This link is about the American peace activist Rachel Corrie who was crushed to death by a bulldozer as she tried to prevent the Israeli army destroying homes in the Gaza Strip. I have two previous links about her here and here.

Nathan and Barry both have more thoughtful commentary on the death of Rachel Corrie. I also received two letters in response to my comments that I think should be heard:

March 18, 2003

Rafah, Gaza Strip, Palestine

Many of you will of heard varying accounts of the death of Rachel Corrie, maybe others will have heard nothing of it. Regardless, I was 10 metres away when it happened 2 days ago, and this is the way it went down.

Rachel Corrie, 23, Killed by Israeli Bulldozer

We'd been monitoring and occasionally obstructing the 2 bulldozers for about 2 hours when one of them turned toward a house we knew to be threatened with demolition.  Rachel knelt down in its way.  She was 10-20 metres in front of the bulldozer, clearly visible, the only object for many metres, directly in its view. The Israelis were in radio contact with a tank that had a profile view of the situation.  There is no way she could not have been seen by them in their elevated cabin.

They knew where she was, there is no doubt.