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British activist saw Rachel Corrie die under Israeli bulldozer, court hears | World news | guardian.co.ukA British witness told a court today about how he had watched an Israeli military bulldozer run over and kill the American activist Rachel Corrie while she was trying to stop Palestinians' homes being demolished in Gaza.
Richard Purssell, who was also a volunteer activist in Rafah at the time, seven years ago, described the "shocking and dramatic event" in an Israeli court in Haifa on the first day of a civil suit brought by Corrie's family against the Israeli state.
British activist saw Rachel Corrie die under Israeli bulldozer, court hears | World news | guardian.co.ukA British witness told a court today about how he had watched an Israeli military bulldozer run over and kill the American activist Rachel Corrie while she was trying to stop Palestinians' homes being demolished in Gaza.
Richard Purssell, who was also a volunteer activist in Rafah at the time, seven years ago, described the "shocking and dramatic event" in an Israeli court in Haifa on the first day of a civil suit brought by Corrie's family against the Israeli state.
She was 20 meters in front of the dozer wearing a fluorescent orange jacket. How could the driver claim to have not seen her? Why did the driver continue to move towards her?Do you think in a different language?
She moved, then FELL UNDER THE BULLDOZER.
Doesn't sound intentional to me at all.
But then, one of the first things my parents taught me was STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM MOVING MACHINERY.
Absolutely not.
But if you do something really stupid, it can happen.
As I said, Corrie's death was an accident and a result of her own supremely stupid and careless action. It doesn't sound to me like she was trying to get killed, but if she wasn't trying to get killed, probably she shouldn't have been climbing on top of a mound when there was a bulldozer nearby.
the shit you'd rationalize for the sake of your personal salvation is three shades of laughable. If corey were a christian fighting against ANYTHING and she were bulldozed we'd see your kind holding pictures of her at every rally you could afford to attend. But, since she dared to speak out against the chosen...
jesus is proud of you, baba. seriously.
That is just so much crap.
If she were a Christian and jumped on a pile of slag when a bulldozer was working nearby, I'd still call her an idiot and say it was an accident.
It was a flipping accident. Get over it.
Yes, let's all slide under bulldozers because of our own idiocy.
As Sorry as I am for Corrie's death, i cannot, help but wonder: She knew she was going into a warzone and putting her own life at risk. I'm sorry for what happened, but Corrie's death was her own doing and her parents have no one to blame for it than Rachel herself, though i don't blame them for what they're doing, i cannot even begin to grasp how one handles the death of one's own child.
And a side note - ISM is no more peace organization than Hamas is. It is a known extreme left organization with the purpose of ending israel as a jewish state and has in the past justified terror attacks its members have taken active part in covering for the british terrorists that did the terror attack at the pub "Mike's Place" in Tel-Aviv.
Do you think in a different language?
She moved, then FELL UNDER THE BULLDOZER.
Doesn't sound intentional to me at all.
But then, one of the first things my parents taught me was STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM MOVING MACHINERY.
She was 20 meters in front of the dozer wearing a fluorescent orange jacket. How could the driver claim to have not seen her? Why did the driver continue to move towards her?Do you think in a different language?
She moved, then FELL UNDER THE BULLDOZER.
Doesn't sound intentional to me at all.
But then, one of the first things my parents taught me was STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM MOVING MACHINERY.
She was 20 meters in front of the dozer wearing a fluorescent orange jacket. How could the driver claim to have not seen her? Why did the driver continue to move towards her?Do you think in a different language?
She moved, then FELL UNDER THE BULLDOZER.
Doesn't sound intentional to me at all.
But then, one of the first things my parents taught me was STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM MOVING MACHINERY.
the question i would be asking would be "she saw a massive dozer coming her war, why didn't she get the hell out of the way?
how could he not have seen her? very possible. i'm assuming the dozer is an armoured D9, which looks like this:
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as you can see, the view from the driver's seat is not optimal, which would be another reason for the "get the hell out of the way" tactic...