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US Air Force member dies after setting himself on fire at Israeli Embassy in DC yelling ‘Free Palestine’
New York Post ^ | Feb. 26, 2024 Updated Feb. 26, 2024, 8:39 a.m. ET | Snejana Farberov

Posted on 02/26/2024 6:39:38 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

US Air Force member Aaron Bushnell has died from his injuries after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, an official confirmed on Monday.

A US Air Force spokesperson confirmed to The Post that 25-year-old Bushnell died overnight to The Post, though she did not officially name him citing the ongoing notification of next of kin.

Officials were still contacting family members Monday and will not officially announce his death until 24 hours after that is complete, the Air Force representative said.

A man wearing a US Air Force uniform reportedly set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy

There was no immediate word on Bushnell’s cause of death.

A harrowing video livestreamed on Twitch on Sunday afternoon appeared to show the serviceman dressed in uniform standing in front of the embassy and identifying himself as a member of the US Air Force.

“I will no longer be complicit in genocide [in Gaza]. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest,” Bushnell reportedly said, before setting himself ablaze and repeatedly crying out “Free Palestine.”

Just hours before his deadly act of self-immolation, Bushnell posted a final message on Facebook.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aaronbushnell; airforce; antifa; hamas; lgbtq; lgtbq
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
I will no longer be complicit in genocide [in Gaza]. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest.

Did he think this was the Vietnam War?

21 posted on 02/26/2024 6:59:00 AM PST by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: raccoonradio

Air Force friends tell me he was a missileer (Their term not mine!). Not a warm fuzzy thinking that a nut bar like this was near nuclear weapons. Like cockroaches where there’s one there’s more!


22 posted on 02/26/2024 7:02:00 AM PST by Reily (!!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He looks like a cuck from central casting. What a cliché he is.


23 posted on 02/26/2024 7:03:00 AM PST by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: Tommy Revolts

Self-immolation really burns me up!


24 posted on 02/26/2024 7:05:02 AM PST by Cold_Red_Steel
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

And our Country is better for it!
Adios re TARD!


25 posted on 02/26/2024 7:05:24 AM PST by bantam
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

good riddance to bad rubbish!


26 posted on 02/26/2024 7:05:33 AM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Reily

When I was on active duty we had to remove an airman who decided he was a “Day-Walker Vampire.”


27 posted on 02/26/2024 7:06:26 AM PST by Cold_Red_Steel
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Strip away all white identity and this is what we’re left with. Healthy, young white males who kill themselves over an inbred Arab tribe they have no connection with.


28 posted on 02/26/2024 7:06:59 AM PST by Drew68
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To: raccoonradio

I only refer to “Earth Day” as Vladimir Lenin’s Birthday. It annoys liberals.


29 posted on 02/26/2024 7:07:32 AM PST by Cold_Red_Steel
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Well,now this grand fool knows how the Israeli babies felt being cooked alive in ovens.
30 posted on 02/26/2024 7:10:03 AM PST by 4yearlurker (Arise and shine,and give God the glory!-A trail cook's morning call.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

What, No class A uniform???


31 posted on 02/26/2024 7:11:44 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: ClearCase_guy

More of those Snowflakes should do that.


32 posted on 02/26/2024 7:11:56 AM PST by Rappini ("No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in it's preservation" MacArthr)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

So now there will be a “In Line of Duty-Misconduct Investigation” which will undoubtedly “Find” that he died while “Not In The Line of Duty” and “Due to his own “Misconduct.” His family will not get the Servicemen’s Group Life Insurance ($200K ? ) or the Death Gratuity of about $3000 to pay for burial expenses. Stupid.


33 posted on 02/26/2024 7:13:42 AM PST by Joe Marine 76 ("Honor is a gift a man gives to himself." - Rob Roy MacGregor)
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To: Reily

Maybe they meant Mouseketeer?


34 posted on 02/26/2024 7:14:32 AM PST by DesertRhino (16 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Biden just lost a vote


35 posted on 02/26/2024 7:18:15 AM PST by BigEdLB (Let’s go Brandon! )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I bet that hurt a lot.


36 posted on 02/26/2024 7:18:28 AM PST by Delta 21 (If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
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To: Reily
Air Force friends tell me he was a missileer

Near as I can tell, he was an E-4 computer tech with the 531st Intel Squadron.

37 posted on 02/26/2024 7:19:41 AM PST by Mr.Unique (My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
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To: BigEdLB
Biden just lost a vote

No he didn't, he'll still vote for Biden.

38 posted on 02/26/2024 7:19:55 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

-100 woke points for not accomplishing this task in dress blues.


39 posted on 02/26/2024 7:20:21 AM PST by Mustard (tt)
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To: dfwgator

LOL Ur probably correct


40 posted on 02/26/2024 7:21:35 AM PST by BigEdLB (Let’s go Brandon! )
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