Most wealthy people embrace conservative ideas Right extremist groups will always be with us
#1 Adnan Darwash
Posted 16 August 2011 - 10:42 AM
Many people have been shocked by the scale of the crime committed by Mr Anderes Behring Breivik on July 22, 2011 that left scores of young people dead at Oslo and Utoya Island. But others have expected and warned about the eventuality of such a crime, not necessarily in Oslo, but in a number of other European countries where a large number of right-wing (Racists and White Supremacists) organisations are encouraging members to hoard weapons in order to defend themselves against potential threat from Muslim takeover of their own countries. In addition to their political activities, these organisations are currently involved in recruiting former soldiers and Special Forces members from Belgium, Holland, France, Italy, Serbia, UK, Australia, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand, and sending them to work as mercenaries.
This will help to generating income (e.g. a monthly payment of up to $US30000 in Iraq), to gaining experience and to getting a chance to kill Muslims in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya or on ships near the Somali coast.
The agendas of these organisations which include; conservative anti-liberal Christianity, Patriotic slogans and anti-Islamic rhetoric appeal to the security forces, to members of the armed forces, to the intelligence service, to businessmen and to politicians. It is for this reason that hundreds of crafty armed people like Mr Beivik are not stopped and searched in the streets or their homes broken in by police in London, Berlin or Paris but security efforts are usually directed toward dark-skinned youth committing petty crimes.
Furthermore, these groups can easily get financial support from wealthy people the way Hitler was financed by the German industrialists; the likes of Krupp, Thyssen, Flick, Rheinmetal, A.G. Farben and Kraussmafei. The security forces in Europe are capable of eliminating all armed groups if they wanted to. In the recent past, the Germans R.A.F and the Italian Red Brigades were crushed while their members were either imprisoned or killed.
President Eisenhower had warned against warmongers taking over the White house. He was right, as Presidents Johnson, Nixon,Reagan and the two Bushes were financed by the arm industries and special interests and have all declared wars and expanded the Pentagon, DIA, NASA and CIA budgets. Unfortunately or fortunately, Iraq was on the receiving end twice.
Adnan Darwash, Iraq Occupation Times
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OSLO (Reuters) - A bomb killed seven people in Norway's capital Oslo on Friday and a gunman opened fire at a youth camp on an island, police said.
Police said they believed the bombing and the shooting were connected, but could not immediately confirm Norwegian media reports that several people at been killed at the youth camp.
A Reuters witness said several army soldiers had taken up position around the center of the city.
With police advising people to evacuate central Oslo, apparently in fear of more attacks, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg told Norwegian TV2 television in a phone call that the situation was "very serious." He said that police had told him not to say where he was speaking from.
The bomb ripped through the main government building in the normally sleepy Norwegian capital in mid-afternoon, killing seven people, police said, and injuring many more.
"It exploded -- it must have been a bomb. People ran in panic...I counted at least 10 injured people," said bystander Kjersti Vedun, who was leaving the area of the blast in Oslo.
Shortly afterwards, a gunman opened fire at the island of Utoeya north-west of Oslo, where Stoltenberg's Labour party youth section's annual gathering was taking place.
Daily newspaper VG said on its website a man dressed as a policeman had been shooting wildly and had hit many people.
Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV2 said several people had been killed in the shooting spree.
There was no clear claim of responsibility and while the attacks appeared to bear the hallmarks of an Islamist militant assault, analysts said it was too early to draw any conclusions.
NATO member Norway has been the target of threats before over its involvement in conflicts in Afghanistan and Libya.
The attack came just over a year after three men were arrested on suspicion of having links to al Qaeda and planning to attack targets in Norway. It came also less than three months after U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden in a raid on his hideout in Pakistan.
A Reuters witness said he had seen soldiers taking up positions around central Oslo, while police said they feared there might be explosives at the youth camp.
Violence or the threat of it has already come to the other Nordic states: a botched bomb attack took place in the Swedish capital Stockholm last December and the bomber was killed.
Denmark has received repeated threats after a newspaper published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in late 2005, angering Muslims worldwide.
The Oslo blast tore at the facade of the 17-storey central government building, blowing out most of the windows and scattering shards of metal and other debris for hundreds of meters (yards).
The building of a publisher which recently put out a translation of a Danish book on the Mohammad cartoon controversy was also affected, but was apparently not the target.
The blast scattered debris across the streets and shook the entire city center at around 3:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. EDT). A Reuters witness saw eight people injured, one covered in a sheet and apparently dead.
MOST VIOLENT "SINCE WORLD WAR TWO"
The Reuters correspondent said the streets had been fairly quiet in mid-afternoon on a Friday in high summer, when many Oslo residents take vacation or leave for weekend breaks.
"This is a terror attack. It is the most violent event to strike Norway since World War Two," said Geir Bekkevold, an opposition parliamentarian for the Christian Peoples Party.
The district attacked is the very heart of power in Norway, with several other key administration buildings nearby.
Nearby ministries were also hit by the blast, including the oil ministry, which was on fire. Nevertheless, security is not tight given the lack of violence in the past.
The failed December attack in Stockholm was by a Muslim man who grew up in Sweden but said he had been angered by Sweden's involvement in the NATO-led force in Afghanistan and the Prophet Mohammad cartoons.
That attack was followed weeks later by the arrest in Denmark of five men for allegedly planning to attack the newspaper which first ran the Mohammad cartoons.
In July 2010, Norwegian police arrested three men for an alleged plot to organize at least one attack on Norwegian targets and said they were linked to individuals investigated in the United States and Britain.
John Drake, senior risk consultant at London-based consultancy AKE, said: "It may not be too dissimilar to the terrorist attack in Stockholm in December which saw a car bomb and secondary explosion shortly after in the downtown area.
"That attack was later claimed as a reprisal for Sweden's contribution to the efforts in Afghanistan."
Political violence is virtually unknown in a country known for awarding the Nobel Peace Prize and mediating in conflicts, including in the Middle East and Sri Lanka.
(Additional reporting by Gwladys Fouche in Oslo, Peter Apps and William Maclean in London and Patrick Lannin in Stockholm; Writing by Myra MacDonald; editing by Mark Trevelyan)
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FACTBOX-Key facts about Norway
22 Jul 2011 18:03
Source: reuters // Reuters
July 22 (Reuters) - A large bomb devastated the main government building in central Oslo on Friday, killing seven people. About two hours later a gunman fired shots at people attending a Labour Party youth camp on an island near Oslo, causing several casualties.
Here are some facts about Norway and its capital, Oslo.
-- Norway is one of the world's biggest oil and gas producers and its population of 4.9 million benefit from a generous welfare system.
-- Oslo is one of the world's most expensive cities and Greater Oslo has a population of 1.4 million, making it the fastest growing city in Europe because of increased immigration.
-- NATO member Norway has previously been the target of threats, but not bombs, notably over its involvement in conflicts in Afghanistan and Libya. Political violence is virtually unknown in the country.
-- Norway was one of the first European states to signal its willingness to implement a U.N. resolution aimed at protecting Libyan civilians. It deployed six F-16 fighters to fly missions over the country but said it would scale back its role once its three-month commitment ended on June 24.
-- Norway has played a key mediating role in the Middle East peace process, broking the Oslo Accords. It also brokered a 2002 ceasefire between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka and in 2005 it helped hammer out a peace deal between north and south Sudan.
-- Around 88 percent of Norwegians are Lutheran Christians while two percent are Muslims.
-- Oslo is home to the Nobel Peace Centre and a Norwegian committee awards the Nobel Peace Prize.
-- Founded in 1048 by King Harald Hardrade, Oslo is built in a horseshoe shape on the edge of Oslofjord and surrounded by forest. Its northern latitude means it has over 18 hours of sunlight each day in midsummer and only six hours in midwinter.
