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Daily Misfortune Thursday, December 31, 2015 ---
- Terrorism in the European Union Belgian house raids result in the arrest of six people concerning a New Year's Eve celebrations' plot in Brussels, the nation's capital.(Reuters)
- Munich's main train station and the station in the city's western district of Pasing, are evacuated during New Year's Eve celebrations, and train service is stopped, because of potential ISIS suicide threats. A foreign security service, which wasn't identified, passed on information that five to seven suicide attackers are involved in the plot. (NBC News) (CNN)
- Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Rochester, New York, police arrest 25-year-old Emanuel Lutchman who allegedly planned to attack a local bar with knives andmachetes and a pressure cooker bomb to prove he was worthy of joining the Islamic State group. Rochester cancels New Year's Eve fireworks. (AP via WITN) (Waltonian)
- 2015 Missouri flooding Record flooding along the Mississippi River and its tributaries that has closed major highways, forced evacuations, and overflowed levees, continues to threaten the Midwestern United States where at least 24 have died. The Mississippi is expected to crest in the next few days in Thebes, Illinois, at 47.5 feet, breaking the 1995 record by more than a foot and a half (46 cm). And now periods of below-freezing air will cause some flooded areas to turn icy. (Reuters) (AccuWeather) (Chicago Tribune)
- A fire breaks out at The Address Downtown Dubai hotel. Fourteen people are reported as injured, with one indirect casualty. (CNN) Fireworks not cancelled, no cause for fire known
- 5 killed 2 in hospital: California woman pickup driving freeway kamikaze wrong-way crash on I-95 near Miami CBS News
- Jihadi bomb-maker's wife begged for mercy got life over Westfield shopping centre bomb plot
- Dec 30 Turkey Foils New Year's Eve Pakistani Suicide Vest Bomb Plot, ISIS Suspects Held NBCNews.com
- Iraqi Iraq's Foreign Minister, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, renewed demands that Turkey fully withdraws its troops from northern Iraq, asserting that Turkey must respect Iraq's sovereignty or face potential military action. (Reuters)
- American entertainer Bill Cosby is charged with aggravated indecent assault (New York Times)
- 2015 Brussels lockdown Two Belgian policewomen and eight soldiers reportedly held an orgy at a police station in the Brussels (The Guardian)
- Dec 20 attack, update Woman who plowed car into Las Vegas crowd had used marijuana: prosecutor REUTERS
- update December 25 arson Muslim man charged with setting Houston mosque fire says he was a devout attendee
- Body found after reports of shots fired WBTV CBS Charlotte
- Blast kills 14 people; Pakistani Taliban faction claims responsibility CNN Karachi, Pakistan (CNN) At least 14 people were killed in a blast Tuesday in the northern Pakistani city of Mardan, police said.
- Pedestrian Fatally Struck by Car on Ivy Road Charlottesville Newsplex Albemarle County Police confirm a jogger was hit and killed by a car along the 3000 block of Ivy Road shortly after 7 a.m. Tuesday.
- Man shot multiple times in Oxnard CA Ventura County Star A man in his 20s was shot multiple times early Tuesday in Oxnard, officials said.
- 'Ride the Ducks' vehicles back on Seattle streets SEATTLE (AP) - A Seattle tour company involved in a deadly crash in September will have nine of its amphibious vehicles back on city streets as drivers prepare for Coast Guard inspections. One of the company's "stretch duck" vehicles was involved in the Sept. 24 accident [yet they still haven't identified the driver who suddenly swerved into the side of a bus, nor got an explanation from the driver]
- Small plane crashes into building in downtown Anchorage for unknown reasons A small plane crashed into a commercial building Tuesday in downtown Anchorage, authorities said. No connection to terrorism made by media or officials.
- December 27, 2015 1 killed December 29, 2015 Asian suspect killed by police Hollywood Hills murder suspect Tien Hua killed in LAPD SWAT terrorist style standoff Tien Hua was suspect who allegedly chased Henry Estrada up a hill in Hollywood Hills in California and shot him for no apparent motive, and fled. On December 29, he barricaded himself into a home in Rosemead as SWAT and negotiation teams were called in. When he escaped into the backyard, climbed onto a shed, then turned and pointed an object at officers, he was shot and killed.
Daily Misfortune Friday, December 25, 2015 ---
Daily Misfortune Thursday, December 24, 2015 Christmas Eve ---- December 25, 2015 3 wounded in Chicago Christmas shooting outside bar near Lake Bluff Chicago Tribune
- December 25, 2015 Mom, 3 Kids Killed in California Fire Christmas Morning ABC News
- December 25, 2015 Police investigating officer-involved shooting near Hayward CA BART;
- December 25, 2015 Police: 3 killed, 7 wounded in Chicago holiday weekend shootings
- December 25, 2015 San Jose Man Dies In Christmas Morning Downtown Stabbing CBS Local
- December 25, 2015 Person struck, killed on train tracks in Malvern PA 6abc.com
- December 25, 2015 Two dead after Christmas early morning nighttime shooting outside SW Houston nightclub .
