London terror bomb plot: the four terrorists. Oslo. Faced with inhumanity, we must be more human. Oslo, my home, was bombed on Friday. July 22, 2011, at 15:26 in the afternoon. A powerful explosion in the middle of our capital, at the heart of Norway. Several people were killed, many more injured, the whole city wounded and marked for ever. An hour later, more than 80 people were brutally killed. They were gathered at a political youth camp on an island. There was nowhere to run, nothing to protect themselves with. From Gaza to Oslo For the past two years I have lived in Gaza, working for a Norwegian humanitarian organisation. Then the bomb rocked the building I was in. I continued until I was standing at the entrance of the main building. The unimaginable I left and started calling people on the phone. In some ways, a bomb attack in a capital, even in Norway, is something most people can imagine and relate to. The morning after, when I heard the number of people killed, I was numbed.
An attack on what Norway is This brings up the question of what is Norwegian, what is Norway today? The Political Thinking of Anders Behring Breivik | Doug Saunders. These are the collected writings of Anders Behring Breivik, accused of killing more than 84 young people at a Labour Party gathering in Norway and at least seven in a car bombing in Oslo. These are comments he posted on the right-wing site document.no Thanks to my Norwegian friends for translating this.
Anders Breivik From Document No This is the 1500-page manifesto published hours before the terrorist acts by Breivik. Its title is 2083: A European Declaration of Independence and it is being discussed on Twitter under the #N2083 hashtag. The manifesto draws on “Eurabia” and “Muslim Tide” writers such as Bruce Bawer, Melanie Phillips, Mark Steyn, Geert Wilders, and Robert Spencer, as well as many figures from the extreme right, to create an argument that Muslims, immigrants, multiculturalists, European Union backers and social democrats are part of a plot to undermine Europe’s Christian civilization. 2083+ +a+European+Declaration+of+Independence. Norway attack: at least 80 die in Utøya shooting, seven in Oslo bombing | World news. The island of Utøya, where at least 80 people have died after a gunman opened fire at a summer camp. Photograph: Lasse Tur/AP A Norwegian dressed as a police officer killed at least 80 people at an island retreat, police said early on Saturday.
It took investigators several hours to begin to realise the full scope of the massacre, which followed an explosion in Oslo that killed seven and that police say was set off by the same suspect. Police initially said about 10 people were killed at the camp on the island of Utøya, but some survivors said they thought the toll was much higher. Police director Øystein Mæland told reporters early on Saturday they had discovered many more victims. "It's taken time to search the area. What we know now is that we can say that there are at least 80 killed at Utøya," Mæland said. Mæland said the death toll could rise even more. A suspect in the shootings and the Oslo explosion was arrested. Norway Twin Massacres: Anders Breivik Will Be Questioned By Police Again After Shooting And Bomb. Hundreds of mourners have attended the first funeral for victims of last Friday's massacre in Norway.
Bano Abodakar Rashid, 18, was one of the 69 who lost their lives after Anders Breivik's gun rampage on the island of Utoya. She had lived in Norway since 1996 after fleeing Kurdistan in Northern Iraq with her family. Norwegian prosecutors have announced that they have appointed two psychiatrists to assess the mental health of the gunman.
Police spent Friday questioning Brievik. He was transported from Ila prison, a former Nazi concentration camp, to Oslo in an armoured car. Earlier, Oslo district police's attorney Paal-Fredrik Hjort Kraby said Breivik would be questioned on "information received over the last few days - which is a lot". The experts will determine if he is criminally responsible and deliver their report by November 1, according to Mr Kraby, speaking while the 32-year-old was being questioned. "We have not found anything to back that up. " :: Police call off island search. Norway attacks: Flowers at Cardiff's Norwegian Church. 23 July 2011Last updated at 18:34 A condolence book has been opened at the church, a well-known landmark on the waterfront near the Welsh assembly.
Flowers and messages of sympathy have been left at Cardiff's Norwegian Church after the Norway massacre and bombing. The Queen and Prime Minister David Cameron sent their sympathies after a bomb in Oslo killed seven and a gunman shot 85 at an island youth camp. Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones also wrote to the Norwegian authorities to voice his "horror" and send the sympathies of the people of Wales. The church has opened a condolence book, and its flag is at half-mast. The Welsh-Norwegian Society will discuss with the church how they can respond further to the tragedy. Continue reading the main story “Start Quote I knew we would get a lot of visitors this morning who would want to pay their respects... for what's been a terrible series of atrocities” End QuoteTony BurnellCardiff Norwegian Church 'Waste of life'
If you're going to blame video games for what happened in Oslo, you might as well blame milk, too.