict your sympathies are directed toward. This is, after all, a great manichaen struggle between Good and Evil.

- wolf

 

[werepossum]

I feel bad for the family, but if Ms. Corrie was retarded enough to stand in front of a bulldozer that has a very limited line of sight in the middle of a perpetual warzone, I can't assign fault to anyone but her.

This. Standing in front of a moving, armored bulldozer in a war zone is natural selection, not murder.

 

[Craig234]

Everyone's life is forfeit in a war zone. Traitors who place themselves in the way of military operations are no different.

I'll put aside the rest of the immoral and rididicuous bad post you made to note one thing, the use of the word 'traitor' to define an *American* opposing *Israeli* destruction of Palestinian civilians' homes.

What's next, Osama bin Laden was a traitor for 9/11? The US soldiers in Afghanistan are traitors to Afghanistan?

There are careless attacks made but you took it to a new low level. Not that she would be a traitor if she were Israeli. Sometimes the patriotic act is to oppose a bad government.

 

[theeedude]

Actually, traitors are those who side with foreign countries against Americans.

 

[HumblePie]

So wait.. the lawyer is Hussein Hussein???? Damn, can these people come up with more original names from time to time.

 

[MotF Bane]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Corrie

At least you see both sides, instead of just the view from Common Dreams. There's also a picture of the dozer. It's very plausible for the driver to have not seen her.

 

[HumblePie]

he presented this as if it mandated in Israel's policy to mow down human shields. this is an unfortunate accident and someone should be held accountable for it. but it was not an "executive decision made by the state of Israel" the way he made it out to be.

and as for the thread you linked to, saying that this guy was Israeli contributed nothing to the point the OP was trying to make and he used it to bash Israel just because it gives him a hard-on. but that's water under the bridge now.

Oh get off it. Do you have any clue how stories are suppose to be told. Read through American news from time to time.

"Guy from Texas burns churches.. Man from XXX city in Texas found associated with blah blah blah"

"Man from Utah found holding x amount of wives in pologamy case found to abuse ....."

Seriously, the who, what, where, when, why and stuff are what make a story relevant. Just because I read some idiot driving a bulldozer from the Israeli military was a criminal asshole to drive over someone they could have subdued and moved by hand doesn't mean I think all Israelis are evil. Not like I think all Texans are evil just because some guy goes nuts and burns down churches in this state. Get off you defending high horse and talk about the points of the story that hold merit. Mainly, is the person that committed the offense in the wrong. Is his superiors. Where does the rabbit hole stop of culpability? Was the person that was stupid enough to get herself ran over a bit guilty as well? Could she have done things differently? Blah blah blah...

All these are relevant talking points to the information and story at hand. Just because someone mentions a person or some people from Israel did something bad, doesn't mean the person mentioning the story or readers of the story view all of Israel as bad. Even to bring that up makes me shake my head at your PERSONAL stupidity. I personally do not care who you are, where you come from, or what you do. But I think your current attacks on people who even mention Israel on these forums is retarded. Now, if the OP had made comments and statements such as, "See because this one guy from Israel did this, we should punish all of Israel!" then I would be in agreement with you. But that is not the case, and IHateVirus, Borealis, and others that stoop to this crap, not just about Israel but people that do this for politics on these forums are still assholes.

 

[HumblePie]

Actually, traitors are those who side with foreign countries against Americans.

To America and are either American citizens or allies.

 

[JEDIYoda]

To you, everything is biased if it is against your views. http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?p=29373121&highlight=#post29373121

You complained about the OP adding Israel in the title of an article when he actually got it directly from the source. For every wwswimming there is a IHateViruses, and both are wrong because they rarely (if ever) admit to their own sides wrong doing. If you wont point out the biased side of one person, how can you point out the biased side of another (that in and of itself is being biased)?

As for the article, I hope the family wins something out of this.

hahaha....they won`t win shit!! Sorry....but they had fair warning to evacuate several weeks before the houses were taken down!!

 

[DucatiMonster696]

Leftwing hippies need to realize that the tree-sitting bullshit and other shenanigans they pull in the US wont save their ass in a real warzone half way around the world.

 

[Anarchist420]

don't be surprised if US taxpayers have to foot the bill

I sure as hell won't.