- Syria Zahran Alloush, founder of Islamist rebel group Jaysh al-Islam (army of Islam), the group's deputy leader, and other officials die in Russian airstrikes (The News Hub) (BBC) (Irish Independent)
- Southern California man accused of burning woman alive on Christmas Day after domestic fight arrested
- Christmas Eve danger: Troops attacked, kill 3 terrorists as tourists flock to Bethlehem Fox News
- Cornell Bans Public Jewish And Christian Decorations Notable Quotable: Inclusive Holidays at Cornell
- Inclusive Holiday Practices at Ohio State Removed After Confusion
- 3 dead, several injured in non-terrorist Southern California crash into pedestrians at Church after Christmas service foxnews
- CMPD identifies man shot in officer-involved Christmas Eve shooting at Northlake Mall
- Nigeria gas plant explosion: 'Tens' dead, says Buhari BBC News
- State Police investigating fatal shooting of man opening fire on officers by Lansing Michigan police
- One killed, another injured in Bridgeport CT Christmas Eve not terrorist mass shooting at bystanders
- Baby delivered on Chicago West Side after pregnant mom killed by hit-run driver
- One killed, another injured after man asks for tire air then mass shooting fired at Dallas tire shop WFAA
- Man arrested after Wasau Weston Wisconsin stabbing Wausau Daily Herald
- Authorities searching for suspect after deadly Phoenix AZ casino shooting
- Teen dead in shooting between rivals in the Bronx New York Post
- December 24, 2015 update 1 injured, suspect found dead November 20, 2010 Lance Leeroy Arellano Utah Park Ranger Shooting Case Eagle scout college student finds remains of man who shot a Utah park ranger in 2010 and eluded a massive desert manhunt
Daily Misfortune Tuesday, December 22, 2015 ---
Daily Misfortune Monday, December 21, 2015 ---
- 6 killed 6 wounded 2015 Bagram motorcycle suicide bombing A suicide-bomb attack on a joint Afghan-U.S. patrol near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan
- Taliban forces surround police when t hey overrun the Sangin District in Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province (FRANCE 24)
- At least three rockets hit the capital Kabul, near diplomatic zone and U.S. embassy building, and presidential palace complex. (Reuters) (RT)
- Terrorism in Kenya, War in Somalia At least two people are killed in a attack, near the north-eastern village of El Wak in Mandera County near the Somali border. A group of Kenyan Muslims traveling on a bus ambushed by suspected Al-Shabaab insurgents, protected Christian passengers by refusing to be split into groups, according to eyewitnesses. (BBC)
- Iraqi Civil War (2014–present), Around 20 people, including civilians and Islamic State militants, are killed in airstrikes on Mosul in northern Iraq. (Reuters)
- 2015 PKK rebellion
- Fighting continues to rage between the Turkish Army and PKK militants across southeastern Turkey, at least 115 PKK militants have been killed since December 15. (The Guardian)
- Armenia–Russia relations Russia reinforces the joint Armenian-Russian run Erebuni Airport, home to the Russian 3624th Air Base, with six attack and transport helicopters. (Radio Free Europe)
- Slovenian same-sex marriage referendum, 2015 Slovenian voters reject a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in the country with only 36% of registered voters supporting it, while over 63% of voters voted against the bill. (CNN)
- Dec 21 3 wounded in mass shooting outside event center Chesapeake VA no connection to terrorism.
- Dec 21 1 dead, 1 critical in wrong way for unknown reasons Camry head-on collision on I-10 Florida
Daily Misfortune Sunday, December 20, 2015 ---
- Fake bomb clock invention diverts Air France flight to Kenya en route to Paris CBS News
- Police: Woman stabbed, killed in S. Phoenix azcentral.com
- Donald Trump: There's No Proof Putin Killed Journalists NBCNews.com
- Hezbollah Militant, Reluctantly Freed by Israel, Is Killed in Syria New York Times
- Los Angeles suspect killed in car crash and deputy-involved shooting at Palmdale Taco Bell
- Chicago : two wounded – one critically – in Bucktown shooting near nightclub Chicago Sun-Times
- Teen killed, 4 wounded in Wilmington NC gang-related drive-by shooting WWAY
- Territorial disputes in the South China Sea, China–Vietnam relations
- Syrian Civil War Israeli involvement in the Syrian Civil War An Israeli Air Force missile-strike on Jaramana in southern Syria kills prominent Lebanese Hezbollah militant, Samir Kuntar, and eight National Defence Force (NDF) personnel. Kuntar was the longest serving Lebanese prisoner in Israel until his release in 2008. (Reuters)
- 73 killed Syria Airstrikes, apparently from Russian jets, kill scores in rebel-held Idlib hitting a busy market place, several government buildings, and residential areas. (Reuters)
- Twenty-two buildings collapse after a landslide hit an industrial park in Shenzhen, China, leaving at least 59 people missing. (PTI via The Economic Times)
- At least one dead, 16 injured after Greyhound bus hits car crashed into barrier in Texas | Fox News
- Las Vegas not terrorist black woman who want others to feel her pain with toddler in back hit and run jumps curb multiple times mowing down sidewalk pedestrians for no apparent motive Las Vegas Strip: Driver hits dozens on sidewalk CNN.com
- Man arrested on weapons charges after woman is shot near Rochester MN RCTC college
Daily Misfortune Saturday, December 19, 2015 ---
- Iraq updates the death toll from Friday's friendly fire airstrike near Fallujah to 10 (The Washington Post)
- PKK conflict The Turkish army says 69 Kurdish insurgents and two Turkish soldiers were killed in four days of fighting in Cizre and Silopi, near the Syrian and Iraqi borders, in southeast Turkey. (Reuters)
- A car bomb explosion outside a shopping mall in the Somali capital Mogadishu kills at least three and injures at least eight. The al Qaeda-linked Al Shabaab militants claim responsibility. (Reuters) (CNN)
- Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber announces criminal proceedings are underway against an unnamed Islamic Central Council of Switzerland (ICCS) board member for spreading jihadist propaganda. ICCS reports the individual is their head of multimedia, Naim Cherni, who released a videotape of his trip to Syria which included interviews with Islamist leaders. (Reuters) (Deutsche Welle) (Blick)
- December 19, 2015 1 injured 2 suspects charged Man, Woman Charged With Beating Blind Off-Duty Salvation Army Bell Ringer With Kettle in NY
Daily Misfortune Friday, December 18, 2015 ---
- Firefighters respond to fire after explosion in a Las Vegas home KVVU
- Lockdown lifted after shooting near Shreveport elementary school KPLC
- Yemen Two ballistic missiles are fired from Yemen at Saudi Arabia, one of which is intercepted by the kingdom's air defences, while the other missile lands near the city of Najran (AFP via AhramOnline)
- Territorial disputes in the South China Sea A U.S. B-52 long-range bomber on a routine mission over the South China Sea mistakenly flew within two nautical miles in the disputed Spratly Islands (The Guardian)
- 1 killed 9 injured Iraq airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition hit Iraqi forces as the army engaged militants in poor weather conditions south of the city of Fallujah. (The Washington Post)
- Syria suspected Russian airstrikes kill 32 civilians, half of them women and children, (The Times of Israel) (Sky News)
