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| Hi! I'm Fadel. I'm a Moslem first and an American way second. Maybe third or fourth... Or fifth. |
A video posted to Twitter by the Young Americans for Freedom, show as the cameraman confronts Alkilani.
'Who are you?' Alkilani asks the cameraman, identified as Nathaniel Hope, a member of the university's College Republicans.
Hope described Alkilani as showing 'no remorse' before claiming the flags were a 'violation of school rules.'
'I did not violate any university or legal policy. Now go away,' Alkilani told YAF.
Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, another bullet hole appeared in Butch's hat......
Alkilani allegedly boasted about the act on his Twitter, which has since been set to private.
He claimed the move was done in 'protest against American imperialism and the 900,000 lives lost as a result of post 9/11 war.'
On Instagram, he bemoaned the widespread condemnation he had received online as the story circulated on social media.
'Republicans (are) attacking me in the replies,' Alkilani wrote while sharing a post from Washington University in St. Louis's Instagram account.
In a statement posted on social media, Alkilani said that 'there is currently a massive harassment campaign propagated primarily by Washington University College Republicans, as well as the national Young American's Foundation (YAF)' regarding an incident that occurred around 6am on Saturday, September 11, 2021.'
'There is a large amount of misinformation circulating,' he said before denying he was stealing flags from the campus.
Fox News reports that he had tried to destroy the memorial a night prior on Friday, but was stopped by campus police while doing so, students said.
The news outlet reached out to Alkilani, Washington University and campus police, however there has been no response as of early Sunday morning.
Elsewhere on Saturday, thousands of people gathered in Lower Manhattan for the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Related: Mr. Alkilani’s LinkedIn page is no longer public, so we can’t learn more about the chairman of the Washington U student senate finance committee that way.
Like many other students who express extreme militant anti-US views, Fadel Alkilani serves in a university leadership role. He's the @WUSTL student body VP of finance. Fadel's family made a home in the US after leaving Palestinian territory. https://t.co/nBouzMqv34 pic.twitter.com/MWCjPDmGHH
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) September 12, 2021