Month Misfortune November 2010

Month Misfortune November 2010 --- ===

November 11, 2010 Truck Bombing in Karachi Pakistan offensive fighting 18 killed  100+ injured  A truck laden with explosives was blasted at the CID building killing at least 18 and injuring more than 100 in one of the most sensitive locations of Karachi, Pakistan. The blast was preceded by a gunfight between the militants and law enforcement officials.[114]

November 18, 2010  Namibia bombing attempt or security test Police discover a detonator, batteries and a ticking clock in Namibia's Windhoek Airport apparently due to be loaded on an aircraft bound for Munich, Germany.[115][116] It was assumed that its intention was to test airport security.[117]

1 injured, suspect found dead November 20, 2010 Lance Leeroy Arellano Utah Park Ranger Shooting Case  On November 19, Lance Leeroy Arellano's mother told him to move out. The next day he allegedly fired multiple shots and was likely wounded in a gunfight with Utah state park ranger Brody Young. Young was shot nine times but survived. Arellano, 40, was charged with attempted aggravated murder, but 150 person manhunt with helicopters and dogs for months over 15 square miles could not find him, only his car, a rifle, backpack with canned food and a tattered bloody T-shirt. On Christmas eve December 24, 2015, Eagle scout and college student Caleb Shumway seeking a $30,000 reward tracked down the suspect and with a brother found a bone of his remains along with bags and two guns in a cave

November 2, 2010 (Tuesday) edit history watch

Wikipedia current events

1. Greek mail bombs Parcel bombs explode at the Mexican, Russian and Swiss embassies in Greece. Similar packages were sent or addressed to the embassies of Belgium, Bulgaria,Chile, Germany and the Netherlands over the past two days. (BBC) (The Telegraph) (China Daily) German police disarm a mail bomb sent from Greece to the office of Chancellor Angela Merkel. Similar packages addressed to the President of France Nicolas Sarkozy and the Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi are detected en route. (AP via Yahoo! News), (AFP via Yahoo! News) Greece suspends international mail and parcel services for 48 hours. (Al-Jazeera) Greece Parcel Bombs Tied To Anarchists : NPR Nov 4, 2010 - wave of letter bombs were sent by suspected leftist militants in response to severe austerity measures imposed by Greece's government.  together with the bombs originating in Yemen they have disrupted the international mail cargo system November 04, 2010 4:00 AM ET...Greek police have arrested two young anarchists in 20s... possession of guns, bulletproof vests and parcel bombs addressed to the Mexican embassy and to French President Nicolas Sarkozy...  small left wing group called Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire, which emerged in 2008 and has been involved in several attacks on government and business targets.  none of the devices examined so far contained lethal amounts of explosives. But the international impact has been considerable.  all evidence suggests this is a case of domestic terrorism and is not linked to the parcel bombs sent to the U.S. from Yemen. one casualty since Monday, when a courier employee was slightly injured after a bomb exploded in her hands. Greek letter bomb attacks put Europe on high alert The Guardian Nov 2, 2010  By tonight, at least 11 letter bombs had been detected in the Greek ...4 parcel bombs found in Greece; 1 wounded - CNN.com CNN 4 parcel bombs found in Greece; 1 wounded. From Elinda Labropoulou, For CNN. November 1, 2010 Greece resumes mail delivery after parcel bomb ban - BBC ... BBC Greece resumes mail delivery after parcel bomb ban.  Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei - Wikipedia  Also known as, Conspiracy of Cells of Fire. Dates of ... Motives‎: ‎war against the state Ideology‎: ‎Individualist anarchism, Nihili...  Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei  also translated as Conspiracy of Fire Cells or Conspiracy of Cells of Fire, is a radical anarchist organization based in Greece. The SPF first surfaced on January 21, 2008, with a wave of 11 firebombings against luxury car dealerships and banks inAthens and Thessaloniki.[1] Monthly waves of arson have been followed by proclamations expressing solidarity with arrested anarchists in Greece and elsewhere. In September 2009, following an escalation to the use of crude time bombs, four suspected members of the group were arrested. In November 2010 two more suspects were arrested while attempting to mail parcel bombs to embassies and EU leaders and organizations. The organization was designated as a terrorist group on October 13, 2011, by the U.S. Department of State.[2] Conspiracy of Cells of Fire (SPF) | Terrorist Groups | TRAC www.trackingterrorism.org Conspiracy of Cells of Fire is an anarchist organization that first surfaced in Greece in 2008 with a wave of 11 firebombings against luxury car dealerships and ...
2. Two militants are killed by security forces in the Shopian district of south Kashmir. (Hindustan Times) (Sify)
3. A series of bomb blasts in Baghdad, Iraq, kill at least 63 and injure 180. (CNN) (Xinhua)Arts and culture
4. At least 14 people are killed as Tropical Storm Tomas passes over Saint Lucia. (BBC) (Jamaica Observer)
5. Thousands of people are stranded amid flash floods in Thailand. (Straits Times)
6. 17 people are killed and three others injured when a truck carrying them overturned at Tarapur talukav near Indranaj in India. The truck was on its way from Surat toBhavnagar. (PTI) (PTI via Mathrubhumi)
7. A senior military intelligence officer is arrested in Taiwan for being a double agent for China. (Focus Taiwan) (BBC) (RTHK)
8. A court in Zambia grants bail to two Chinese managers accused of attempted murder for shooting and injuring 11 coal miners during a protest over pay and working conditions. (Reuters) (Zambian Watchdog)
9. Yemen charges militant Islamic cleric Anwar al-Awlaki with incitement to kill foreigners. (CNN)