- Romania NATO's Aegis Ashore Ballistic Missile Defense System becomes partly operational at Romania's Deveselu airbase (AP via Yahoo News), (RT)
- Syrian Civil War Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War NATO allies agree to send aircraft and ships to strengthen Turkey's Syrian border air defenses and avoid incidents similar to November's downing of a Russian jet. (Reuters)
- Turkish security forces kill 23 suspected members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party
- Niger's president Mahamadou Issoufou announces that an attempted coup,
- American-led airstrikes kill at least 180 Islamic State fighters while local Kurdish forces repel an assault by 300 heavily armed militants in northern Iraq. (The Washington Post)
- As many as 36 miners die in a pair of accidents in Northeast China. (AP via ABC News)
- Nineteen workers trapped by Wednesday's gas explosion and raging fire in a coal mine in Hegang in Heilongjiang privince are not expected to survive because of carbon monoxide and the high temperatures from the fire, according to the rescue and command office's Zhang Qinxiang. Thirty-three miners escaped. (MINING.com)
- A fire caused by sparks from welding equipment kills 17 workers in the Xingli coal mine in Huludao city in Liaoning province. The State Administration of Work Safety reports 13 miners died at the site while four died at the hospital. Another ten miners are hospitalized. (Xinhua)(AP via The Washington Post)
- Japanese journalist Tatsuya Kato is acquitted by a South Korean court of defamation charges resulting from questions he raised about South Korean President Geun-hye Park's whereabouts during the Sewol ferry disaster. (The Chosun Ilbo) (Voice of America)
- War in Afghanistan U.S. Navy covered up a Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) report on Afghan detainee abuses. resulted in the death of a 24-year old married Afghan detainee with a new baby
- Russian President Vladimir Putin calls Donald Trump, an "absolute leader" in the race for the presidency. (ABC News)
- North Carolina's Camp Lejeune evacuated after bomb threats called in New York Daily News Camp Lejeune in North Carolina was partially evacuated because of multiple bomb threats
- Preston shopping centre 'bomb': Homemade device deliberately planted in restroom bin blows up Mirror.co.uk - A homemade bomb deliberately planted in a city centre bin 'went off' today
Daily Misfortune Wednesday, December 16, 2015 ---
- Man dies in SE Portland Ore shooting
- Ferndale High School evacuated after student gets Snapchat bomb threat
- Suspect suicide charging with knife injured in deputy-involved shooting in Camarillo CA
- December 15, 2015 Man detained after fatal shooting, stabbing in Opa-locka FL
- Colorado Springs police investigate bomb threat at Comcast office
- Syed Rizwan Farook and wife Tashfeen Malik made private, not open posts on social media regarding radical Islamic jihad or martyrdom prior to the attack, according to FBI (Los Angeles Times)
- 2015 Chattanooga shootings FBI Director Comey also announces the five military shooting deaths last July in Chattanooga, Tennessee, are now officially classified as a terrorist attack. (AP via ABC News) (Los Angeles Times)
- An Air India technician is killed at Mumbai Airport in India after being sucked by an Air IndiaAirbus A319's aircraft engine during pushback. (Press Trust of India via Business Standard) (CNN)
- Taiwan United States announces a deal to sell $1.83 billion worth of arms to Taiwan, which includes two decommissioned U.S. Navy frigates, Assault Amphibious Vehicles, and surface-to-air missiles. (BBC News) (Financial Times) (RT)
- Islamic Military Alliance Pakistan says it was surprised to learn of the country's inclusion in Saudi Arabia's so-called "Islamic anti-terrorist alliance"
- Latvia–Russia relations Latvia's State Border Guard begins the construction of a border fence that will cover almost a third of the Latvia–Russia border in an effort to keep out migrants who attempt to illegally cross the border from Russia. (Business Insider)
- Japan's Supreme Court upholds a 19th-century law that requires married couples to have the same surname, but struck down another law that barred women from remarrying within six months of a divorce as unconstitutional. (The Guardian)
- The North Korean (DPRK) supreme court convicts and sentences South Korea-born Canadian pastor Hyeon Soo Lim to hard labor for life for trying to overthrow the DPRK and undermine the country's social system. Lim's relatives said he's traveled to North Korea more than 100 times since 1997, to help people, but not for any particular political purpose. Lim, from the Light Korean Presbyterian Church in Toronto, has been in custody since February. (Reuters) (Xinhua News Agency) (The Guardian)
- A bank in Minnesota (U.S.) is robbed by the same person a second time while an Iowa television station was doing a live update on the first robbery. The robber was arrested shortly afterwards. (Associated Press)
- After the jury fails to reach a unanimous decision, a Baltimore, Maryland, judge declares a mistrial in the trial of police officer William Porter, the first officer to be charged in the death of Freddie Gray. (NBC News) (ABC News)
- About 100 men in more than 50 machine gun-mounted trucks kidnap at least 26 Qataris, including members of the royal family, from a hunting camp in Iraq near the Saudi border. (Sky News)Politics and elections
- Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is punched in the face by a teenager during a People's Party campaign event in the city of Pontevedra.(The Guardian)
Daily Misfortune Tuesday, December 15, 2015 ---
- San Bernardino Valley College closed Tuesday following bomb threat KABC-TV
- Activists: Nigeria Military Killed Hundreds of Shiites ABC News
- Hoax Jihadist Threat E-mail from Germany to NYC, Los Angeles Closes all schools to 640,000 students in LA emails were largely identical and had been routed through a server in Frankfurt, apparently by the same person. (BBC News)
- HANDS UP DON’T SHOOT Gets Named One of the Biggest Lies of 2015
- CNN: House passes No visa waver for Iraq, Syria, Iran and the Sudan
- Seattle: Issaquah construction worker flagging traffic hit by suspected hit and run car KIRO
- At least 30 people are killed after Boko Haram militants attack three villages in Nigeria's northeast Borno state. (AFP via Yahoo)
- ISIL France's Air Force carries out their first cruise-missile strikes targeting Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant installations in Iraq
- Saudi Arabia announces the formation of a 34-member Islamic Military Alliance against terrorism including Egypt, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Malaysia and Pakistan with a joint operations centre based in Riyadh.(SBS) (BNO News)
- Nuclear program of Iran The United Nations finds Iran's firing of a medium-range ballistic missile in October violated a June 2010 resolution banning the Islamic Republic from launches capable of delivering nuclear weapons but not the July nuclear deal
- The U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Board of Governors decides, by consensus unopposed, to close its investigation into whether Iran once had a secret nuclear weapons program. The IAEA will continue to police Tehran's activities. (The News Telegraph) (Reuters)
- A Baltimore, Maryland deadlocked jury was told by the trial judge to resume deliberations after closing arguments in the first trial of police officer William Porter, charged in the death of Freddie Gray.
