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The 2010 Portland car bomb plot involved an incident in which Mohamed Osman Mohamud (born 1991), a Somali-American student, was arrested in an FBI sting operation on November 26, 2010, after attempting to set off what he thought was a car bomb at a Christmas tree lighting in Portland, Oregon.
Liberty Bell refers to one of two replicas in Portland, Oregon, United States, of the original Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. The first replica was purchased in 1962, and installed in the rotunda of City Hall in 1964. On November 21, 1970, it was destroyed in a bomb blast that also damaged the building's east portico.
Stephen Paul Paster (born November 1948) is an American from Bronx, New York who has been widely alleged to be a member of the Jamaat ul-Fuqra. [1] [2] [3] [4]On July 29, 1983, Paster planted and exploded three pipe bombs at the Hotel Rajneesh, a Portland, Oregon hotel then owned by followers of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.
Bombing 0 1 Portland, Oregon: Bombing of the City Hall of Portland, Oregon in an attempt to destroy the state's bronze Liberty Bell replica. The late night explosion destroyed the display foyer, blew out the building doors, damaged the council hall, and blew out windows more than a block away. The night janitor was injured in the blast.
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Brandon Mayfield (born July 15, 1966) is an American Muslim based in Washington County, Oregon, who was detained in connection with the 2004 Madrid train bombings on the basis of a faulty fingerprint match.
A group identifying themselves as US military veterans joined protesters outside a federal courthouse in downtown Portland, Oregon, and created a “Wall of Vets” to protect protesters from ...
The light switch was flipped by mayor Sam Adams, city commissioner Nick Fish, "Santa Claus", and Pioneer Courthouse Square president Phil Kalberer. Security was increased because of the car bomb plot in 2010 as well as possible demonstrations by Occupy Portland. [4] The 2012 event also had a sing-along. [5]