IDF Soldier Involved In Rachel Corrie’s Death Testifies In Public For First Time

October 21st, 2010 (5) Posted By Grizz.


Haaretz
The Israel Defense Forces soldier who drove the bulldozer involved in the death of an American activist in the Gaza Strip testified publicly on Thursday for the first time since the incident seven years ago.

The soldier has not been charged or tried over 23-year-old Rachel Corrie’s death and his identity has not been disclosed. He delivered his testimony behind a wood-and-plastic partition, his voice coming into the hall over a microphone.
Corrie was struck and killed in 2003 by a bulldozer as she and other activists tried to stop Israel razing homes in Rafah by using their bodies as human shields.

The driver has said he did not see her, and the IDF has ruled her death an accident – a version her parents reject.

The trial over her death reopened last March. The Corries, unwittingly drawn into Mideast affairs by their daughter’s death, are seeking a symbolic $1 in damages plus trial costs and travel expenses for themselves and witnesses, which they have estimated at $100,000.

In the damages suit filed by the Corrie family it is stated that no thorough and objective investigation was held into the death, which the family maintains occurred either because of intent or the bulldozer driver’s negligence. The plaintiffs also maintain that the recording documenting the incident was deleted.

Corrie was an activist with the International Solidarity Movement, which often sends foreign activists into volatile hot spots to assist Palestinians.One other International Solidarity Movement activist has died from Israeli fire, and at least two others have been seriously wounded.

The Corries unsuccessfully tried to sue Caterpillar Inc., the U.S. company that manufactured the bulldozer.

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  • Girlfriend

    It is so obvious to me these parents just want money. Good riddance human shield – that’s what you get for lying down with dogs. And go away money grubbing parents – the acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree

    • Al

      :beer:

  • Sponge

    The Corries unsuccessfully tried to sue Caterpillar Inc., the U.S. company that manufactured the bulldozer.

    That still just makes me laugh every time I read it. What? My daughter is dead? But, HOW? Crushed by a bulldozer?!? My goodness. Who made the bulldozer?

    :gun: :roll:

    • AZPatriot

      You see that bulldozer should have come equipped with a safety to prevent any accidental crushing’s.

  • David

    Just one? We therefore know it was an accident.