-- Famous Norwegians include playwright Henrik Ibsen, artist Edvard Munch and explorers Roald Amundsen and Thor Heyerdahl. (Writing by Sophie Hares)
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More than 30 dead in double terrorist attack in Norway as car bomb blast hits government office block and 'blonde Norwegian' man opens fire at youth summer camp
1.30pm: Massive car bomb explosion kills at least seven in Oslo
3.30pm: Between 25 and 30 dead as man disguised as police officer opens fire on island youth meeting Norwegian prime minister was due to attend
Eyewitnesses say bodies floating in the sea around the island
Man arrested on the island was 6ft tall, had blonde hair and spoke Norwegian - reports he was shot and wounded before being detained
Police fear explosives may have been laid at camp
Unknown group called 'Helpers of the Global Jihad' said to have posted message saying this is reaction to publication of Muhammed cartoons
Islands residents told not to reveal their location on Twitter or Facebook
British Foreign Minister William Hague condemns 'horrific' attack
Oslo Mayor: 'Wish I were on island to be shot instead of children'
Police believe the two attacks may be linked and can not say whether there was more than one shooter on island
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Victim: Woman covered in blood is led away from the scene following the explosion this afternoon
Victim: Woman covered in blood is led away from the scene following the explosion this afternoon
Norway came under a double attack today in what is being described as the worst atrocity it has faced since the Second World War.
Terrorists are believed to be responsible for a massive car blast at a government office block in the capital Oslo and a man disguised as a police officer opened fire on an island hosting a youth summer camp.
It has not been confirmed if it was a coordinated attack or the island gunman was acting alone - but Oslo police believe the two incidents may indeed be linked.
They said they were still trying to get an overview of the Utoya massacre and could not say whether there was more than one shooter.
More than 30 were killed - seven in Oslo and between 25 to 30 on Utoya Island, 50 miles north of the capital - where the prime minister Jens Stoltenberg had been due to attend the youth Labour Party event.
He announced that he was safe, speaking on the phone to Norwegian TV station TV2 and said his thoughts were with the victims of the families.
The death toll continued to rise even after the island terrorist's arrest.
The man arrested is reported to be 6ft tall, blonde and spoke Norwegian.
Simen Braende Mortensen, a guard on the boat to Utoya Island, told VG newspaper he saw a man, aged between 30 to 40-years-old, in a police uniform and bulletproof vest drive on to the boat in a silver van.
He apparently had a pistol and a rifle with telescopic sight, had a Norwegian look and spoke in a common eastern dialect.
It is reported he said he had been sent to beef up security following the Oslo bombing, and was shot and wounded before being arrested.
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Utter devastation in the centre of the Norwegian capital Oslo as victims are treated in the streets strewn with debris
Utter devastation in the centre of the Norwegian capital Oslo as victims are treated in the streets strewn with debris
A seriously injured female victim is carried away from the scene by police officers
A seriously injured female victim is carried away from the scene by police officers
Smoke billows from a 17-storey government building after a powerful explosion rocked central Oslo
Smoke billows from a 17-storey government building after a powerful explosion rocked central Oslo
A man lies injured in the road amid wreckage from the blast as emergency service personnel rush to help him A man lies injured in the road amid wreckage from the blast as emergency service personnel rush to help him
The wreckage of a car lies outside government buildings in the centre of Oslo. Police have confirmed the blast was caused by a bomb
The wreckage of a car lies outside government buildings in the centre of Oslo. Police have confirmed the blast was caused by a bomb
UTOYA EYEWITNESSES SPEAK OUT:
Andre Scheie told Norwegian broadcaster NRK he saw between 20 to 25 bodies at the youth camp where a gunman dressed in a police uniform opened fire.
He said he saw bodies on the shore of the Utoya island where the youth wing of the Labour Party was holding a summer camp for hundreds of youths.
He said: 'There are very many dead by the shore ... there are about 20-25 dead." He also said he saw dead people in the water.
Emilie Bersaas, 19, told Sky News that when the shooting started people started running and screaming.
She hid under her desk for two hours as her building was hit by gunfire.
She said: 'People are very shaken up as we do not know who is fine and who is not. There are a lot of people I do not know anything about.
'It was terrifying - at one point, the shooting was very close to me and hit the building I was in. The people in the next room screamed loudly.'
Some people fled the attack by swimming away from the island and others locked themselves in buildings but reports emerged that explosives may have been set around the area.
Up to 700 people are believed to be on the island, mostly teenagers aged between 14 - 18.
They have been warned not to reveal their location on social media networks, such as Twitter and Facebook, for fear they could be the victims of future attempts.
Victims of the first blast were still being treated as news of the second incident filtered through.
Mr Stoltenberg, who was advised by security officials not to reveal his location, told journalists: 'There is a critical situation at Utoya and several ongoing ops as we speak.
'Co-workers have lost their lives today... it's frightening. That's not how we want things in our country.
'But it's important that we don't let ourselves be scared. Because the purpose of that kind of violence is to create fear.'
Also police were this afternoon were investigating reports of a suspicious package at broadcaster TV2 in the capital.
At least 15 people were injured in the initial attack in Oslo. It is known that seven were being treated at Oslo University Hospital.
The tangled wreckage of a car was seen outside one Government building with officers investigating whether it was responsible for the blast and carrying a fertiliser nitrate device.
The attack occurred opposite the offices of the Norwegian prime minister whose windows were blown out by the force of the explosion.
Dozens of victims lay injured amid the wreckage and many were carried away from the scene bleeding.
Escape: This footage apparently shows three people swimming away from the island of Utoya which was targeted by a gunman
Escape: This footage apparently shows three people swimming away from the island of Utoya which was targeted by a gunman
Camp: A number of children were gunned down in the attack on Utoya island
Camp: A number of children were gunned down in the attack on Utoya island
An aerial view of Utoya Island
An aerial view of Utoya Island where the second attack took place today
Utoya island is 50 miles from the capital of Norway Oslo
Utoya island is 50 miles from the capital Oslo where the summer camp was taking place
Trick: A man dressed as a policeman opened fire on children at a summer camp (pictured) on the island of Utoya
Trick: A man dressed as a policeman opened fire on children at a summer camp (pictured) on the island of Utoya
Utoya Summer Camp
Utoya Summer Camp
Targeted: Hundreds of children were at a summer camp, which is held every year (as pictured here) on the island of Utoya
All roads into the city centre have been closed, and security officials evacuated people from the area, fearing another blast.
Fortunately, it was a public holiday and the offices were less busy than during a normal weekday.
'It exploded - it must have been a bomb. People ran in panic and ran. I counted at least 10 injured people,' said Kjersti Vedun, who was leaving the area.
An NRK journalist, Ingunn Andersen, said the headquarters of tabloid newspaper VG had also been damaged.
Passersby rush to help a a victim of the blast lying injured in the street
Passersby rush to help a a victim of the blast lying injured in the street
Rescue teams lead away a victim on a stretcher following the blast in Oslo
Rescue teams lead away a victim on a stretcher following the blast in Oslo
Devastation: More rescue workers pick their way through the wreckage to rescue victims
Devastation: More rescue workers pick their way through the wreckage to rescue victims
Explosion: The remains of a building caught up in the blast
Explosion: Rescue workers leave a building after searching for survivors following reports people were trapped in a building
Thomas Winje/AFP/Getty Images
The Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was not in the city at the time and is unharmed, it has been reported
Debris: Police and rescue workers tend to a wounded person caught up in the blast
Debris: Police and rescue workers tend to a wounded person caught up in the blast
Rescue officials tend to a wounded man lying in the street moments after the blast
Rescue officials tend to a wounded man lying in the street moments after the blast
'I see that some windows of the VG building and the government headquarters have been broken. Some people covered with blood are lying in the street,' she said.
'It's complete chaos here. The windows are blown out in all the buildings close by.'
Eyewitness Craig Barnes was behind the Government building that was struck.
He told Sky News: 'I'm still shocked, I can't believe it. I've got no words, I'm shaken up. Quite a few people are injured. It has shocked everyone and its a major holiday here. Everyone leaves here for two weeks from today.'
The Mayor of Oslo, Fabian Stang, said he did not believe Norway could have been attacked and initially hoped the explosion in the city had been caused by an accident.
He told Sky News he 'wished he could have been there' so that he could have stood 'in front of the young people and ask the gunman to shoot me instead.'
Foreign Secretary William Hague said the UK stood 'shoulder to shoulder' with Norway.
The statement of support came as diplomats sought to check whether any British nationals were caught up in the carnage.