- United Kingdom police arrest a 21-year-old man in Berkshire in the hacking of Hong Kong-based electronic toy maker VTech. Details of more than six million people from servers used to support VTech's learning products app store were compromised. (BBC) (Digital Trends)
Daily Misfortune Monday, December 14, 2015 ---
- Asian principal bans all use of 'Christmas' and 'Santa Claus' – and Thanksgiving will be replaced by 'harvest festival'
- Secret US Policy Blocks Agents From Looking at Social Media of (terrorist) Visa Applicants,
- Yemen Two commanders from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates killed, with dozens of Saudi, Emirati, Sudanese and Yemeni troops in ballistic missile attack by Houthi forces
- Metrojet Flight 9268 Egypt has not found any evidence of terrorism, contrary to Russia
- 15 injured Israeli-Palestinian conflict (2015) A Palestinian rams his car into a bus stop in Jerusalem before shot dead by police; fourteen people, including a toddler, are injured in the attack. (Ynet News) (The Times of Israel)
- Syrian Civil War The Syrian Army backed by Hezbollah fighters retakes a key airbase on the eastern outskirts of Damascus. The Marj al-Sultan airbase had been under rebel control since November 2012. (BBC)
- 7 killed 2015 PKK rebellion At least seven people are killed in clashes between Turkish security forces and Kurdish protesters across southeast Turkey
- The Seattle City Council unanimously votes to give Uber, Lyft, and other contract drivers the power to unionize.
- At least 41 people are dead after an Argentine National Gendarmerie bus crashes near the city of Salta in north-west Argentina. (BBC), (AP via ABC News America)
- Censorship in China Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang goes on trial in Beijing for online social commentary critical of the ruling Communist Party. (AP)
- United States Army sergeant Bowe Bergdahl will face a court martial on charges of misbehavior before the enemy and desertion related to his capture by the Taliban-aligned Haqqani network in Afghanistan in June 2009. (AP via ABC News America)
- A Palestinian man from eastern Jerusalem, Muhammad Abu Kaf, is indicted by Israeli prosecutors on eight counts of incitement to violence or terror for posting a video on Facebook calling on people to stab Jews. (Ynet News)
- Bomb in Market Kills 12 in Pakistani Tribal Region
- A man carrying an ax was shot and killed by a University North Texas police officer
- Stabbing attempt in Kiryat Arba Israel terrorist shot
- War in North-West Pakistan At least 25 people are killed and dozens injured in a bombing at a second-hand clothes market in the city ofParachinar in the Kurram Valley.
- Syrian Civil War Syrian rebels fire volleys of mortar shells into Damascus, killing three people and wounding at least 30. Government forces respond with airstrikes
- Arab-Israeli man who served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has joined Islamic State militants in Syria. (Reuters)
- 2015 Burundian unrest The U.S. State Department issues a travel advisory for Burundi
- Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli Air Force planes hit two Hamas targets in Gaza in retaliation for rocket fire from the Palestinian territory. (Ynet News) (The Times of israel)
- At least 23 patients are killed and 23 injured in a psychiatric hospital fire of unknown cause in the Voronezh Oblast in westernRussia.
- European migration crisis Germany Angela Merkel says, "We want to noticeably reduce the number of people who come to us, but not through unilateral national measures alone."
- Russia–Turkey relations A Russian warship fires warning shots at a Turkish vessel in the Aegean Sea to "avoid a collision",
- Saudi Arabian municipal elections, 2015 Unofficial results show at least 17 Saudi Arabian women won municipal council 979 women were candidates.
- Central African Republic constitutional referendum, 2015 clashes erupt in the capital Bangui's PK5 Muslim neighborhood, killing at least two and injuring over 20.
- 2015 protests in Brazil Tens of thousands of Brazilians protest in cities around the country to demand that Congress impeachPresident Dilma Rousseff.
