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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.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aaronbushnell; airforce; antifa; hamas; lgbtq; lgtbq
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Too bad that the U.S. government of both administrations has fro decades perpetuated myths and lies about the history of Israel. Just a few: that the Jews never disappeared completely from Israel, that Jerusalem has had a majority Jewish population since 1800, that Zionists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries bough their land from willing seller, the Palestinian involvement with the nazis, that Jordan was supposed to be the Palestinian state, the expulsion of $400k Jews from the Arab countries, and I could go on for two pages.

This poor stupid bastard, like millions of Americans, had no idea that there are most emphatically two sides to this story

But, oh well, too late now and I’m glad he and his diseased
Mind are dead


61 posted on 02/26/2024 8:09:46 AM PST by j.havenfarm (23 years on Free Republic, 12/22/23! More than 8,000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: Bob434

When I retired in 1999...they were just starting to get H/S graduates who were on anxiety medication, and maybe 2-percent were prone to panic issues (couldn’t handle relationships or multi-task projects).

I would guess today that 10-percent fall into this category. You’d have to coach them through the work-day.


62 posted on 02/26/2024 8:22:07 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: pepsionice

Hard to beleive that the military would even accept anxiety patients into such a high stress occupation. But they do. Common sense jusy isn’t very common anymore in our woke society


63 posted on 02/26/2024 8:24:01 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Mark17; AF_Blue

My bet is he was a victim of Global Warming


64 posted on 02/26/2024 8:41:55 AM PST by Kartographer (“We MutualBetter ly Pledge To Each Other Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor”)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That’s a shame. Hey! Look! Squirrel!


65 posted on 02/26/2024 8:43:55 AM PST by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: Cold_Red_Steel

Is it bad manners, to light your cigar off his burning remains?


66 posted on 02/26/2024 9:01:21 AM PST by GOYAKLA
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Just making sure this wasnt catching on. Two or three every century is about the norm isnt it?

Is it cold there? Why the woodland camo field jacket, is that standard Air Force uniform? The Army gave that up decades ago. Not much fire protection, just more fuel.

Its very fanatical to set yourself on fire. Either for a Shaolin monk or a lunatic underling in the Air Force. I dont think that either one knew quite as much as they thought they knew right before the realization that, “Oh sh!t! This hurts way more than I every imagined and I doubt anyone in future generations will even be impacted by me doing this incredibly stupid thing.”


67 posted on 02/26/2024 9:08:12 AM PST by Delta 21 (If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

BTTT


68 posted on 02/26/2024 9:10:14 AM PST by nopardons
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That must be the “before” picture.


69 posted on 02/26/2024 9:26:26 AM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

....and you said nothing about my pun.😥


70 posted on 02/26/2024 9:44:37 AM PST by Delta 21 (If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

God rest his soul.


71 posted on 02/26/2024 9:59:19 AM PST by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire (1968 Stereo)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4SnIJJCH8w


72 posted on 02/26/2024 10:20:45 AM PST by dynachrome (War does not determine who is right, but who is left.)
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To: Delta 21
Why the woodland camo field jacket, is that standard Air Force uniform? The Army gave that up decades ago.

USAF and Urmy both wear the same OCP camo pattern now.


73 posted on 02/26/2024 10:38:07 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: E. Pluribus Unum

Thank god he killed himself hopefully before damaging military equipment used by good men.


74 posted on 02/26/2024 11:30:26 AM PST by Lockbar (Even when you think you finally have enough ammo, you still really don't have enough. )
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To: Lockbar

Hopefully 60 million more leftists will follow his lead.


75 posted on 02/26/2024 11:43:26 AM PST by Lockbar (Even when you think you finally have enough ammo, you still really don't have enough. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

So.

His right.


76 posted on 02/26/2024 1:09:14 PM PST by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It ( )
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To: Kartographer
My bet is he was a victim of Global Warming

🤗 That GLOBAL WARMING, seems to have been concentrated in one small area. 😆😝😀

77 posted on 02/26/2024 2:20:57 PM PST by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I pray daily that God would restore the US military to a powerful force for good.


78 posted on 02/26/2024 2:44:31 PM PST by gitmo (If your biography doesn't match your theology, what good is it?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Clearly mentally ill. The ironic part is our military is not even involved, and if they were, Aaron Bushnell would 99% not be involved unless he was in aircraft maintenace or logistics. But since he was in the D.C. area, that was a remote possibility.


79 posted on 02/26/2024 5:37:31 PM PST by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th and 47th President of the United States of America!)
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To: All

Probably a cover up for a vaccine related death.


80 posted on 02/27/2024 7:49:55 AM PST by Nazu
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