URGENT -- Gunman kills 'at least' 80 at youth camp near Oslo

[News_Editor]

URGENT -- Gunman kills 'at least' 80 at youth camp near Oslo

2011-07-23 09:19:46 GMT+7 (ICT)

OSLO (BNO NEWS) -- Police in Norway on Saturday confirmed that at least 80 people were killed on Friday when a gunman opened fire at a youth camp near Oslo, hours after a huge explosion shook the capital.

Police said a gunman dressed as a police officer had taken a boat to Utoya island where a youth camp was being held by the Labour Party. As many as 700 young people between the ages of 14 and 25 were at the island when the gunman opened fire with an automatic weapon, killing at least 80.

Hours earlier, a huge explosion near government buildings devastated Oslo city center, killing at least 7 people and injuring more than a dozen others.

-- © BNO News All rights reserved 2011-07-23

[IMA_FARANG]

No one has all the details yet, but I don't think this is an Islamic terrorist thing.

Norway has it's own...well they are actually found in all of Scandinavia....white supremeist and Neo Nazi skinhead groups that preach a far right and white surpremist rhetoric.

They believe that thousands of years ago the "White Race" was the supreme race and the rightful rulers over all others. Due to a series of betrayals, they lost their rightful position as world rulers. They preach the supiority of the "White Race" (especially the Nordic "race") and feel the Nazis in Gemany were betrayed by the English and the Americans during WW2.

They also tell a fantastical story about how the old Nordic Gods were once the rightful rulers of the earth but have been "betrayed" by others and have had their power stolen by others...including "degenerate" Christian and of course Jewish followers.

These guys are truely delusional,often metally unbalanced, mostly poor or unemployed, and deeply dispise what they call the "degenerate Socialist governments" of Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland today.

As of yet it's too early to tell, but I am personally guessing whoever did this has a connection to those groups.

We shall just have to see what it is when more details are revelaed.

But I repeat what I said before...it's really too early to tell.

Edited July 23, 2011 by IMA_FARANG

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Pictured: The blond Norwegian, 32, arrested over 'holiday island massacre' and linked to Oslo car bomb blasts

• Norwegian media name arrested man as Anders Behring Breivik
  
• Police search his flat - think he acted alone and not with Islamist groups - but two attacks are linked
  
• Reports he was shot and wounded before arrest
  
• 1.30pm: Massive car bomb explosion kills at least seven in Oslo
  
• 3.30pm: Between 25 and 30 feared dead as man disguised as police officer opens fire on island
  
• Police confirm eight or nine dead on island after preliminary search
  
• Eyewitnesses say bodies floating in the sea around the island
  
• Undetonated explosives found on Utoya island
  

By MAIL FOREIGN SERVICE

Last updated at 3:01 AM on 23rd July 2011

The 32-year-old Norwegian man arrested for gunning down children on the holiday island of Utoya has been named locally as Anders Behring Breivik.

Described as 6ft tall and blond, he is reported to have arrived on the island of Utoya and opened fire after beckoning several young people over in his native Norwegian tongue.

Reports suggest he was also seen loitering around the site of the bomb blast in Oslo two hours before the island incident.

More than 80 are believed to have been killed - in Oslo and on Utoya Island, 50 miles north of the capital, it was claimed.

Norwegian police said at least 80 were killed at Utoya alone and described the killings as of 'catastrophic dimensions'.

Police have said the attacks do not appear to be linked to Islamist terrorism but they are linking the two incidents.

Initially, however, it was not known what the motives were - whether the gunman had been radicalised and was part of a militant Muslim group waging Jihad or was alternatively trying to further a home-grown political cause.

The Oslo bomb blast was outside a government office, while the island of Utoya is reportedly owned by the Norwegian Labour Party.

Teenagers on the Norwegian holiday island of Utoya had to 'swim for their lives' and hide in trees when the gunman fired indiscriminately at them.

Around 700 had gathered on the island for a meeting of the youth wing of the ruling Labour party.

Witnesses said the man in police uniform who opened fire beckoned several young people over before shooting at them. He told them to 'come here'.

