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Norway shooting: Glenn Beck compares dead teenagers to Hitler youth - Telegraph
Beck, a multimillionaire darling of the Tea Party movement, said on his nationally-syndicated radio show: "There was a shooting at a political camp, which sounds a little like, you know, the Hitler youth. I mean, who does a camp for kids that's all about politics? Disturbing."
Hundreds gather for memorial service (NEWSER) - Reeling Norwegians gathered today to honor the 93 lives lost in Friday's murderous rampage, with Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg telling weeping mourners that even "in the middle of all this tragedy," Norway is a nation that will "stand together." "Soon we will be given the names and pictures of those who have died, and then the size and scale of this cruelty will become apparent," he said, calling the two days since the attacks, "an eternity—hours, days, and nights filled with shock and angst and crying."
Glenn Beck: Norway Victims Similar to Hitler Youth
A tribute of flowers and candles in Oslo to remember the victims of a right-wing terror attack CLOSE TO 100 people died in Norway at the hands of a far-right fanatic whose connections to the organized racists and Islamophobes extend to the anti-Muslim bigots in the U.S. Anders Behring Breivik is accused of setting a car bomb in downtown Oslo. At least seven people died in the blast in front of the Oil Ministry, but which also apparently targeted a 17-story office tower that contained the offices of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, leader of the governing Labor Party. But the much more terrible death toll came from a shooting spree at an island summer camp for young members of the Labor Party.
Right-wing terror in Norway | SocialistWorker.org
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu issued a statement Saturday night saying that Israel identified with the "deep pain and grief" of the Norwegian people. The Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying that Israel "expresses its shock at the revolting terror attacks in Oslo, which have taken the lives of innocent victims. Nothing at all can justify such wanton violence, and we condemn this brutal action with the utmost gravity."
PM: Israel identifies with 'deep pain and gr... JPost - Headlines
A team headed by National Security Adviser Ya'akov Amidror is looking into calling off the Oslo Accords in response to the Palestinian Authority's unilateral plan to gain United Nations recognition for an independent state. The Prime Minister's Bureau confirmed yesterday only that the NSC was discussing many alternatives ahead of September, and would be presenting them to the political echelon for a decision when it was done. Israeli officials did confirm that recent discussions held by Amidror had mentioned the option of voiding the Oslo Accords. However, this is not considered a leading alternative, they said. "It is one of the options that will be presented to the political echelon," a source said. Meanwhile, the PA is continuing its preparations ahead of the UN General Assembly meeting in September.
Israel looking into revoking Oslo Accords in response to Palestinian UN bid - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
Islamophobia manifested in Oslo - The Drum Opinion - While Anders Behring Breivik may have acted alone in Oslo, the ideas behind his rampage are spreading far and wide. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Find More Stories Back in 2009, I wrote a piece for New Matilda on the rise of the Islamophobic right in Europe and the United States, in which I noted the mainstreaming of a violent, apocalyptic anti-Muslim discourse. The people writing the stuff – the bloggers, the pundits, the intellectuals – were not, I suggested, themselves necessarily given to violence. But, as I said, "you can't warn against looming race wars over the future of civilisation, and not expect the boots-and-braces crowd to launch a preemptive strike".
Huge Blast in Oslo, Norway. Near Prime Minister’s Office | UN Dispatch
UDPATE : It seems that Norway is under attack on multiple fronts. Details are still sketchy at this point, but there are confirmed reports of a shooting incident at a summer camp attending by youth members of the liberal party. Apparently a man dressed up as a police officer opened fire. The Guardian has the story. Word is trickling out via Twitter of an apparent massive explosion in Oslo, Norway.
