mohammed abu lebda.t up, we continue to remember rachel corrie, killed 21 years ago march 16, 2000 three, when she was crushed to death by an israeli military bulldozer as she tried to prevent the demolition of the home of the palestinian premises. it was three days before the u.s. invaded iraq. back in 20 seconds. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. saturday marked the 21st anniversary of the death of u.s. peace activist rachel corrie. she was crushed to death by an israeli military bulldozer in rafah on march 16, 2003, a few days before the u.s. attacked iraq. rachel was 23 years old. she was an evergreen student from olympia, washington. she went to gaza with the international solidarity movement, which formed after israel and the united states rejected a proposal by then-united nations high commissioner for human rights mary robinson to place international human rights monitors in the occupied palestinian territories. rachel corrie