Suspect: Norwegian media reported that Anders Behring Breivik has been arrested

Teenagers on the Norwegian holiday island of Utoya had to 'swim for their lives' and hide in trees when the gunman fired indiscriminately at them

Massacre: People are seen on the banks of Utoya after the shooting - the Daily Mail has pixelated this image to avoid causing distress

It came as Norway succumbed to a double attack in what is being described as the worst atrocity it has faced since the Second World War.

Suspect: The 32-year-old Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik, who has been arrested after the attacks

Crime scene: The white van was believed to have been driven onto the island of Utoya by the gunman who then opened fire on groups of children attending a summer camp

Camp: A number of children were gunned down in the attack on Utoya island

Targeted: Hundreds of children were at a summer camp, which is held every year (as pictured here) 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

An aerial view of Utoya Island where the second attack took place today

Utoya island is 50 miles from the capital Oslo where the summer camp was taking place

Police stormtroopers landed on the island by helicopter as the shooting continued and sealed off the area but ambulances were unable to reach the scene immediately.

Fredrik Walløe, a London-based Norwegian journalist, tweeted: 'A Sea King helicopter carrying medics has reached the island, but can't land because of continued gunfire.'

Locals were urged to help those fleeing the island.

Victim: Woman covered in blood is led away from the scene following the explosion this afternoon

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, who had been due to visit the island, told a Norwegian TV channel that the situation was critical.

He said: 'We now have reports of a serious situation there – a critical situation on Utoya.'

Emilie Bersaas, 19, spoke from Utoya last night, from where she could still hear police and helicopters overheard.

She said: 'I'm at a building with the army. I ran here when I heard the shooting. I heard a lot of people running and screaming. I ran to the nearest building and hid under the desk.'

She said there was 'a lot of shooting' and she heard 'screaming from the next room'.

'The shooting came from all different directions,' she added. 'Somebody told me to go under the desk. And put mattresses and pillows on top so I felt kind of safe. It was terrifying.'

She said the shooting was very close to the building and hit it at one point.

'I stayed under the bed for two hours. Then the police smashed the window and came in.'

'It seems so unreal, in Norway this doesn't happen here. It's something that we hear about happening in the U.S.

'It's weird and it's tough and it reminds us of problems that we should have taken more seriously than we have.'

Devastating: Paramedics and civilians help the injured in nearby shops after the Oslo bomb blast

A seriously injured female victim is carried away from the scene by police officers

She added: 'I'm worried about my friends on the island. I've talked to some of them. Some of them are hiding in the same building as me but some of them I don’t know where they are.'

The island attack came soon after a massive car blast at a government office block in the capital Oslo, where reports say a man also dressed in police uniform, which could have been the same person, was seen loitering beforehand.

It has not been confirmed if the two incidents were coordinated or the island gunman was acting alone - but Oslo police believe the two incidents may indeed be linked.

Wrecked: The blast in Oslo was outside a government office

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

The wreckage of a car lies outside government buildings in the centre of Oslo. Police have confirmed the blast was caused by a bomb

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 Labour Party-owned 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.

The man was later confirmed to be a 32-year-old Norwegian.

Some people fled the attack by swimming away from the island, which is also owned by the Labour Party, and others locked themselves in buildings but reports emerged that explosives may have been set around the area.

They were 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.

Undetonated explosives were later found on the island.

Victims of the first blast in Oslo 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.

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.

New Yorker Ian Dutton said the Oslo blast reminded him of what he saw on September 11, 2001.

He told CNN: 'Seeing the emergency response gives me that same feeling in my spine of being in someone's crosshairs.

'It rocked me out of bed. The building that sustained the explosion had a helipad on its roof and now has beams hanging from it.'

'I can see the warped metal of the building. I didn't know Oslo had so many ambulances.'

Ulrik Fredrik Thyve was finishing work when he heard the bang.

He said: 'The explosion was immense; my office felt like it contracted, expanded, and windows were blown all over the building.

'Dust, smoke, people bleeding everywhere. I walked out and towards ground zero to see if there was anything to do.'

Nick Soubiea, an American-Swedish tourist in Oslo, was less than 100 yards from the explosion and said: 'It was almost in slow motion, like a big wave that almost knocked us off our chairs. It was extremely frightening.

