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Retired Colonel Removed for Accusing Lawmakers of Genocide

9/4/2025

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Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Aguilar, a retired US Army officer, was removed from a Senate hearing for accusing lawmakers of complicity in genocide related to Israel's actions in Gaza.
Aguilar, a whistleblower on aid distribution, described aid sites as "designed death traps."
He reported witnessing the killing of a starving boy named Amir by Israeli forces.

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Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Aguilar, a retired US Army officer, was removed from a Senate hearing for accusing lawmakers of complicity in genocide related to Israel's actions in Gaza.
Aguilar, a whistleblower on aid distribution, described aid sites as "designed death traps."
He reported witnessing the killing of a starving boy named Amir by Israeli forces.