Hunt for Britons linked to Norway killer Anders Behring Breivik - Telegraph
Any member of a political group that has allowed Muslims to migrate to their country is regarded as a “target” who deserves “the death penalty”, according to his writings. He also spoke of being in touch with the far-Right English Defence League and made repeated references to British politicians, including Gordon Brown and Tony Blair, who were blamed for making London a global hub of Islamic terrorism. • Norwegian police were caught out despite having issued a warning in March of the danger that far-Right groups could be planning an attack. At a memorial service yesterday, Jens Stoltenberg, the Norwegian prime minister, was joined by the country’s king and queen in mourning the “national tragedy”. Breivik spent nine years planning Friday’s atrocity, and spent three years writing his manifesto A European Declaration of Independence, which was emailed to 5,700 people hours before he detonated a bomb in Oslo.
The cold-blooded calculation of the Norway tragedy boggles the mind. For over an hour, Anders Behring Breivik, 32, dressed as a police officer and armed with a rifle and a hand gun, prowled Utoeya, a tiny forested holiday island a few dozen kilometers from Oslo, calmly massacring teenagers. When he finally was forced to put down his weapons by a police team that reportedly took 40 minutes to respond, at least 86 were dead and many more were wounded.
Norway’s challenge - JPost - Opinion - Editorials
Utøya island attack: another example of news helicopters faster to the scene than police choppers « David Cenciotti's weblog
Yesterday, a friend of mine sent me a message after seeing images taken from a helicopter of Anders Behring Breivik shooting people at Utøya island during the so-called 2011 Norway attacks . He couldn’t understand why there could be images of the murderer before the police had arrived into the island. The explaination is simple: those images were taken by a news helicopter that was able to reach Utøya and shoot the footage well before the Police’s Special Forces could manage to reach the island (1 hour and 35 minutes after Breivik had begun massacring people).
Authorities: Man accused in Norway terror attacks confesses - CNN.com
Oslo, Norway (CNN) -- The man behind a pair of bloody terror attacks in Norway is set to appear in court Monday, his first such appearance since authorities say he killed at least 93 people by setting off an explosion and gunning down people at a youth camp. Police have not identified the suspect, but local television and newspaper reports say the man in custody is Anders Behring Breivik. Attorney Geir Lippestad, who claimed to represent the 32-year-old Breivik, told Norwegian TV2 late Saturday that his client "is ready to explain himself" in court. The suspect feels the terrorist attacks were "horrible," but "in his head (they) were necessary," Lippestad said. The 32-year-old Norwegian has said that he acted alone and has not pleaded guilty, acting National Police Chief Sveinung Sponheim said Sunday.Witnesses of Friday's mass killings in the Norwegian youth camp say there were two terrorists as the shootings were coming from "two different places on the island at the same time," Norwegian VG paper reported on Saturday. At least 92 people were killed in two separate attacks in Norway on Friday. Seven people reported to be killed in a bomb explosion at a government headquarters in Oslo and 85 were killed in a shooting at a youth summer camp on the Utoya island, near the capital. Several young people who survived Utoya's massacre, told VG paper that the shootings were coming from "two different places on the island at the same time."
At least two terrorists behind Norwegian youth camp massacre - witnesses | World | RIA Novosti
Officials: Attacks were Norway’s Oklahoma City, not Sept. 11 - Elias Groll - POLITICO.com
Details of two deadly attacks Friday in Norway quickly outpaced U.S. officials’ initial responses, which assumed the bombing in Oslo and a mass shooting at a youth camp outside the city were the work of a terrorist organization. But by late Friday, police and government officials in the Scandinavian country were comparing the attacks to the 1995 bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City — as the work of one of its own citizens, unrelated to Al Qaeda or any other terror movement. Continue ReadingThe omnipotence of Al Qaeda and meaninglessness of "Terrorism" - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
Here and elsewhere, it looks like we can expect the Obama administration to continue to barrel down the path that has already taken us far from the country we used to be. And by next year, if a different president is in the Oval Office, expect him to lead us even further astray. With that in mind, here are five categories in the sphere of national security where 2012 is likely to prove even grimmer than 2011. 1. Ever More Punitive (Ever Less Fair-minded).Anders B Breivik