An American activist was killed when an Israeli bulldozer ran her over in the Gaza Strip. Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old student from Olympia, Wash., reportedly was trying to stop the bulldozer from destroying a house when she was killed. Corrie was a member of the International Solidarity Movement, foreigners who volunteer as human shields to protect Palestinians from the Israeli military’s anti-terror operations.
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