Self Immolation

Self Immolation --- ===

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You might be a psy-op terrorist if you try to set yourself on fire. Most high profile suicides are some kind of anti war or anti government protest.  Case of  Malachi Ritscher with suicide note against war has been obsessively concerned with his sanity. The AP article on his death includes this conclusion, “Mental health experts say virtually no suicides occur without some kind of a diagnosable mental illness.”

Persian gulf war

In 1991 during the war in the Persian Gulf, three Americans committed self-immolation in protest, one in Amherst, Mass., and two in Northern California. Eight people in the country also chose such a death as a way of protesting the Vietnam War during the 1960's and 1970's.

three ...  two other incidents involving self-immolation in protest of the gulf conflict occurred in Northern California.

Vietnam war
At least eight Americans burned themselves to death in the Vietnam War-era protests.

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List of political self-immolations - Wikipedia
This is a list of notable self-immolations done for political reasons. Non-political .... Self-immolated in San Diego, California. ..... GregoryGregory Levey, 30, United States · Gulf War, Immolation took place in Amherst Common, Massachusetts.
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