'There were people running down the streets, people crying, everyone on their cell phones calling home.'

Full story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2017709/Pictured-The-blond-Norwegian-32-arrested-holiday-island-massacre-linked-Oslo-car-bomb-blasts.html

-- dailymail.co.uk 2011-07-23

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PART II

Pictured: The blond Norwegian, 32, arrested over 'holiday island massacre' and linked to Oslo car bomb blasts

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

Devastation: More rescue workers pick their way through the wreckage to rescue victims

Explosion: Rescue workers leave a building after searching for survivors following reports people were trapped in a building

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

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.'

U.S. President Barack Obama said the incidents were 'a reminder that the entire international community has a stake in preventing this kind of terror from occurring.'

Heide Bronke, a U.S. State Department spokeswoman, said Washington was monitoring the situation but did not have any word of U.S. casualties.

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

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.'

Shards of glass lay strewn on the pavement following the blast. It is not known how many people are injured

Glass is strewn all over the inside of one building as workers rush to escape through to safety

Fortunately, it is a public holiday in Norway and the offices are less busy than a normal weekday

Full story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2017709/Pictured-The-blond-Norwegian-32-arrested-holiday-island-massacre-linked-Oslo-car-bomb-blasts.html

-- dailymail.co.uk 2011-07-23

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[draftvader]

"Witnesses described the gunman as tall, blonde and say he was dressed as a policeman."

"No group has claimed responsibility for the attack but the suspect is reported by local media to have had links with right-wing extremists." - BBC News I don't think this is your demographic anyway. This would point to this being the actions of the exact opposite given the location, local racial groups, etc.

Further reports coming in through Sky News and Press Association are starting to show this as a single man acting alone! It will certainly be embarrassing for everybody who immediately blamed Al Qaeda. This is where our Western governments want us, agreeing with ANY territorial gains in the Middle East as a "purge" against "terrorism". Makes me sick.

[Rimmer]

One radical post removed

[BigJohnson]

"Eventually the human race will cease to be 'human' and even the animals will have nothing to do with them" - Diesel St. John

[englishinsiam]

Regardless of what organisation is at fault if any, our hearts and thoughts go out to our Norwegian friends.

[vediovis]

These images are terrible. I'm absolutely sorry for the people there and I hope they will stand up and go over this tragedy.

RIP for the victims.

[Tibo27]

Very sad story indeed. "at least" they found the gunman. Not much of a comfort but he won't do it again.

[wlcart]

I watched some early news reports online that stated "this feels like Al Qaeda" but now I am reading the nut job that went on a shooting rampage was from the "far right" and anti-Muslim.

The "us" vs. "them" mentality won't take humanity very far. Anyone the kills and hates should be denounced no matter what their view.

How horrible, RIP.

[ToffeEFCpower]

Or maybe he's just some Looney with a grudge and he's snapped.

Whatever it's a sad day RIP

[Colabamumbai]

I am speechless, when all I can give is condolences to all the people of Norway and to the wonderful Norwegian friends I have made in Thailand.

[TechnikaIII]

I am asuming that these acts will be claimed by an Islamic group.

Actually, my understanding so far is that this was the work of a single Norway citizen/resident which just goes to show that EVERY society has those that live within the laws and values and those that don't.

If the number of kids that were killed even approaches the 80 quoted in the topic, this is indeed a horror.

The story in Adelaide so far ...

http://www.adelaiden...l-1226100231078

"Actually, my understanding so far is that this was the work of a single Norway citizen/resident"

Al Qaeda is known to be recruiting caucasions to carry out acts of terror in Europe. This is too big and requiring organised resources to be the work of one blue-eyed boy with a grudge.

[thaiedward]

I do hope and pray to God that this is not a fuzzywuzzy thing.

If it is, I today became a radicalised antiraghead, and will work with all my purpose to counter their objectives.

I will avoid products from regimes that support and nurture these fanatics, starting with petroleum products.

"IF" is a short-word with a long-tail.

Perhaps we ought not rush to judgement what with so many neo-nazis and elusive 'spooks' running amuck.

Just watched a documentary: THE SHOCK DOCTRINE and earnestly suggest that others do the same.

