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US airman Aaron Bushnell claimed to have classified knowledge of US forces fighting in Gaza tunnels on night before setting himself on fire: pal

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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US airman Aaron Bushnell claimed to have classified knowledge of US forces fighting in Gaza tunnels on night before setting himself on fire: pal

nypost.com /2024/02/27/us-news/aaron-bushnell-claimed-secret-knowledge-of-us-forces-in-gaza/

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2y ago

US airman Aaron Bushnell claimed to have classified knowledge of US forces fighting in Gaza tunnels on night before setting himself on fire: pal

nypost.com /2024/02/27/us-news/aaron-bushnell-claimed-secret-knowledge-of-us-forces-in-gaza/

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I mean, I feel like someone who was willing to set themselves on fire would also be willing to illegally leak classified documents if such existed.
- then again, we are reading this so I guess it worked
Looks like he also received a mandatory deployment order to "israel" to directly participate in the genocide before he decided to go through with this.
- That’s not a deployment order, and I feel this has been taken out of context by people unfamiliar with the military. I can’t say with certainty what this is, but it could be guidance like “don’t wear your uniform in public if you’re in Israel”. It wouldn’t have no restrictions on releasing it if it were anything important.
  To say this is evidence of mandatory deployment orders is ridiculous.
  
  Yeah it's unclassified. Plus it's not even a secret that us troops are in Israel, biden sent like 2000 in November or December. It would be interesting news if they were fighting in Gaza, but I'm definitely going to need evidence before I even entertain that idea.
  This document as evidence is particularly weak because the air force doesn't fight on the ground.
- Such a shame he killed the only troop willing to die for Palestinians, instead of killing- well
- Supersedes All Previous Israel Reporting Instructions
  Ok I'm a bit of a pedant and this type of language frustrates me. Give me an Order number, or document designation of any kind. This has no timeframe attached to it either. It should supersede a set of orders and not be vague like this.
- He did say he wasn’t going to be a part of the genocide, so that checks out
Remember we've been living the ruling classes new normal for awhile. The future is going to get worse before it gets better.
The Intercept:
2024-01-11: Biden Admin Deployed Air Force Team to Israel to Assist With Targets, Document Suggests
Guidance for officers deployed to Israel appears to show the U.S. military providing intelligence for airstrikes in Gaza.
2024-02-09: “Logistics” Outpost in Jordan Where 3 U.S. Troops Died Is Secretly a Drone Base
The Pentagon is covering up the real purpose of Tower 22: targeting the very Iran-backed militant groups that attacked last month.
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.
- Disgusting comment. The guy self-immolated, expecting to die, to seek attention he would never receive?
  Where's your humanity?
  
  I think it's rather disingenuous to say that just because he intended to die, he didn't want the attention. The attention kind of seems like the entire point of the act.
  
  The guy killed himself in a fiery protest to not get attention to his cause?
- Different branches work together all the time.
- 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.
- Eli5 the military stuff?
Anyone have a more trustworthy news source than the NY Post?

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