Mr Hague said: 'I send my deepest condolences to all those who have lost relatives or been injured in today's horrific bomb blast in Oslo.
'Our Embassy stands ready to provide assistance to any British nationals who may have been caught up in the attack.
'We condemn all acts of terrorism. The UK stands shoulder to shoulder with Norway and all our international allies in the face of such atrocities.
'We are committed to work tirelessly with them to combat the threat from terrorism in all its forms.'
The attack came just over a year after three men were arrested on suspicion of having links to Al Qaeda and planning to attack targets in Norway.
Violence or the threat of it has already come to the other Nordic states: a botched bomb attack took place in the Swedish capital Stockholm last December and the bomber was killed.
Denmark has received repeated threats after a newspaper published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in late 2005, angering Muslims worldwide.
The failed December attack in Stockholm was by a Muslim man who grew up in Sweden but said he had been angered by Sweden's involvement in the NATO-led force in Afghanistan and the Prophet Mohammad cartoons.
That attack was followed weeks later by the arrest in Denmark of five men for allegedly planning to attack the newspaper which first ran the Mohammad cartoons.
In July 2010, Norwegian police arrested three men for an alleged plot to organise at least one attack on Norwegian targets and said they were linked to individuals investigated in the United States and Britain.
Debris covers the area outside a building in the centre of Oslo with hundreds of windows shattered
Debris covers the area outside a building in the centre of Oslo with hundreds of windows shattered
John Drake, senior risk consultant at London-based consultancy AKE, said: 'It may not be too dissimilar to the terrorist attack in Stockholm in December which saw a car bomb and secondary explosion shortly after in the downtown area.
'That attack was later claimed as a reprisal for Sweden's contribution to the efforts in Afghanistan.'
NATO member Norway has sometimes in the past been threatened by leaders of al Qaeda for its involvement in Afghanistan.
It has also taken part in the NATO bombing of Libya, whose leader Muammar Gaddafi has threatened to strike back in Europe.
Political violence is virtually unknown in a country known for awarding the Nobel Peace Prize and mediating in conflicts, including in the Middle East and Sri Lanka.
David Lea, Western Europe analyst at Control Risks, said: 'There certainly aren't any domestic Norwegian terrorist groups although there have been some Al Qaeda-linked arrests from time to time. They are in Afghanistan and were involved in Libya, but it's far too soon to draw any conclusions.'
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Ethnic Norwegian believed behind deadly Friday attacks
Topic: Deadly bombing, shooting in Norway
The man opened fire at random at the camp hosted by the ruling Labor Party on an island near Oslo on Friday afternoon.
The man opened fire at random at the camp hosted by the ruling Labor Party on an island near Oslo on Friday afternoon.
© REUTERS/ TV2 Norway via Reuters TV
06:06 23/07/2011
MOSCOW, July 23 (RIA Novosti)
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The man arrested on Friday after at least 17 people were killed in two separate attacks in Norway is an ethnic Norwegian and is unlikely to have links to any international terrorist organizations, Norway's public broadcaster NRK said.
The two attacks carried out late on Friday - a bomb explosion at a government headquarters in Oslo and a shooting at a youth summer camp near the capital- sparked allegations that radical Islamists or terrorist groups were behind the bloodshed.
But police sources said Anders Behring Breivik, the 32-year-old Oslo resident, who was arrested on the Utoya island after killing at least 10 people at the youth camp, was likely to belong to right-extremist groups in eastern Norway, the TV2 channel said.
Friday's attacks came unexpected for Norway, the home of the Nobel peace prize and one of the world's most prosperous and stable societies.
At least seven people were killed when what seems to be a car bomb exploded on Friday afternoon at the government headquarters in central Oslo that hosts the office of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. Some two dozen people were injured, but the prime minister was unharmed.
Just hours after the attack on Oslo, Breivik, disguised as a police officer, opened fire at random at the youth camp. Police confirmed only ten deaths, but witnesses were quoted by media reports as saying they had seen at least 20 dead bodies at the camp.
A car containing explosives, which is believed to belong to Breivik, has been found on the Utoya island, police said.
Breivik has been questioned by police who have also searched his house to the west of Oslo. A Freemason, he is said to have been active on an Islam-critical website, according to NRK.
Norwegian Justice Minister Knut Storberget said police did not know whether the man acted alone or there were others involved in the attack.
The 32-year-old's picture has been posted on the internet. It shows a blond, grey-eyed man with a small beard dressed in a black sweater over an orange shirt.
Breivik was once registered to have run a company cultivating "vegetables, melons, roots and tubers" - an industry where you can also get access to large amounts of chemical fertilizers, which can be used in explosives, NRK said.
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Ethnic Norwegian believed behind deadly Friday attacks
Topic: Deadly bombing, shooting in Norway
The man opened fire at random at the camp hosted by the ruling Labor Party on an island near Oslo on Friday afternoon.
The man opened fire at random at the camp hosted by the ruling Labor Party on an island near Oslo on Friday afternoon.
© REUTERS/ TV2 Norway via Reuters TV
06:06 23/07/2011
MOSCOW, July 23 (RIA Novosti)
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The man arrested on Friday after at least 17 people were killed in two separate attacks in Norway is an ethnic Norwegian and is unlikely to have links to any international terrorist organizations, Norway's public broadcaster NRK said.
The two attacks carried out late on Friday - a bomb explosion at a government headquarters in Oslo and a shooting at a youth summer camp near the capital- sparked allegations that radical Islamists or terrorist groups were behind the bloodshed.
But police sources said Anders Behring Breivik, the 32-year-old Oslo resident, who was arrested on the Utoya island after killing at least 10 people at the youth camp, was likely to belong to right-extremist groups in eastern Norway, the TV2 channel said.
Friday's attacks came unexpected for Norway, the home of the Nobel peace prize and one of the world's most prosperous and stable societies.
At least seven people were killed when what seems to be a car bomb exploded on Friday afternoon at the government headquarters in central Oslo that hosts the office of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. Some two dozen people were injured, but the prime minister was unharmed.
Just hours after the attack on Oslo, Breivik, disguised as a police officer, opened fire at random at the youth camp. Police confirmed only ten deaths, but witnesses were quoted by media reports as saying they had seen at least 20 dead bodies at the camp.
A car containing explosives, which is believed to belong to Breivik, has been found on the Utoya island, police said.
Breivik has been questioned by police who have also searched his house to the west of Oslo. A Freemason, he is said to have been active on an Islam-critical website, according to NRK.
Norwegian Justice Minister Knut Storberget said police did not know whether the man acted alone or there were others involved in the attack.
The 32-year-old's picture has been posted on the internet. It shows a blond, grey-eyed man with a small beard dressed in a black sweater over an orange shirt.
Breivik was once registered to have run a company cultivating "vegetables, melons, roots and tubers" - an industry where you can also get access to large amounts of chemical fertilizers, which can be used in explosives, NRK said.
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At least 87 people killed in two Norway attacks - police
Topic: Deadly bombing, shooting in Norway
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Youth kamp on the Utaya island near Oslo (1) and government headquarters (2) were hit by deadly terrorist attacks
Youth kamp on the Utaya island near Oslo (1) and government headquarters (2) were hit by deadly terrorist attacks
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06:13 23/07/2011
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At least 87 people were killed on Friday in twin attacks on Norway, police said.
“There has never been a similar situation like this in Norway,” the NRK TV channel quoted police chief Oystein Maeland as saying during a news conference. “It’s a black day for Norway. This is an event of a catastrophic scope.”
At least 80 people have been killed in a shooting at a youth summer camp on the Utaya island near Oslo, Maeland said. He said the figure may rise further.
“We have no adequate record of the number of injured now,” the police chief said. “Many of those seriously injured are under treatment.”
The death toll from a bomb attack on a government headquarters in Oslo stands at 7. The mayor's office told CNN about 90 people had been injured in the attack.
A 32-year-old ethnic Norwegian who opened fire at the youth camp has been arrested. He is also believed to have been behind the Oslo bombing.
The man, an Oslo resident, is believed to belong to right-extremist groups in eastern Norway. He is unlikely to be linked to any international terrorist organizations, police said.
