Daily Misfortune Saturday December 21, 2013

Daily Misfortune Saturday December 21, 2013 ---

1. Battle of Aleppo: Rebel forces capture the Al-Kindi hospital after a huge suicide truck bombing destroys part of the building. (BBC)
2. 18 Iraqi military officers and soldiers are killed and more than 30 others injured after an attack in Rutbah, in Iraq's western Anbar province. Among those killed is the commander of the elite Iraqi 7th Division Major General Mohammed al-Karawi, as well as 4 other officers. (Reuters) (BBC)
3. 2013 South Sudanese political crisis:  Four U.S. personnel are wounded after the three CV-22 Osprey aircraft they were on were shot during an evacuation attempt of Americans fromBor, South Sudan. (CNN), (BBC) Disasters and accidents 
4. Despite an anti-flammable liquid coating, the yearly giant Yule goat in Gävle, Sweden, is again destroyed in an arson attack. (Expressen)
5. December 21, 2013 death May 11, 2015 Oklahoma man kills stepdad with 'atomic wedgie' underwear pulled over head after insults

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1. Battle of Aleppo: Rebel forces capture the Al-Kindi hospital after a huge suicide truck bombing destroys part of the building. (BBC)
2. 18 Iraqi military officers and soldiers are killed and more than 30 others injured after an attack in Rutbah, in Iraq's western Anbar province. Among those killed is the commander of the elite Iraqi 7th Division Major General Mohammed al-Karawi, as well as 4 other officers. (Reuters) (BBC)
3. 2013 South Sudanese political crisis:  Four U.S. personnel are wounded after the three CV-22 Osprey aircraft they were on were shot during an evacuation attempt of Americans fromBor, South Sudan. (CNN), (BBC) Disasters and accidents 
4. Despite an anti-flammable liquid coating, the yearly giant Yule goat in Gävle, Sweden, is again destroyed in an arson attack. (Expressen)
5. December 21, 2013 death May 11, 2015 Oklahoma man who killed stepdad with 'atomic wedgie' says fight 'got out of hand' NOLA.com Brad Davis, 34, of McLoud, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty Monday. May 11, 2015, to first-degree manslaughter in the 2013 death of stepfather Denver St. Clair, 58.Death by wedgie: Stepdad suffocates after underpants pulled over his head claimed he carried out the playground prank after his stepfather “jumped him” accused of suffocating Denver St Clair, 58, by pulling the victim’s pants and stretching them over his head and around his neck... bad-mouthed his wife, Tressia, who is Davis’s mum. punched his stepdad unconscious after the older man “jumped him”....pulled the elastic of Mr St Clair’s pants up and over his head from behind.. waistband of his underwear was around his neck.” died of suffocation and blunt force trauma to the head. elastic left ligature marks around Mr St Clair’s neck. said acted in self-defence but the death on December 21 has been ruled as murder.. called the emergency services after altered the crime scene to make it look like the pair had been brawling.