- In Wake Of Mass Shootings, Police Shoot, Kill Suicidal Suspect "good boy" Andrew Joseph Todd Armed 2 handguns and machete threatening Christmas shoppers at E Stroudsburg PA WalmartJury in St. Croix stabbing trial stops for night, will resume Sunday
- Aurora Colorado stabbing suspect dies after being shot by officer
- Shops at NJ Riverside mall evacuated after bomb threat
- Iraq suicide bomber attacks an Iraqi Army post in Al Anbar Governorate on the border with Saudi Arabia, killing at least six guards. (Ahram Online)
- Syrian Civil War Sixteen people are killed and many more injured by a car bomb and a second, delayed explosion Syria's government-controlled area of Homs (Reuters) (EuroNews)
- 2015 Burundian unrest Burundi's army reports 87 people, including eight government defenders, were killed, and 45 attackers captured in Friday's clashes at three military sites in Bujumbura. (Reuters) (AFP via Global Post)
- Nigerian soldiers kill at least 12 people and injure dozens more in a clash with followers of Shi'a cleric Ibrahim Zakzaky's Islamic movement in the northern town of Zaria. (EagleOnline) (AP) (Premium Times)
- War in Afghanistan (2015–present) Battle of Kunduz The United Nations mission in Afghanistan reports 289 civilians were killed (301 with MSF update) and 559 injured during fighting in Kunduzbetween Taliban militants and Afghan National Security Forces in September and October. The U.N. says these numbers include casualties from the friendly-fire attack on the Doctors Without Borders hospital and noted the totals were likely to rise as more information becomes available. (Reuters) (Radio Free Europe)
- Kunduz hospital airstrike After two months of investigations, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) announces the death toll from the U.S. airstrikes on its Kunduz Trauma Centre has risen from 30 to 42. MSF says 14 MSF staff were killed, as well as four caretakers and 24 patients. Also, MSF delivered a petition to the White House this week, signed by 547,000 people, calling for an independent investigation into the US airstrike.(The Guardian) (Daily Mail)International relations
- North Korea's all-female Moranbong Band, which was formed by leader Kim Jong-un, surprisingly cancels tonight's concert at Beijing's National Centre for the Performing Arts, and two others and returns to Pyongyang. Rumors for the sudden change abound, but no reason has been given. The sudden cancellation could hurt Chinese-North Korean relations, cooler since between Kim assumed power in 2011. (AP via Huffington Post)(Reuters via Asian Times)Law and crime
- A Wisconsin gun shop, which a jury found negligently sold the gun an assailant used to injure two Milwaukee police officers to a straw buyer, reaches a $1 million settlement with the officers. (AP via seattlepi.com) (Reuters)Politics and elections
- President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia declares the country an Islamic republic. (The Guardian)
- Saudi Arabian municipal elections, 2015 Voters in Saudi Arabia go to the polls for municipal elections, with women voting and standing for election for the first time. Seventeen women are elected to office. (Los Angeles Times), (NBC News)
- Robertson, Nicholas shot, killed by police in Lynwood California. Protesters call for no justice, no peace after man was shot after firing a gun in the air and turned it towards deputies walking through a residential area.
- (RT) Moroccan authorities issue arrest warrant for Paris attack suspect Abdeslam
- Burundi attacks leave 12 insurgents killed, 20 arrested – military (RT) Five soldiers were also wounded when assailants tried to storm military bases to seize weapons to free people held in prison, spokesman Gaspard Baratuza said. Soldiers earlier said at least five soldiers were killed in the attacks, in addition to several attackers.
- Tunisia reopens Libya border 2 weeks after ISIS suicide bombing (RT) Border crossings were closed after a November 24 attack on a bus carrying presidential guards
- 8 killed in attacks on two Burundi military camps in Bujumbura (RT) Five attackers and two soldiers were killed in the assault by people in civilian clothing at 4am Since April, when Nkurunziza’s candidacy was announced, at least 240 people have been killed in protests and assassinations.
Daily Misfortune Wednesday, December 9, 2015 ---
- 1 killed: Israeli–Palestinian conflict (2015) Israeli soldiers have shot dead a Palestinian teenager during a raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank town of Bethlehem. (Al Jazeera)
- Retreat: Syrian Civil War Rebel militants have begun evacuating the last militant-held district in Syria’s western city of Homs (Press TV)
- 37 victims killed 9 attackers killed 35 injured: Afghanistan Taliban attack on Kandahar military Airport results in at least 37 civilian and Security personnel dead and 35 injured. (Reuters)
- 1 arrested Australian Federal Police raid the Sydney home of Craig Steven Wright suspected founder of Bitcoin – in relation to possible tax offences. (ABC News Australia)
- A group of mayors and officials from American cities such as Philadelphia, and New York City say if they had their way would ban Donald Trump from their cities for his comments on Muslims. (NBC)
- Russia halts work on Turkey’s first nuclear power plant – report (RT) as relations between Moscow and Ankara have soured
- Trump to meet Netanyahu in Israel (RT) US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will travel to Israel to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on December 28
- Turkey military strikes PKK targets in cross-border offensive in northern Iraq (RT)
- US consulate in Istanbul partially closed due to ‘security threat’ (RT)
- 'Nazi Bride' Beate Zschaepe Breaks Her Silence at Murder Trial NBC News - Carlo Angerer Germany's so-called "Nazi Bride " broke her silence Wednesday
- Defense set to call witnesses in Freddie Gray cas AP - Juliet Linderman, David Dishneau Defense attorneys are set to begin their presentation in the manslaughter trial of a Baltimore police officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray.
- San Bernardino Terrorist Studied Local High School as target Breitbart Investigators have found multiple photographs of a local high school on the cell phone belonging to San Bernardino terrorist Syed Farook.
- Photo shows room moments before Calif. rampage CBS News Newly-released photo shows county employee receiving an award moments before the deadly attack...
- Muslim Americans quickly raise $100,000 for the families of the San Bernardino shooting victims The Week In just four days, Muslims United for San Bernardino raised five times its fundraising goal.
- New Spotlight on Bedroom Radicalization AOL Recent events, like the shooting in San Bernardino, have investigators concerned about so-called "bedroom," or self-radicalization.
- FBI director: US facing greatest threat from terrorist groups since 9/11 CNN Washington (CNN) FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday that the U.S. is at its greatest threat level from terrorist groups since 9/11.