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Norway shooter traumatises nation, up to 98 dead
23 Jul 2011 22:08
Source: reuters // Reuters
* Police say investigating possible second gunman
* Death toll in shootings, bombing could reach 98
* Detained Norwegian suspect has far-right anti-Islam views
* Suspect bought fertiliser apparently for Oslo bomb
(Adds details of suspect, quotes from PM, Obama, details)
By Gwladys Fouche and Victoria Klesty
SUNDVOLLEN, Norway, July 23 (Reuters) - Norwegian police searched for more victims and a possible second gunman on Saturday after a suspected right-wing zealot killed up to 98 people in a shooting spree and bomb attack.
Anders Behring Breivik, 32, was arrested after Friday's massacre of young people on a tiny forested holiday island that was hosting the annual summer camp for the youth wing of Norway's ruling Labour party.
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, sharing the shocked mood in this normally safe, quiet country of 4.8 million, said: "A paradise island has been transformed into a hell."
Breivik, a Norwegian, was also charged with the bombing of Oslo's government district that killed seven people hours earlier. If convicted on the terrorism charges, he would face a maximum of 21 years in jail, police said.
Breivik had belonged to an anti-immigration party and wrote blogs attacking multi-culturalism and Islam, but police said he had been unknown to them.
A video on the YouTube website promoting a fight against Islam apparently shows pictures of Breivik, wearing a wetsuit and pointing an automatic weapon.
The district attacked in Oslo is the heart of power in Norway. But security is not tight in a country unused to such violence and better known for awarding the Nobel Peace Prize and mediating in conflicts, including the Middle East and Sri Lanka.
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Witnesses said the gunman, wearing a police uniform, went on a prolonged shooting orgy on Utoeya island northwest of Oslo, picking off his prey unchallenged as youngsters scattered in panic or jumped in the lake to swim for the mainland.
A police SWAT team eventually arrived from Oslo, 30 km (19 miles) away, to seize Breivik after nearly 90 minutes of firing, acting police chief Sveinung Sponheim told a news conference.
"We don't know yet" if he acted alone, Sponheim said, adding that Breivik had surrendered immediately and had confessed. He defended the time it took to arrive, saying there were delays with getting a boat.
"THIS IS PURE EVIL"
Sponheim said 85 people were known to have died in the shooting and seven in the Oslo bomb blast. The overall death toll could reach 98 if some missing people proved to have died.
Police gave no figure for the number wounded in Norway's worst violence since World War Two.
On Saturday night, the prime minister toured damaged buildings in central Oslo and said that he could not rule out that more bodies might be inside.
"There are still people missing ... one cannot rule out anything. This is evil. This is pure evil," he said. A chunk of debris fell off a building as he stood in the street.
Labour Party youth member Erik Kursetgjerde described the panic on Utoeya when the gunman began shooting.
"I heard screams. I heard people begging for their lives and I heard shots. He just blew them away. I was certain I was going to die," Kursetgjerde, 18, told Reuters outside a hotel in the nearby town of Sundvollen, where many survivors were taken.
"People ran everywhere. They panicked and climbed into trees. People got trampled."
The killer, dressed as a policeman, "would tell people to come over: 'It's OK, you're safe, we're coming to help you.' And then I saw about 20 people come towards him and he shot them at close range," he said.
Kursetgjerde said he ran and hid between cliffs, then swam into the lake and nearly drowned. "Someone (in a boat) rescued me. They saved my life."
Norwegian NRK television showed blurred pictures taken from a helicopter of a man, apparently in police uniform, standing with his arm outstretched amid numerous victims, some prone on the rocky shore, others floating in the water.
"This lasted for hours," Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere told a news conference, describing the killings on the island northwest of Oslo where about 600 young people had gathered.
The bloodbath was believed to be the deadliest attack by a lone gunman anywhere in modern times.
Police combed the island and the lake, even using a mini-submarine to search the water, police inspector Bjoerne Erik Sem-Jacobsen told Reuters. "We don't know how many people were on the island, therefore we have to search further."
U.S. President Barack Obama called Stoltenberg on Saturday to offer U.S. condolences over the killings and pledged assistance if needed.
The suspect, tall and blond, owned an organic farming company called Breivik Geofarm, which a supply firm said he had used to buy fertiliser -- possibly to make the Oslo bomb. Forensic experts scoured the facility for evidence on Saturday.
"These are goods that were delivered on May 4," Oddny Estenstad, a spokeswoman at farm supply chain Felleskjoepet Agri, told Reuters. "It was 6 tonnes of fertiliser, which is a small, normal order for a standard agricultural producer."
It was not clear if Breivik, a gun club member according to local media, had more than one weapon or whether he had stocked ammunition on Utoeya, where police found explosives.
Initial speculation after the Oslo blast had focused on Islamist militant groups, but it appears that only Breivik -- and perhaps unidentified associates -- was involved.
FAR-RIGHT VIEWS
Officials pointed to Breivik's far-right views. "I think it's appropriate to underline that politically motivated violence that Norway has seen in the modern age has come from the extreme rightist side," Stoere, the foreign minister, said.
Breivik's Facebook page was blocked, but a cached version describes a conservative Christian from Oslo.
The profile veers between references to lofty political philosophers and gory popular films, television shows and video games. The Facebook account appears to have been set up on July 17. The site lists no "friends" or social connections.
Breivik's profile lists interests including hunting, political and stock analysis, with tastes in music ranging from classical to trance, a hypnotic form of dance music.
The Norwegian daily Verdens Gang quoted a friend as saying Breivik became a right-wing extremist in his late 20s. It said he expressed strong nationalistic views in online debates and had been a strong opponent of multi-culturalism.
Survivors described scenes of terror as the gunman stalked his victims, many of whom were confused by his police uniform.
"It was total chaos ... I think several lost their lives as they tried to get over to the mainland," said Jorgen Benone.
"I saw people being shot. I tried to sit as quietly as possible. I was hiding behind some stones. I saw him once, just 20, 30 metres away from me. I thought 'I'm terrified for my life', I thought of all the people I love.
Stoltenberg flew by helicopter to a hotel in the nearby town of Sundvollen where many survivors were being counselled and interviewed by police. Relatives converged on the hotel to reunite with their loved ones or to identify their dead.
"A whole world is thinking of them," the prime minister said, his voice cracking with emotion.
Norwegian King Harald, Queen Sonja and Crown Prince Haakon also visited the hotel to comfort survivors and their families.
About 10 policemen guarded Breivik's registered address in a four-storey red brick building in west Oslo.
(Additional reporting by Walter Gibbs, Anna Ringstrom, Victoria Klesty, Henrik Stoelen and Ole Petter Skonnord in Oslo, William Maclean in London and Patrick Lannin in Stockholm; Writing by Alistair Lyon; Editing by Jon Boyle and Peter Millership)
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Norway gunman deems killings "atrocious","necessary"
24 Jul 2011 07:08
Source: reuters // Reuters
* Lawyer says client willing to talk in court
* Police defend speed of response to massacre
* Police say investigating possibility of second gunman
* Detained man has far-right anti-Islam views
By Victoria Klesty and Gwladys Fouche
SUNDVOLLEN, Norway, July 24 (Reuters) - A Norwegian right-wing fanatic who killed at least 92 people believes his acts were atrocious but necessary, his lawyer said, as the nation mourned victims of its worst attacks since World War Two.
Police were investigating on Sunday whether a possible second gunman took part in the shooting massacre and bomb attack on Friday that traumatised a normally peaceful Nordic country.
But they also defended the speed of their response to the second stage of the attack when the gunman was able to shoot unchallenged for a prolonged period on an island outside Oslo, shortly after the huge bomb went off in the capital.
In his first comment via a lawyer since he was arrested, 32-year-old Anders Behring Breivik expressed willingness to explain himself in court at a hearing likely to be held on Monday about extending his custody.
"He has said that he believed the actions were atrocious, but that in his head they were necessary," lawyer Geir Lippestad told independent TV2 news, adding that his client admitted to both the shootings and the bombing.
