In my photos section you will see the armored bulldozers we used in Iraq. The largest bulldozers (D9s, weighing over 60 tons each with their armor) we borrowed from Israel. I wonder if any of the armored bulldozers I used in Iraq killed Rachel three years previously in Palestine?
Rachel Corrie was an American peace activist and a member of the International Solidarity Movement. She was killed in 2003 (at the age of 23), by an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) armored bulldozer in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, during the height of the second Palestinian intifada.
After her death, Alan Rickman and Katharine Viner edited and directed the play My Name Is Rachel Corrie, based on Corrie’s diaries and e-mails home. The play was censored (put off stage) several times by some theaters. “Rachel Corrie lived in nobody’s pocket but her own. Whether one is sympathetic with her or not, her voice is like a clarion in the fog and should be heard,” Rickman said then.
In his article for The Independent Robert Fisk wrote:
“An American heroine, Rachel earned no brownie points from the Bush administration which bangs on about courage…
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Matthew Hoh 
Thank you for sharing this, my friend. In its deep sadness, there is a bizarre profound beauty and love. You see, my friend… you and I disagree a lot when it comes to politics and religion, but what really matters is that we agree in our love for the human being and are deeply moved by people’s suffering, be it Palestinians or Israeli, Muslims or Christians. My love to you, Natalia
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