Aaron Bushnell claimed he had secret knowledge of US troops fighting in Hamas tunnels under Gaza — just hours before setting himself on fire

"His actual job involves the processing of intelligence data. Some of what he was processing had to do with the Israeli Gaza conflict.

“One of the things he told me is that coming across his desk … was the US military was involved in the genocides going on in Palestine,’’ the friend said,

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  • KevonLooney@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    This doesn’t make sense. Why would a member of the Air Force have deployment info for the Army?

    He wanted attention (hence the killing himself). This seems more like a rumor.

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      10 months ago

      Disgusting comment. The guy self-immolated, expecting to die, to seek attention he would never receive?

      Where’s your humanity?

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      10 months ago

      He wanted attention

      Bit of a weird leap. He wanted to draw attention to a particular cause.

      People who just want attention find ways of drawing it to themselves so that they can actually enjoy it.