Police said Breivik gave himself up to armed officers when they arrived on the small island of Utoeya in a lake about 42 km (26 miles) northwest of Oslo where at least 85 people were gunned down. Most were teenagers and young adults attending a summer camp of the youth wing of Norway's ruling Labour Party.
About 650 people were on the island when the gunman, wearing a police uniform according to witnesses, opened fire. Police said it took them one hour to stop the massacre from when they first received information about the shootings, the worst by a single gunman in modern times.
RESPONSE TIME
"The response time from when we got the message was quick. There were problems with transport out to the island," police chief Sveinung Sponheim said, defending the delay.
Witnesses said the gunman picked off his victims at will, forcing youngsters to scatter in panic or to jump into the lake to swim for the mainland.
Breivik was also arrested for the bombing in Oslo's government district that killed seven people hours earlier. Norway's toughest sentence is 21 years in jail. Police believe Breivik drove to Utoeya after the explosion in the capital.
Survivors, relatives of those killed and supporters planned a procession to mourn the dead at Sundvollen on Sunday, near the island where the massacre took place.
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King Harald is due to attend a service in Oslo cathedral, a few hundred metres (yards) from where a bomb devastated government buildings including the offices of Labour Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
Police said they were seeking several missing people and the toll could rise to 98, in the worst case.
Lippestad, speaking late on Saturday, did not give more details of possible motives by Breivik.
Breivik hated "cultural marxists", wanted a "crusade" against the spread of Islam and liked guns and weightlifting, web postings, acquaintances and officials said.
A video posted on the YouTube website showed several pictures of Breivik, including one of him in a scuba diving outfit pointing an automatic weapon.
"Before we can start our crusade we must do our duty by decimating cultural marxism," said a caption under the video called "Knights Templar 2083" on the YouTube website, which took down the video on Saturday.
A Norwegian website provided a link to a 1,500 page electronic manifesto which says Breivik was the author. It was not possible to verify who posted the video or wrote the book.
"Once you decide to strike, it is better to kill too many than not enough, or you risk reducing the desired ideological impact of the strike," the book said.
IMMIGRATION
Norway has traditionally been open to immigration, which has been criticised by the populist Progress Party, of which Breivik was a former member. The Labour Party, whose youth camp Breivik attacked, has long backed multi-culturalism to accommodate Norway's different ethnic communities.
About 100 people stood solemnly early on Sunday at a makeshift vigil near Oslo's main church, laying flowers and lighting candles. Soldiers with guns and wearing bullet-proof vests blocked streets leading to the government district.
"We are all in sorrow, everybody is scared," said Imran Shah, a Norwegian taxi driver of Pakistani heritage, as a light summer drizzle fell on unusually empty Oslo streets.
"At first, people thought Muslims were behind this," he said, referring to some initial suspicions that the attacks might have been by Al Qaeda, perhaps in protest at NATO-member Norway's role in Afghanistan or Iraq.
Some terrified survivors of the shooting rampage said bullets came from at least two sides.
"We are not at all certain" about whether he acted alone, police chief Sponheim said. "That is one of the things that the investigation will concentrate on."
"I heard screams. I heard people begging for their lives and I heard shots. He just blew them away," Labour Party youth member Erik Kursetgjerde, 18, told Reuters.
"I was certain I was going to die," he said. "People ran everywhere. They panicked and climbed into trees. People got trampled."
Breivik, tall and blond, owned a farming company called Breivik Geofarm, which a supply firm said he had used to buy fertiliser -- possibly to make the Oslo bomb.
Home-grown anti-government militants have struck elsewhere in the past, notably in the United States, where Timothy McVeigh killed 168 people with a truck bomb in Oklahoma City in 1995.
The district attacked is the heart of power in Norway. But security is not tight in a country unused to such violence and better known for awarding the Nobel Peace Prize and mediating in conflicts, including the Middle East and Sri Lanka. (Additional reporting by Walter Gibbs, Anna Ringstrom, Henrik Stoelen, Terje Solsvik, Patrick Lannin, Johan Ahlander, Wojciech Moskwa, John Acher and Ole Petter Skonnord in Oslo, William Maclean in London; Writing by Alister Doyle; Editing by Matthew Jones/David Stamp)
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Norway police say killer behind 1,500 page anti-Islamic manifesto
By Reuters
Published: July 24, 2011
A combination of images grabbed on Facebook (at R) and on YouTube shows Anders Behring Breivik, the man identified by Norwegian police as the gunman and alleged bomber behind the attack on government buidlings and the Labour party youth camp in Oslo on July 22 , 2011. PHOTO: AFP/FACEBOOK/YOUTUBE
OSLO: Norwegian police on Sunday confirmed that a 1,500-page violent anti-Islamic manifesto was published by Anders Behring Breivik on Friday just hours before he killed at least 93 people.
The online book describes the planning, explosives making and violent philosophy that lead to the bombing in downtown Oslo and shootings at a Labour youth camp nearby.
“This manifesto was published on the day of the events,” Oslo’s acting police chief Sveinung Sponheim told a news conference. “We have confirmation of that.”
The killings would draw attention to the manifesto, called “2083-A European Declaration of Independence“, Breivik wrote.
“Once you decide to strike, it is better to kill too many than not enough, or you risk reducing the desired ideological impact of the strike,” he wrote.
He also attacked “the Islamic colonisation and Islamisation of Western Europe” and “rise of cultural Marxism/multiculturalism”.
“He wishes to change society,” Breivik’s lawyer Geir Lippestad told public broadcaster NRK.
The lawyer earlier said that his client “believed the actions were atrocious, but that in his head they were necessary.”
The lawyer also said that his client wanted to explain himself in court on Monday.
Suspect’s father in shock
The father of the young man suspected of single-handedly killing 93 people in Norway’s worst post-war tragedy told the Verdens Gang newspaper he was in a state of shock.
“I was reading the news on the Internet and suddenly I saw his name and picture,” Anders Behring Breivik’s retired father told the Norwegian paper.
“I am in a state of shock, it’s absolutely horrific to hear that,” said Jens Breivik, who currently lives in France.
He said he knew nothing of his son’s plans and explained he had not had contact with him since 1995.
“We never lived together but we had some contact during his childhood,” he said. “When he was younger, he was an ordinary boy but not very communicative. He was not interested in politics at the time.”
The 32-year-old was arrested following the twin attacks which left 93 people dead on Friday and sent shockwaves through the usually peaceful country.
The suspect confessed to perpetrating a car bomb against Oslo’s government quarters and going on a shooting spree during a Labour Party summer camp on a nearby island.
Breivik, who described in a manifesto released on the Internet how he planned the attacks over years, told police he acted alone in what would be one of the worst acts of violence by a single man in recent memory.
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Oslo attacker feared ‘Pakistanisation’ of Europe
Posted By Zachary Latif on July 25, 2011
KARACHI:
Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian terrorist who killed more than 90 people in two attacks in Oslo, was mortally terrified of the idea of several ‘mini Pakistans’ appearing all over the map of Europe.
His ire against Pakistanis and Muslims seems to have at least partial origin in personal experience. He speaks at length about his childhood best friend, a Pakistani Muslim immigrant to Norway who, despite having lived several years in Europe still appeared to resent Norway and Norwegian society. “Not because he was jealous… but because it represented the exact opposite of Islamic ways,” Breivik conjectures.
In a 1,600-page manifesto titled ‘2083: A European Declaration of Independence’, Breivik laid out a stark picture of the future of Europe, citing poor human rights in Pakistan as the fate of the continent. Norwegian authorities confirmed on Sunday that the manifesto was written by Breivik.
In his doomsday scenario for Europe, Breivik predicts that several ‘mini-Pakistans’ would be created all over Europe by 2083, one in each country due to ‘Lebanon-style’ conflicts. “It could be similar to the division of India after World War II, with the creation of one or several Islamic ‘Pakistan’ enclaves,” he says.
While Breivik’s rhetoric against Muslim immigration into Europe is not unusual, he cites many names that might be familiar to Pakistanis, including Allama Muhammad Iqbal and Maulana Abul Ala Maududi, as well as prominent human rights activist Hina Jilani and Dawn columnist Irfan Hussain.
