On March 16, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a federal lawsuit against Illinois-based Caterpillar, Inc. on behalf of the parents of Rachel Corrie, the 23-year-old American peace activist who was run over and killed by a Caterpillar D9 bulldozer on March 16, 2003.

 

The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western Federal District of Washington, alleges that Caterpillar, Inc. violated international and state law by providing specially designed bulldozers to Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) that it knew would be used to demolish homes and endanger civilians. The Corries’ daughter Rachel, a student at Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA, was there as a volunteer peace activist protesting the demolition of Palestinian homes when she was brutally killed. (Jewish Voice for Peace, March 16, from the Stop Caterpillar website)