- San Bernardino Shooters Radicalized Before They Met: FBI Director KTLA
- FBI: San Bernardino Jihadis 'Radicalized Before Dating' no evidence arranged marriage by jihadists
- FBI director: Greatest threat from terror since 9/11 KSBW The Central Coast
- San Bernardino Attackers Were Radicalized Before Meeting, FBI Director Says NPRSan Bernardino attackers talked 'about jihad and martyrdom' in 2013 Washington Post
- San Bernardino shooters began plotting attack before their marriage, FBI chief ... Los Angeles Times
- Company Prosper Loaned Over $28K to San Bernardino Shooter Newsweek The online lender Prosper recently loaned $28,500 to Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik
- San Bernardino Suspects Spoke of Attacks in 2013, FBI Says
- Investigators looking into possibility Tashfeen Malik was a spy 'operative' Fox News
- Palestinian shot dead after wounding two Israelis in West Bank stabbing -army Thomson Reuters
- August 9, 2014 murder December 9, 2015 update arrest Police: 1 arrested in 2014 slaying of New York rabbi AP
- Technical Computer and Science Degrees Ideal For Terrorists - Half college grad, half engineering "
- WashTimes: Jeb Bush Suggests Trump Part of Conspiracy to Ensure Clinton Presidency
- NBC: San Bernardino Shooters Practiced for Attack a Year in Advance
- FBI: San Bernardino Shooters Radicalized Before They Met
- 2 Dead, 2 Injured in Police working security Involved Shooting at Tallahassee Mexican Restaurant Bart WCTV
- Dec 9 Four people injured in Northfield apartment holding home made pipe bomb not terrorist explosion
- Gun groups agree to move mock mass shooting event off University of Texas campus
- December 9, 2015 1 killed 1 arrested, looks like but isn't terrorist Tofte Minnesota Bluefin Bay Resort employee shoots, kills entertainer at Christmas party
- December 9, 2015 Diplomat's son charged with raping 13-year-old Bronx girl New York Daily News
- dec 9 Suspect in Colorado Planned Parenthood Rampage Declares 'I'm Guilty' in Court “I’m a warrior for the babies.”
- dec 9 Bomb squad detonates IED in backpack device at Vicksburg Miss. school 2 bomb makers arrested
- Dec 9 update Children of Brooklyn man who pleaded guilty to stabbing their mom to deat
- Police Recently Shut Down and Searched Three Mosques in Paris finding AK-47 ammo, ISIS propaganda
- December 9, 2015 1 killed, 1 arrested, no apparent link to terrorism. Murder of American Sondra Elizondo Medical Aid Co-Founder in Costa Rica
- 2015 San Bernardino attack A $28,500 deposit was made to Syed Farook’s bank account two weeks before he and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, carried out the San Bernardino massacre (SBS) (Fox News)
- According to the FBI, the couple that perpetrated the attack had long been radicalized, and had been practicing at a target range days before their murder spree.(New York Times)
- FBI agents found an empty GoPro package, shooting targets, and tools inside a car belonging to the mother of San Bernardino mass-shooter Syed Farook. (Daily Mail)
- Iraqi Civil War (2014–present) Iraqi officials say the country's forces have managed to retake large parts of the key city of Ramadi from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants. (Press TV)
- Military intervention against ISIL U.S. television network NBC has calculated that ISIS and its sympathizers killed 525 people in six attacks in six countries outside its alleged caliphate since October 10, 2015. (NBC)
- War in Afghanistan (2015–present) Several Taliban insurgents storm into Kandahar International Airport and engage Afghan security forces in a firefight. (Al Jazeera)
- Yemeni Civil War (2015) Saudi-led coalition airstrikes, targeting Houthi rebels battling pro-government fighters, killed and wounded dozens in the port city of Mocha, according to Yemenisecurity officials. Around 35 fighters on both sides were killed in the battle over a key military base near the city of Taiz. (AP via Miami Herald)
- Syrian Civil War Russian military intervention For the first time, Russia strikes Islamic State targets in northern Syria with 3M-54 Klub (Kalibr) cruise missiles launched from a Kilo-class submarine in theMediterranean, according to the Russian Minister of Defence, Sergey Shoygu. (RT)
- Rebels in Homs and the Syrian government agree to a local ceasefire that is to include the withdrawal of opposition fighters
- Sinai insurgency Four Egyptian security personnel are killed and another four are injured by a roadside bomb near the border town Rafah in the Sinai Peninsula.
- The United States agrees with Singapore on a first deployment of the U.S. P8 Poseidon surveillance aircraft in Singapore this month
- The prime ministers of Britain and France joined condemnation around the globe of U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s call for a “total and complete ban” on Muslims entering the United States. (The Washington Post)
- Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump early Tuesday rejected criticism of his call to "shut the door" on Muslims entering the U.S. during a heated round of interviews in which he said he was not worried about being compared to Hitler. (The Hill)
- U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power says the United States is investigating reports that Iran launched a medium-range ballistic missile in November, and if confirmed, will bring the issue to the U.N. Security Council and seek appropriate action. (Reuters)
- 1 arson, no suspect found December 8, 2015 Suspicious Fire After Nazi Tagging Causes Damage to Somali-Owned Grand Forks Coffee Shop
Daily Misfortune Monday, December 7, 2015 ---
- Free Beacon: Been Six Successful Act of Islamic Terror on American Soil Since 9/11, five under Obama 1. Los Angeles International Airport 2002 Mohamed Hadayet 2. recruiting center in Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 1st, 2009, when Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad 3.August 5, 2009, in Fort Hood, Texas. Nidal Hasan 4.April 15, 2013, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. 5. July 16, 2015, when Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez in Chattanooga, Tennessee. 6. San Bernardino
- FOUR JIHADISTS ARRESTED Over Plot to Kill Pope Francis Hoft Four Islamic terrorists were arrested in Italy and Kosovo over a plot to murder Pope Francis. ISIS magazine Dabiq singled ...