Kind regards

[Gers1873]

I am asuming that these acts will be claimed by an Islamic group.

Actually, my understanding so far is that this was the work of a single Norway citizen/resident which just goes to show that EVERY society has those that live within the laws and values and those that don't.

If the number of kids that were killed even approaches the 80 quoted in the topic, this is indeed a horror.

The story in Adelaide so far ...

http://www.adelaiden...l-1226100231078

"Actually, my understanding so far is that this was the work of a single Norway citizen/resident"

Al Qaeda is known to be recruiting caucasions to carry out acts of terror in Europe. This is too big and requiring organised resources to be the work of one blue-eyed boy with a grudge.

Al Qaeda is known to be recruiting caucasions .............???

Keep taking the meds. this guy has connections to neo nazi groups in Norway........

Another waste of lives ---- for what???

far-Right gunman on rampage in Norway

At least 17 people are feared dead in Norway after a conservative Christian gunman with reported links to the far-Right mowed down students at a summer camp hours after a bomb devastated the centre of Oslo.

Edited July 23, 2011 by Gers1873

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Norway twin attacks toll mounts to 87

By AFP

Twin shooting and bomb attacks left at least 87 dead in western Europe's deadliest carnage since the 2004 Madrid bombings as a Norwegian gunman opened fire at a youth camp and a bomb tore through central Oslo.

The suspect was a 32-year-old Norwegian who posted anti-Muslim rhetoric online, police commissioner Sveinung Sponheim told the NRK television channel, but added: "It's too early to say if this was a motive behind the act."

Police voiced fears that the toll could rise as they searched for victims of the shootings at a summer school meeting organised by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's ruling Labour Party on Utoeya, an island outside the capital.

Security was meanwhile tightened across potential target sites in the capital, police said Saturday, but they lifted an advisory that had urged residents to stay home.

"We have confirmation that at least 80 people are dead. We do not exclude a higher toll," police spokesman Are Frykholm told AFP, speaking of the shooting spree at the island.

Police had earlier confirmed that seven people were killed as a powerful bomb ripped through central Oslo -- where the prime minister's office and several government buildings are located -- and nine were critically injured.

According to the TV2 channel, the arrested suspect has links to right-wing extremists and possessed two weapons registered in his name.

Prime Minister Stoltenberg said the culprits would not intimidate one of Europe's most peaceful countries.

"People have lived through a nightmare that very few of us can imagine," he said. "The coming days will show who is responsible and what kind of punishment they will get.

"The message to whoever attacked us, the message from all of Norway is that you will not destroy us, you will not destroy our democracy and our ideals for a better world."

Western leaders denounced the attacks and vowed solidarity with NATO member Norway -- an enthusiastic participant in international military missions that has forces in Afghanistan and is participating in air strikes in Libya.

Stoltenberg had been due to give a speech on Saturday to the 560 people attending the youth camp on the island.

Witnesses described scenes of panic and horror after the gunman, who police said was disguised as a police officer but had never worked for the police force, opened fire on the youth gathering.

"I saw a lot of people running and screaming, I ran to the nearest building and hid under a bed," Emilie Bersaas, 19, told Britain's Sky News.

"It is kind of unreal, especially in Norway... This is something we hear about happening in the US."

Another young survivor, Jorgen Benone, said: "People were hiding behind stones. I saw people being shot... I felt it was best to stay quiet, not to run into the open.

"I saw (the gunman) once just 20 to 30 metres away from me," Benone said, adding that he then swam to safety and was rescued by a boat.

Norwegian police said they feared there could also be explosives on the island.

Reports of the island shooting emerged shortly after a blast tore through the government quarter in central Oslo. Police said a "bomb" had been behind the "powerful explosion".

"There are good reasons to believe that there is a link between the events," police commissioner Sponheim told reporters in Oslo.

-- (c) Copyright AFP 2011-07-23

[Steely Dan]

I watched some early news reports online that stated "this feels like Al Qaeda" but now I am reading the nut job that went on a shooting rampage was from the "far right" and anti-Muslim.

The "us" vs. "them" mentality won't take humanity very far. Anyone the kills and hates should be denounced no matter what their view.

