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

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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@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years 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.

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[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 years ago

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

There's already a Wikipedia article about the incident.

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[–] jonne@infosec.pub 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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[–] doingless@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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[–] doingthestuff@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years 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.

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[+] catloaf@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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