- Head-on collision in Benton Maine claims life of man Bangor Daily News
- Dec 7, 2015 Bosphorus serial murders Neo Nazis Targeting Turks and Muslims in Germany --- Many questions remain in NSU trial ahead of Zschäpe testimony
- Syria says U.S.-led military coalition airstrike on a Syrian Army camp in the eastern Deir ez-Zor Governorate, killed three Syrian soldiers and wounded 13 others, US believes it was Russia. (Reuters) (AP)
- The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: 26 civilians have been killed in suspected U.S.-led coalition airstrikes near the ISIL-controlled town of Al-Hawl in Syria. (BBC)
- Iraqi Civil War (2014–present) Turkey refuses to withdraw its forces from northern Iraq Turkey says the troops are there as part of an international mission to train and equip Iraqi forces to fight against the Islamic State but it never invited (Reuters)
- Pollution in China Beijing's city government issues its first red alert for pollution, ordering schools to close, halting outdoor construction, and restricting car use due to hazardous air quality. (CNN)
- A blaze, sparked by a quick succession of between 15 and 20 gas cylinder explosions, in the Kandivali suburb of Mumbai, India, kills at least two and injures 11 while destroying around 1,000 hutment homes. (Sky News) (The Hindu)
- Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu accuses Russia of provoking military gestures as a sailor aboard a Russian naval vessel wielded a rocket launcher as the ship passed through the Bosphorous Strait (Reuters)
- Iran's Cyber Police Chief announces the arrest of some 53 people for allegedly running websites supportive of the Islamic State militant group. (Reuters)
- The United States Department of Justice will investigate the Chicago, Illinois police department. in wake of video of shooting death of Laquan McDonald.
- December 7, 2015 murder Brooklyn man murdered at Popeye's Chicken over 20 yr old China garbage feud after chance encounter at wedding New York Post
- December 6, 2015 Mountain View CVS pharmacy evacuated in bomb scare; no bomb found
- December 6, 2015 Club worker questioned after shooting men who followed him home after confrontation, shooting in South Philadelphia
- San Bernadino threat warning from Iraq Intelligence
- December 6, 2015 Armed carjacker with 2 pistols runs into coffee shop killed in shootout with Seattle police
- Seattle masked anti-racist anarchist marchers break windows, smash KIRO news van, move through Capitol Hill
- Asian man wanted in connection to fatal shooting of teenage Seattle WA woman
- Witnesses describe Camaro chase, crashes and shootout in Seattle WA Ravenna
- Personal WIFI name "have bombs" delays Seattle Sea-Tac flight, sparks bomb concerns
- Seattle Bellevue pedestrian in sitting on roadway struck by police officer late night
- San Bernardino shooters had been radicalized 'for some time,' went to shooting ranges before attack Los Angeles Times
- Yemen governor of Yemen's southern Aden Governorate, along with six guards, are killed by a suicide bomber in the port city of Aden by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- Syria air strikes in Syria's Raqqa province, believed to be carried out by U.S.-led coalition warplanes, leaves at least 32 Islamic State fighters killed and 40 more wounded.
- Iraq government gives Turkey 48 hours to withdraw its forces from northern Iraq
- Basic income Finland's government plans to give all its citizens, rich or poor, a monthly payment of €800, with no strings attached.
- A collision between a train and a minibus in Jakarta kills 14 people. (Channel News Asia)
- Germany's vice-chancellor, Sigmar Gabriel, accuses Saudi Arabia of financing Islamic extremism
- 2015 San Bernardino shooting President Barack Obama called the San Bernardino shootings, Fort Hood and Chattanooga "an act of terrorism designed to kill innocent people". (LA Times)
- Venezuelan Democratic Unity Roundtable won control of legislature from the ruling Socialists for the first time since 1998 in setback for the socialist revolution started 17 years ago by the late Hugo Chávez
- Iraqi Civil War (2014–present) The Government of Iraq calls on Turkey to withdraw its troops from northern Iraq, near the Islamic State-controlled city of Mosul.
- Islamist insurgency in Nigeria Three suicide bombers at Lake Chad kill at least 30 people and injure at least 80 others. Three women carried out the attack
- December 5, 2015 1 arrested 3 injured: Muhaydin Mire London Subway "This is for Syria" stabbings
- A bombing of people gathered at Kantajew Temple in Bangladesh leaves 10 injured. (India Today)
- America's largest seven-day newspaper, The New York Times, breaking with the tradition that front pages belong to the news department, publishes Saturday morning's edition with the first front page editorial since 1920. The editorial calls for tighter gun control laws after the shootings in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and San Bernardino, California, over the past eight days. (The New York Times), (The Washington Post), (The Guardian)
- Floods cut off power to the intensive care unit of a Chennai hospital leaving eighteen patients dead. (AP via ABC News)
- Residents in India’s southern Tamil Nadu State grapple with the aftermath of the worst deluge in decades, a disaster that claimed 280 lives, according to the official death toll. More than half of Chennai's 859 city areas remain under water in the flat, coastal city of six million. The National Disaster Response Force's Rekha Nambiar said, “Rescue work is over. We are focused on relief now." (Malay Mail), (The Gulf Today)
- A person blown into the path of a bus by high winds in London dies. (BBC)
- 32 killed An offshore oil platform operated by Azerbaijan's state energy company SOCAR catches fire in the Caspian Sea killing 32 workers. (CBC News), (The Daily Mail)International relations
- December 5, 2015 HCMC Doctor Found Dead on I-94 | KSTP TV - Minneapolis and St. Paul
Daily Misfortune Friday, December 4, 2015 ---
- Fugitive of Paris attacks recruited 2 men at Budapest train station amid refugee crisis rt O
- 12 killed Afghanistan (2015–present) At least 12 people are killed in a mortar attack in Afghanistan's Wardak province. (Tolo News)
- 2015 San Bernardino shooting Tashfeen Malik, the female suspect in the San Bernadino, California shootings reportedly pledged allegiance to ISIL online. " (BBC) Officials still baffled about motive
- Sixteen people are killed after apparent terrorist attack as firebomb is thrown into a restaurant in the Egyptian capital of Cairo. (Reuters)
- 2 males arrested in BB gun incident near NE Philadelphia school
- Several hurt in 4-vehicle (wrong way?) crash in New Hanover Twp.