How horrible, RIP.

The far right are just as obnoxious as Islamic radicals, but they are opposite sides of the same coin. This is a terrible tragedy and I'm sure some introspection is in order as to what lessons can be learned. Personally I think open border immigration policies are a contributing factor, indeed very recently the Norwegians increased the number of police patrolling their land borders.

[monty1412]

I agree this has too many hallmarks of a well backed group using a local as their front man. More will no doubt come about in the next few days and it will be interesting to see if AQ makes an announcement however agree with sentiment on previous notes that this is more than just a disgruntled local taking on his own personal vendetta.Hearts, emotions and sympathy to the Norwegian families affected by this and Norway in general. Just horrific when you think of the emotional torment it will leave on the rest of those young folks as well.

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[sanukma]

I am asuming that these acts will be claimed by an Islamic group.

Actually, my understanding so far is that this was the work of a single Norway citizen/resident which just goes to show that EVERY society has those that live within the laws and values and those that don't.

If the number of kids that were killed even approaches the 80 quoted in the topic, this is indeed a horror.

The story in Adelaide so far ...

http://www.adelaiden...l-1226100231078

"Actually, my understanding so far is that this was the work of a single Norway citizen/resident"

Al Qaeda is known to be recruiting caucasions to carry out acts of terror in Europe. This is too big and requiring organised resources to be the work of one blue-eyed boy with a grudge.

The guy is a neo-Nazi christian fundamentalist and also a mason

Hardly someone al qaeda would be able to recruit

[Lancelot]

Really sad and condolences to the people of Norway.

[Huey]

Of course he wasn't Muslim, you can tell that from the photos. He was a Mason. You don't see Muslim Freemasons to often.

Normally I would feel like rubbing it the faces of the usual suspects. You know who you are; the far right bigoted trash that love to bash anything that doesn't conform to the Faux news conservative,christian,white, anti-Muslim line of following (I refuse to call it "thinking").

But as I read more about it I feel more sorrow than anger. I just feel for the Norsemen, I always wanted to visit there. The Norwegen folks I have met have always been super cool. Their culture is one that I admire, and I love the stories from their native faith, the elder Gods & Goddesses of legend. I also feel as though its a stark warning for us all. First the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords (liberal congress woman in Arizona, US) now another heinous act of terrorism from the far right.

And while thats nothing new. I would hate for this kind of BS to continue to divide the world and kill everyone in the middle.

PS

F&*% R. Murdoch

[normac44]

Is there no place on this earth that is free from all this crap.

A terrible waste of life.

[hellodolly]

this is truly a sad event.

It is devastating to those who had lost relatives.

Even to the Nation it must be devastating.

My serious condolences to those who have had their lives changed by this deranged man.

[Tywais]

This is a serious topic and flippant comments are not wanted here. Posts have been removed and any more will also be removed without further comment. Jeez, use some sensitivity people.

[sanukma]

Of course he wasn't Muslim, you can tell that from the photos. He was a Mason. You don't see Muslim Freemasons to often.

Normally I would feel like rubbing it the faces of the usual suspects. You know who you are; the far right bigoted trash that love to bash anything that doesn't conform to the Faux news conservative,christian,white, anti-Muslim line of following (I refuse to call it "thinking").

But as I read more about it I feel more sorrow than anger. I just feel for the Norsemen, I always wanted to visit there. The Norwegen folks I have met have always been super cool. Their culture is one that I admire, and I love the stories from their native faith, the elder Gods & Goddesses of legend. I also feel as though its a stark warning for us all. First the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords (liberal congress woman in Arizona, US) now another heinous act of terrorism from the far right.

And while thats nothing new. I would hate for this kind of BS to continue to divide the world and kill everyone in the middle.

PS

F&*% R. Murdoch

I agree with you, there is no way he has any connection to Muslims, he is a extremist right-wing Christian fundamentalist.

Fore those who can read Norwegian you can see all his posts on a anti Muslim forum by clicking this link:

http://www.document.no/anders-behring-breivik/

The website has collected them all and published it after they have received a lot of attention from the Norwegian media today.

Basically his post who goes many years back shows him as a Christian fundamentalist and anti Muslim.