He seems to believe that Iqbal, in particular, was sympathetic to communism and views multiculturalism as a Marxist concept. He quotes Iqbal as saying “Islam equals communism plus Allah.”
Breivik also claims that Pakistan is systematically annihilating all non-Muslim communities. He claimed that Hindu girls are being forced to convert to Islam in Sindh. In this context he even quotes Hina Jilani as saying: “Have you ever heard of an Indian Muslim girl being forced to embrace Hinduism? It’s Muslims winning by intimidation.”
He goes on to describe the situation for Christians in Pakistan as being no better, citing Father Emmanuel Asi of the Theological Institute for Laity in Lahore as saying in 2007 that Pakistani Christians are frequently denied equal rights.
Jamaat-e-Islami founder Abul Ala Maududi is also quoted in the manifesto, though in a manner that would imply that the stated objective of an Islamic state is to kill or subdue all non-Muslims around the world.
Breivik seems to be a fan of Daily Times columnist Razi Azmi, whom he calls “one of the more sensible columnists of Pakistan”. He mentions one of Azmi’s pieces where the columnist asks whether it was possible to imagine a Muslim converting to Christianity or Hinduism or Buddhism in a Muslim country, using it to support his view of Islam as an intolerant religion.
He also cites Dawn’s Irfan Hussain’s column criticising Hizb u-Tahrir’s vision of a caliphate.
His ire against Pakistanis and Muslims seems to have at least partial origin in personal experience. He speaks at length about his childhood best friend, a Pakistani Muslim immigrant to Norway who, despite having lived several years in Europe still appeared to resent Norway and Norwegian society. “Not because he was jealous… but because it represented the exact opposite of Islamic ways,” Breivik conjectures.
The inability of Muslim immigrants to assimilate into European society seems to bother him, which he blames on Muslim parents not allowing their children to adopt European ways. He also asks why Muslim girls are considered ‘off-limits’ to everyone, including Muslim boys, and why Muslim men view ethnic Norwegian women as ‘whores’.
He also seems to believe that the Muslims in Europe who collect government benefits view it as a form of jizya, a medieval Islamic tax charged on non-Muslim minorities.
He rails against multiculturalism, which he blames for making immigration too easy for Muslims in Europe. “When the veil of multiculturalism disappears, it will be Pakistanis who live in London, Turks who live in Berlin, Algerians who live in Paris and Moroccans who live in Amsterdam. And then the show begins,” he says.
That show, he says, is a dramatic demographic shift that he calls the ‘Pakistanisation of Europe’.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 25th, 2011.
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Anders Behring Breivik, at right, in a screen shot taken from his short-lived YouTube video, a still of which is seen at left. (YouTube,TV2 Norway)
(CBS/AP) Updated at 6:34 a.m. Eastern.
OSLO, Norway - The man who confessed to the twin attacks that killed 93 people in Norway will be arraigned in court for the first time Monday, but his request that the hearing be open to media was rejected by the judge - denying him an opportunity to try and justify his massacre to the public.
Anders Behring Breivik, 32, has confessed he was behind the bombing in downtown Oslo and shooting massacre at a youth camp outside the capital, but denies criminal responsibility. His lawyer Geir Lippestad told Norwegian broadcaster NRK that Breivik has requested to appear in a uniform during the hearing, but didn't know what kind.
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Prosecutors and the police in Oslo said they would seek to keep Breivik's case closed to the public. They also requested permission to keep Breivik locked up prior to trial for eight weeks as they prepare their case - double the normal four weeks granted in Norway.
Norway prides itself on having an extremely open government and judiciary, and trials are often televised, with journalists granted full access to the proceedings.
Before Breivik's arraignment, the shocked capital city of Oslo fell silent for a full minute on Monday in honor of the victims of the double attack on Friday.
The search for victims continues and police have not released their names. But Norway's royal court said Monday that those killed at the island retreat included Crown Princess Mette-Marit's stepbrother, an off-duty police officer, who was working there as a security guard.
Court spokeswoman Marianne Hagen told The Associated Press that his name was Trond Berntsen, the son of Mette-Marit's stepfather, who died in 2008.
Breivik laid out his extreme nationalist philosophy as well as his attack methods in a 1,500-page manifesto. It also describes how he bought armor, guns, tons of fertilizer and other bomb components, stashed caches of weapons and wiped his computer hard drive — all while evading police suspicion and being nice to his neighbors.
Norway shooter at camp fired for 1.5 hours
Meanwhile, police in France raided the home of Breivik's father on Monday (pictured at left). Jens Breivik lives in southern France. It wasn't immediately clear whether investigators believed he might share his son's extremist views.
Breivik claims in his writing to be part of a new Knights Templar group, and he hints that there may be others waiting to execute similar attacks, though his lawyer said he insists he acted alone.
"Will attempt to initiate contact with cell 8b and 8c in late March," he writes at one point, but doesn't reference them again or explain if these are aliases.
Norwegian police declined to comment on whether they're concerned about similar attacks.
European security officials said they were aware of increased Internet chatter from individuals claiming they belonged to a new Knights Templar group that Breivik describes, in fantastical terms, in the manifesto. The Knights Templar was a medieval order created to protect Christian pilgrims in the Holy Land after the First Crusade in the 11th century.
The officials said they were still investigating claims that Breivik, and other far-right individuals, attended a London meeting of the group in 2002. The two officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the investigation.
The officials would not confirm whether they had previously identified Breivik as a potential threat.
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Norway attacks suspect claims more cells abroad
Source country CBC Tuesday, July 26, 2011 1:31:00 PM CEST | info More about this article...
The defence lawyer for the Norwegian man who has confessed to twin attacks that killed at least 76 people in the Oslo area says Anders Behring Breivik claims to be part of an organization with several cells in Western countries....
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Norwegian massacre suspect Anders Behring Breivik says two terror cells helped him carry out the bombing and shooting rampage and that there are other cells abroad, his attorney, Geir Lippestad, said Tuesday....
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Кнут Сторбергет told: "The Justice Ministry has people who are missing, we have people who are very hard hit by this and we are without offices,"
todayonline Tuesday, July 26, 2011 1:21:00 PM CEST
Norway Justice employees still missing in wake of attacks
06:14 PM Jul 26, 2011
OSLO, Norway - Norway's justice minister told reporters Tuesday that employees from his department are still missing after a bombing at government headquarters in Oslo and a shooting spree on a nearby island that killed at least 76. Police plan to start publicly naming the dead for the first time Tuesday.
There is a particular focus on identifying the dead since authorities dramatically lowered the death toll Monday, apparently because they counted 18 bodies twice in the confusion following the massacre. They initially said 86 people died on the island, but now say the figure is 68.
Anders Behring Breivik has confessed to last week's bombing in the capital and a rampage at a Labor Party retreat for young people. But he has pleaded not guilty to the terrorism charges he faces, claiming he acted to save Europe from what he says is Muslim colonization.
"The Justice Ministry has people who are missing, we have people who are very hard hit by this and we are without offices," minister Knut Storberget told reporters.
Storberget also offered a defense of the police in response to a question about the mounting admissions of missteps.
Police have acknowledged that they took 90 minutes to reach Utoya island, where a gunman was picking off young people attending a retreat for the Labor Party's youth wing. They weren't able to deploy a helicopter because the entire crew had been sent on vacation. Victims who called emergency services from the midst of the massacre reported being told to stay off the line because authorities were dealing with the Oslo bombing.
"I feel the police have delivered well in this situation. I also feel they've delivered especially well on the points where there's been criticism raised," said Storberget.
When asked if police would open an investigation into their conduct, Storberget indicated that such a probe was for the future.
"It's very important that we have an open and critical discussion about how all sections of society handle a situation. ... But there's a time for everything, and we have been fully focused and continue to be focused on taking care of all those that have been affected," said Storberget. AP
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Breivik listened to Lord of the Rings music on his iPod to drown out screams of his victims
By Christian Gysin In Oslo, Neil Sears and Sam Greenhill
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Anders Breivik is believed to have drowned out(Drowned Out is a 2002 documentary by Franny Armstrong about the Sardar Sarovar Project.[1]. Shot over three years, Drowned Out follows one family’s stand against a government dam project which is set to destroy their home and their village.) the screams of his victims by listening to film music from the Lord of the Rings on his iPod.
