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SEATTLE -- Dozens of protesters have gathered outside the federal courthouse in Seattle for an appeals hearing on the lawsuit brought by the parents of Rachel Corrie against the Caterpillar company.
They carry signs that say "Stop destroying Palestinian homes." The number of protesters overflowed the courtroom, and some people will watch video of the hearing in another room.
Cindy and Craig Corrie accuse the company of human rights violations for selling bulldozers to Israel to destroy Palestinian homes, like the machine that killed their daughter.
Twenty-three-year-old Rachel Corrie of Olympia was run over in 2003 while trying to save a home in Gaza.
Israel said the death was an accident. Caterpillar has said it can't be held responsible for how its bulldozers are used.
The lawsuit was dismissed two years ago in district court in Seattle.
SIRATYST (Stuff I Read and Thought You Should Too) -- “To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace.” (Calgacus, as quoted by Tacitus, Agricola 30-31)"
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