November 1, 2010 (Monday)

Wikipedia current events

1. Greece Parcel Bombs Tied To Anarchists : NPR Courier employee was slightly injured after a bomb exploded in her hands. 
2. Two Afghan women charity workers are shot dead. They were travelling between Lashkar Gah and Garmser, a volatile area in the Helmand River valley, when they were attacked. (dawn)
3. Battle of Mogadishu (2010): At least 12 people are killed in fighting in Mogadishu, Somalia, between pro-government forces, African Union troops and the Islamist militant al-Shabaab group.(AFP) (Ennahar)
4. 58 hostage-takers, hostages and police officers are killed and 67 people wounded when Iraqi forces storm a Baghdad church to free dozens of hostages. (Deccan Chronicle)(Times of India) (One India) (DNA) (Khaleej Times)
5. Four militants, including two from Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET), are killed in separate gun battles with security forces in Kupwara and Kulgam districts of Kashmir Valley,India. (PTI) (Xinhua)
6. A United States drone attack kills six people in northwest Pakistan. (AP via Yahoo! News) (Dawn)
7. A suicide bomber kills two Pakistani policemen and wounds 10 others as security forces try to stop him from walking into their local headquarters in Swabi, 100 kilometres northwest of Islamabad. (Dawn)Arts and culture
8. At least 50 people drown after a ferry-boat capsizes on the Muri Ganga River in West Bengal, India. (Sydney Morning Herald)
9. A large crater appears in the early hours in the central German town of Schmalkalden. (Xinhua)
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11. Three suspected ivory poachers are shot dead by rangers in Kenya in separate incidents. (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation) (CNN)
12. A court in Uganda orders a newspaper to cease publishing the names and photographs of people it says are homosexual, following attacks on homosexuals in the past month. (BBC)
13. The Government of Canada agrees to accept Canadian Omar Khadr, detained at Guantanamo Bay for the past eight years, after he serves a year of his sentence at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. (CNN)
14. (Paint attack) While attempting to open a mental health care facility in Dublin, Irish Health Minister Mary Harney is pelted with red paint by an opposition politician highlighting the "blood budget" which "will result in the unnecessary and avoidable deaths of hundreds, if not thousands, of people over the coming years". Harney is overseeing hospital cuts of €1 billion. (The Straits Times) (ABC News) (RTÉ)