Lord of the Rings
A three-volume fantasy masterpiece, written by J.R.R. Tolkien, centering on a hobbit named Frodo Baggins who inherits a ring of power, which, in the hands of Sauron (the Lord of the Rings), would bring about the destruction of the world. Frodo Baggins (a fictional creature that resembles a very short human with hairy feet. Invented by J.R.R. Tolkien. ), and a small group of companions must journey to destroy the ring, and save the world from evil.
The first volume of the trilogy, "The Fellowship of the Ring", was published in 1954, and is considered to be one of the classics of the fantasy/science fiction literary genre.
The novels were made into a major motion picture trilogy, receiving both popular and critical acclaim. They were directed by Peter Jackson and have become among the highest-grossing films of all times.
Lux Aeterna, which was used in the battle scenes, is described by the killer as ‘very inspiring and invokes the type of passionate rage within you’.
Survivors described Breivik as ‘wearing a headset’ as he calmly fired on his unarmed targets. The explanation is given in his 1,500-page ‘manifesto’, published on Friday hours before his killing spree.
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Powerful: Killer Anders Breivik (left) is believed to have listened to Lux Aterna, composed by British film composer Clint Mansell (right), as he carried out his rampage
In it he praises Lux Aeterna, by the British film composer Clint Mansell, formerly of the group Pop Will Eat Itself, and says he plans to use it in the atrocity.
He writes: ‘I will put my iPod on max volume as a tool to suppress fear if needed. I might just put Lux Aeterna by Clint Mansell on repeat as it is an incredibly powerful song.’
In the manifesto, Breivik names British nuclear plants, oil rigs and refineries as suitable targets for fellow fanatics.
'Suppress fear if needed': Breivik wrote he would play music used in fight scenes from Lord of the Rings
'Suppress fear if needed': Breivik wrote he would play music used in fight scenes from Lord of the Rings
Convinced that the British Establishment is conspiring to destroy traditional western society by encouraging Islamic immigration, he calculates that precisely 62,216 Britons are race ‘traitors’ who deserved to die.
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This list includes former prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown and ex-foreign secretary Jack Straw, as well as singer Billy Bragg and actor Ross Kemp.
Prince Charles and the Queen are singled out for criticism too.
Drown out screams: Survivors reported Breivik was wearing a headset as he carried out his killings
Drown out screams: Survivors reported Breivik was wearing a headset as he carried out his killings
Yet Breivik, who lived in London as a baby, clearly adores Britain. He refers to it more than any other country in his manifesto, with his heroes including Winston Churchill and Jeremy Clarkson – because Top Gear ‘is one of the funniest shows on TV’.
He also claims extensive links to the right-wing street thugs of the English Defence League and seems to view Britons as members of a so-called ‘Nordic’ race.((Of, relating to, or characteristic of Scandinavia or its peoples, languages, or cultures.
Of or relating to a human physical type exemplified by the tall, narrow-headed, light-skinned, blond-haired peoples of Scandinavia. Not in scientific use.))
As revealed yesterday, he says he is one of up to 12 ‘Knights Templar’ who met in London in April 2002 and pledged to plot individual terror attacks against their ‘cultural Marxist’ enemies. That Knights Templar group, he claimed, included two English representatives.
One of Breivik’s strongest arguments for attacking Britain is the leaked UK government memo of 2000 – widely covered by British newspapers – in which it was suggested that mass immigration would bring many benefits.
Powerful: Was Breivik listening to Lord of the Rings as he carried out his killings?
Powerful: Was Breivik listening to Lord of the Rings as he carried out his killings?
Breivik – who uses the Anglicised pseudonym Andrew Berwick, and claims he completed his manifesto in London this year – writes: ‘Jack Straw and Tony Blair “dishonestly” concealed a plan to allow in more immigrants.
‘The driving force and intention was also to humiliate right-wing opponents of immigration and “destroy the Conservatives once and for all”.’
As well as proposing that 818kg of anthrax would be enough to post a lethal dose to all 62,000 British ‘traitors’ – politicians, teachers, journalists and many others – along with another 350,000 traitors across Europe, he also suggests high-profile structural targets.
BNP: In his manifesto Breivik recommends visiting websites including the British National Party
BNP: In his manifesto Breivik recommends visiting websites including the British National Party
He notes that attacks on nuclear power stations or other sensitive structures can easily cause havoc, and goes on to list numerous UK oil rigs, including one inland in Dorset, and numerous locations in the North Sea. Breivik proposes attacks on Britain’s 24 nuclear reactors, names reprocessing plants and gives a list of nuclear research facilities.
Breivik suggests disguising a lorry packed with explosives as a fire engine and getting past as much security as possible before detonation at a power plant. Aircraft suicide attacks are suggested for nuclear plants, while attacks on oil rigs could be carried out using a fishing vessel, he suggests, and would require manpower of just a handful of fanatics.
Copious directions on how to obtain and make explosives are also included – and were used to deadly effect in Oslo on Friday.
He notes with satisfaction that an attack on a nuclear installation could lead to ’10,000-50,000’ casualties – and says even the threat of such an attack could force the British government to begin to expel Muslims or force them to convert to Christianity, while demolishing mosques and banning Islamic languages.
Enthusing about how righteous it is to massacre his victims, Breivik declares: ‘We are no more terrorists than the indigenous Brits who fought against the imperialistic Roman invaders, or the Americans who fought against English rule.
‘We are no more terrorists than Sitting Bull or Crazy Horse who fought for their people against the imperialist General Armstrong Custer. We are the Sitting Bulls and Crazy Horses of our time and the imperialistic Custers of our time are called Barroso, Blair, Brown, Merkel and Sarkozy.’
Breivik goes on to recommend British websites including those of the British National Party, the Countryside Alliance, the Conservative Monday Club and even the Royal British Legion.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2018750/Anders-Behring-Breivik-played-Lord-Rings-iPod-drown-screams.html#ixzz1TDHOqfRN
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The rise of Knights Templar Europe
Wed Jul 27, 2011 3:50PM GMT
By Simon Lee
[An image from a right-wing extremist video posted on the internet by Anders Behring Breivik]
An image from a right-wing extremist video posted on the internet by Anders Behring Breivik
The ramifications of what the Norwegian anti-Muslim terrorist Anders Behring Breivik did are beginning to unravel to the horror of the international community.
The initial response to the appalling act he did was that he was a madman. Geir Lippestad, the lawyer of the 32-year-old Breivik who claimed responsibility for the death of 76 people said,
"This whole case indicated that he is insane." Later, he however said his “client is part of an anti-Islam network with around 80 terror cells across the West with two in Norway.”
While rejecting the existence of such cells in Norway, Norwegian domestic intelligence chief Janne Kristiansen says she does not think Breivik is insane, “I have been a defense lawyer before and in my opinion this is clearly a sane person because he has been too focused for too long and he has been doing things so correctly. In my experience of having had these sorts of clients before, they are normally quite normal but they are quite twisted in their minds, and this person in addition is total evil."
Yet, to the dismay of many, a 1,467-page document containing gruesome details of the terrorist act soon revealed that Breivik belonged to a group he helped form known as the 'Knights Templar Europe' when he met eight other extremists in London in 2002 in order to “seize political and military control of western European countries and implement a cultural conservative political agenda."
In the manifesto titled 2083: A European Declaration of Independence, Breivik reveals his links to the neo-Nazi EDL, "I used to have more than 600 EDL members as Facebook friends and have spoken with tens of EDL members and leaders. In fact; I was one of the individuals who supplied them with processed ideological material (including rhetorical strategies) in the very beginning."
Less than 90 minutes before he began his terrorist attack, Breivik sent his hate-fraught 'manifesto' to 5,700 contacts including 250 in the UK. According to Tanguy Veys, Belgian MP for the rightwing anti-Muslim party Vlaams Belang, - and one of those who received the document - most of those on the email list were UK-based.
"I think the UK was the biggest group [of recipients]," he has told the Guardian. "There were people from Italy, France Germany … but the UK was the biggest number."
Addressing each recipient "Western Europe patriot", he wrote, "It is a gift to you … I ask you to distribute it to everyone you know."