- 2 killed 1 injured Russia: Police car bursts into flames under gunfire in 3 car attack on cash vehicle in St. Petersburg, 2 officers reported killed RT
- ISIL Germany's will six of its 29 operational, yet aged, Tornado reconnaissance aircraft, and as many as 1,200 soldiers to support the coalition missions
- The Obama Administration and the International Rescue Committee ask a federal judge to reject attempts by Texas to block Syrian refugees from resettling in the state. Later, theTexas Attorney General withdraws the state’s December 2, 2015, request for a temporary restraining order. (The New York Daily News), (AP via The Washington Post)
- dec 4 Officer hospitalized after accidentally rear ended by another driver crash in South Philadelphia 1:30 a.m. Friday officer's cruiser was apparently rear-ended by another car
- December 4, 2015 1 killed Man accused of New Orleans Kenner workplace shooting told co-worker of his plan,
- California Mass Shooting Possibly Related to Terrorism: US President Carnage at a California social services centre, possibly linked to Islamic terrorism President Obama said this morning "it is possible that this was terrorist-related," San Bernardino Jihadis Recruited by Islamic State Social Media Ambassadors breitbart.com
- Workers escape serious injury after TX gas refinery plant explosion
- Public Defender questions San Francisco police shooting, killing suspect on video
- dec 3 Chicago: Darien Walmart shooting after argument injures 1, suspect at large, police say
- 1 injured Michigan: man seriously hurt in legal marijuana propane heating explosion destroys storage units
- Denver VA patient accused of taking nurse hostage AP
- AG Lynch vows to investigate racist persection of clock boy and prosecute 'anti-Muslim' speech WND.com
Daily Misfortune Wednesday, December 2, 2015 ---
- Syria Russia expands it military forces in Syria to an additional airbase that can accommodate fixed-winged military aircraft and added S-400 surface-to-air missiles
- Yemeni Al-Qaeda militants seize control of Zinjibar, capital of Yemen's southern Abyan Governorate (CNN)
- West Africa Cameroon’s army, backed by a regional taskforce, has killed at least 100 members of the militant Islamist Boko Haram group and freed 900 people it had held hostage (The Guardian), (Yahoo news)
- 2015 South Indian floods Days of heavy rain in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu causes floods with many areas in the city of Chennai under water. The death toll from rain-related incidents has reached 188. (The Hindu)
- Four men, alleged jihadists from Kosovo are arrested, three in Italy and one in Kosovo, for making nonspecific threats against Pope Francis who celebrated the November 2015 Paris attacks. (The Independent, via MSN)
- PASADENA, CALIFORNIA: SWAT RESPONDING TO SITUATION SAID TO NOT BE RELATED TO SAN BERNARDINO SHOOTINGS
- 14 killed 18 injured December 2, 2015 San Bernardino Domestic Islamist Terrorist Mass Shooting
- December 2, 2015 Woods, Mario brandishing kitchen knife shot approaching police California (San Francisco) Woods, a suspect in the stabbing and wounding of a man the same day, was allegedly armed with a kitchen knife while he was confronted by at least five police officers in Bayview-Hunters Point. A video captured by a bystander showed Woods having his arms towards his sides and slowly walking towards one officer and away from four other officers. One officer stepped towards Woods, and opened fire. At least fifteen shots were fired by the officers.[4]
Daily Misfortune Tuesday, December 1, 2015 ---
- December 1, 2015 Bomb explodes near Istanbul subway, mayor says
- Dec 1 2 killed, 2 injured in shooting riding on Challenger hood on Detroit's east side
- 1 dead in Los Angeles Sheriff Dept deputy-involved shooting after man points gun at them in Norwalk
- Bronx former cop arrested in New Jersey after critically stabbing wife, fleeing with daughter .
- Bomb threat forced evacuations at Stockton Walmart
- Bomb threat at Stockton area Lodi elementary school
- MARTA police arrest homeless man after fight turns into shooting at Atlanta College Park rail station
- 1 killed Hermitage PA man dead after argument in early Tuesday morning shooting
- Dec 1 update Planned Parenthood Shooting Suspect Robert Dear Targeted Agency Before: Ex-Wife
- Yemen Dozens of Houthi fighters killed seizing Saudi military and destroying two U.S.-made M1 Abrams tanks and three Bradley vehicles. (Reuters)
- Allied Democratic Forces Uganda Congo insurgency U. N. attack helicopters launched strikes against positions of Allied Democratic Forces.
- So called "White Student Unions" begin springing up at several Australian universities, (News Corp Australia)
- Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 find crew error was responsible for the crash (Channel News Asia) (Sky News)
- Death of Jennifer Laude A Philippine Olongapo City Regional Trial Court convicts U.S. Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton of homicide over the death of a transgender Filipina woman.(Rappler) (Buzzfeed) (BBC)
- Nov 29 murder December 1, 2015 shooting Mickell Bailey prime suspect in the slayings of three people in rural Canada was shot by the police
- 1 injured, suspect charged December 1, 2015 Wareham Mass man who veered to hit car and pedestrian standing in parking lot was intoxicated, suspended license police say
- December 1, 2015 Woman struck by vehicle in Redmond WA
- December 1, 2015 Pickup hydroplanes, accidentally slams into WA trooper's parked cruiser
- December 1, 2015 2 dead, 9 injured in Burlington County reckless speeding passing Passat crossing center kamikaze head-on school bus crash
- Nov 30 murder December 1, 2015 arrest Standoff tied to Des Moines Iowa double killings ends in arrest
- December 1, 2015 Wrong-way Salt Lake City Utah driver investigated for DUI after entering wrong way ramp, head-on crash on I-215
- December 1, 2015 1st of 2 Hal County GA school bus vehicle crashes in 2 days
- December 1, 2015 Lexington KY police investigating shooting at college student housing
- December 1, 2015 Dayton Ohio Police respond to shooting on St. Nicholas Ave. WDTN
- December 1, 2015 Woman, man sitting in car wounded in double shooting on Milwaukee's north side
- December 1, 2015 rescue Missing 15-Year-Old Girl Lured on Internet Was Held Captive In Christopher David Schroeder Home 3 Weeks And Repeatedly Raped: Cop Inside Edition
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