Brian was an Albuquerque resident who went over with the same bunch as Rachel Corrie, funded in part by the Albuquerque Peace & Justice Coalition. In his own words:
[W]e weren't two blocks from our apartment when an Israeli convoy of two vehicles, a tank and an armored personnel carrier, drove up the street from the direction that we were walking from. And so as we heard them coming closer, we stepped off to the side of the road to let them pass by, which was again, you know, a very, very typical situation for us to encounter the soldiers, even during the curfew, and for them just to pass on by ... And so we stood to the side of the road, we put our hands out to show we didn't have any weapons and weren't, you know, threatening them in any way. And I was wearing a fluorescent vest to, you know, try to make ourselves as visible as possible. And once they drove within about 30 meters of where we were standing, they opened fire with their machine guns and continued shooting for a very long time, probably shooting about, you know, 30 rounds of ammunition, which is quite a lot when you see them in action. And I was struck in the face with one of the bullets and, you know, was knocked to the ground immediately.
Brian's face was quite disfigured by the assault. His tongue was cut nearly into two tongues.
I suppose that would have put him in line to be the next Israeli Press Secretary, since having two tongues appears to be a requirement for that post, but really, all he got was $600K in compensation.
His lawyer pointed out that he was one of the FEW recipients of this 'honor'.
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