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US Soldier Sets Himself on Fire outside Israeli Embassy in Washington to Protest Gaza War (www.news18.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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“I will no longer be complicit in genocide [in Gaza]. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest,” the man apparently said before setting himself alight and repeatedly shouting “Free Palestine!”

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[–] doingthestuff 25 points 9 months ago (3 children)

They didn't even share his name, either it is something middle eastern sounding or they just want everyone to forget about him.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago

From lower down in this post, his name is Aaron Bushnell.

There's already a Wikipedia article about the incident.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

From what I recall on Twitter it's a white dude, but they didn't want to share his name.

[–] doingless 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He's definitely white from the video but they probably want to scrub his social media history before they release his name.

[–] doingthestuff 0 points 9 months ago

I saw he was an anarchist? Not much info that I saw but yeah I could see him having a hard time in the military. I was an anarchist when I was younger too.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago

He has since died, and releasing his name was pending notification of next of kin. His name was Aaron Bushnell.