Describing himself as a warrior, Sigurd (crusader), Breivik says he attended a football ground in the UK and voiced his support and admiration for the English Defense League (EDL).
"I've seen with my own eyes what has happened to england, i was in bradford some years ago, me and a friend walked down to the football stadium of bradford, real 'nice' neighborhood, same thing in the suburbs of london. well thinking about taking a little trip over the sea and join you in a demo. would be nice with a norwegian flag alongside with union jack or the english flag, that is if a norwegian would be welcome offcourse?"
According to Breivik, those who defend multiculturalism in Europe are traitors, “[W]e should under normal (optimal) circumstances not exceed (per 2010) aprox. 45,000 dead and 1 million wounded cultural Marxists/multiculturalists in Western Europe."
In an interview with Press TV, Chris Bambury, editor and former member of the Central Committee of the British Socialist Workers Party stated, “There is clearly a growing connection to far right fascist groups. Breivik himself had contact with 500 members of the English Defense League, a violent anti-Islamic organization in Britain - shows the length of his connections. He himself said he was introduced into far right politics through connections in Britain. It's a regular occurrence now that people are becoming fascist and racists and that anti-Islamic people are found with weapons and explosives. It seems to be that the police and security forces are passing this up precisely because they are fixated on Islam, so-called Islamic terrorism as part of the war on terror and therefore they're ignoring what is a growing tide of what is anti-Islamic politics across Western Europe.”
Interestingly, Breivik has been described in Western media as 'killer,' 'mass killer,' 'murderer' and the like and meticulous care seems to have been taken to avoid the term 'terrorist' and what he did, - the merciless slaughter of 76 innocent people - has been described as extremism. But why so much discriminatory linguistic care in selecting words? Simply because Breivik is a Christian. In the Western eye, adherence to a particular faith defines what you do. In plain English, if you are a Muslim and send others to their doom by tying a suicide belt to your waist and detonating yourself, you are a terrorist but if you do the same thing and happen to be a non-Muslim, you are an extremist. According to Rémi Brulin, an adjunct professor at New York University, terrorism is the most meaningless, and therefore the most manipulated, word in the English language.
Multiculturalism has come under critical attack for several months now. In October 2010, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, “The approach [to build] a multicultural [society] and to live side-by-side and to enjoy each other... has failed, utterly failed."
It was in fact the first direct attack on multiculturalism and indirect attack on Muslims on the part of a European leader. Her remarks were later reflected by other European leaders including Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and British Prime Minister David Cameron.
In a similar strain, Silvio Berlusconi said, “We don't want Italy to become a multiethnic, multicultural country. We are proud of our traditions."
His remarks were well received by the Italian Northern League, a right-wing anti-immigrant party. Antagonism to multiculturalism gained momentum and mingled with anti-Islamic sentiments. Emboldened by Berlusconi's remarks, Roberto Calderoli, a Northern League leader, wore a T-shirt on state TV decorated with caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
Expressing the same idiotic notions, British Prime Minister David Cameron strongly criticized 'state multiculturalism' in his maiden speech. At a security conference in Munich, he stated the UK needed a stronger national identity in order to prevent people from turning to all kinds of extremism.
His speech was in fact an invitation to mistreatment of Muslims in the UK.
“Frankly, we need a lot less of the passive tolerance of recent years and much more active, muscular liberalism," he said.
Breivik is a product of this line of thinking in the West. He is not surely the first hate avenger; nor is he the last one. More Breiviks are on the way if we believe that there are about 80 anti-Islamic cells in Europe who are ready to wage a crusade war against the advocates of multiculturalism and the Muslims. It is very unfortunate to note that Western leaders have already started promoting this type of thinking among the youths who are the most prone to impressionability.
Western culture seems to be plunging into an abyss of ignorance; rather, it is being drawn into blind ignorance by its own leaders.
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Norway attacker back on island for reconstruction
APBy BJOERN H. AMLAND - Associated Press,MALIN RISING - Associated Press | AP – 55 mins ago
FILE - In this photo taken by Vergard M. Aas, a Norwegian crime reporter who responded to the scene of a mass shooting on Utoya Island, Norway, victims lie near the shoreline approximately one hour after police say a man dressed as a police officer gunned down youths as they ran and even swam for their lives at a camp which was organized by the youth wing of the ruling Labor Party, Friday July 22, 2011. Norwegian police say the man who has confessed to killing 69 people at an island youth camp has been brought back to the crime scene. Police say they took Anders Behring Breivik back to Utoya island on Saturday for a reconstruction of the July 22 terror attacks, when Breivik shot the victims dead on the island and killed eight further people in central Oslo with a bomb. (AP Photo/Presse 3.0, Vegard M. Aas, File) NORWAY OUT MANDATORY CREDIT
FILE - In this photo taken by Vergard M. Aas, a Norwegian crime reporter who responded …
FILE - In this undated file image obtained from the Twitter page of Anders Behring Breivik, 32, who was arrested in connection with the twin attacks on a youth camp and a government building in Oslo, Norway. Norwegian police say the man who has confessed to killing 69 people at an island youth camp has been brought back to the crime scene. Police say they took Anders Behring Breivik back to Utoya island on Saturday for a reconstruction of the July 22 terror attacks, when Breivik shot the victims dead on the island and killed eight further people in central Oslo with a bomb. (AP Photo/Twitter, Anders Behring Breivik, File)
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OSLO, Norway (AP) — Restrained by a police harness, the Norwegian man who confessed to killing 69 people at an island youth camp reconstructed his actions for police in a secret daylong trip back to the crime scene.
Police said Sunday they took Anders Behring Breivik back to the island of Utoya for a Saturday hearing about the July 22 terror attacks, when Breivik shot the victims dead on the lake island near Oslo after killing another eight people in the capital with a bomb.
The 32-year-old described the killings in close detail during an eight-hour tour on the island with up to a dozen police, prosecutor Paal-Fredrik Hjort Kraby told a press conference in Oslo.
The hearing took place amid a massive security operation that aimed to avoid escape attempts by Breivik and protect him against potential avengers.
Breivik walked roughly the same route as the one he took during the shooting spree and explained what happened with as little interference as possible from police, Hjort Kraby said.
The entire hearing was filmed by police and may later be used in court, he added.
Video images of the reconstruction published by Norwegian daily VG show Breivik arriving at Utoya with the same ferry he used to get to the island last month. Breivik wore a bulletproof vest and a harness connected to a leash over a red T-shirt and jeans as he casually led police around the island.
The heavy-built killer is seen pointing out locations along the way and simulating shots into the water, where panicked teenagers dove in to try to escape from him.
"The suspect showed he wasn't emotionally unaffected by being back at Utoya ... but didn't show any remorse," Hjort Kraby told reporters. "He has been questioned for around 50 hours about this, and he has always been calm, detailed and collaborative, and that was also the case on Utoya."
The hearing been arranged to avoid the need for a reconstruction in the midst of the trial and to make Breivik remember more details, Hjort Kraby said.
The prosecutor also confirmed Norwegian media reports that police received several phone calls during the terror attack that were probably from Breivik himself, but wouldn't say how police had reacted to the calls.
According to Norwegian daily Aftenposten, Breivik offered to surrender several times and asked police to call him back, but they didn't.
Norwegian media also reported that Breivik may have filmed parts of the massacre himself. Hjort Kraby said Sunday that a video camera had been discussed during the hearing on Utoya, but declined to elaborate.
Prosecutors have previously told The Associated Press that Breivik owns a video camera that they are still trying to locate, but have dismissed reports they received witness statements about Breivik filming on Utoya.
Breivik's lawyer has said he has admitted to the terror attacks, but denies criminal guilt because he believes the massacre was necessary to save Norway and Europe from Muslims and punish politicians who have embraced multiculturalism.
Initial speculation suggested others were involved in the terror attacks, but prosecutors and police have said they are fairly certain that Breivik planned and committed them on his own.
Breivik faces up to 21 years in prison if he is convicted on terrorism charges, but an alternative custody arrangement — if he is still considered a danger to the public — could keep him behind bars indefinitely.
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Rising reported from Stockholm.
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