Dissecting the Oslo Terror Attacks

Anders Behring Breivik, 32, dressed as a policeman or security guard, with sweater and insignia, has been arrested for the shooting of 92 people on the island of Utoya, where the youth-wing of Norway's left-leaning Labor Party was holding a retreat, with 700 individuals present.  He is charged with two acts of terrorism.

The attack on the youth went on for between 30 minutes up to 2 hours, depending on individual eye-witness reports. Anders was reportedly the only person on the island with a gun or weapon of any kind.  He called the youth to him and like sheep to the slaughter they gathered in a tight group in front of him, waiting to hear what the policeman had to share with them. 

Anders Behring Breivik started shooting them, like fish in a barrel. It reportedly took the police swat team up to 2 hours to get boats, get to the island and start doing their job.  Another reason for the high number of dead and injured is that the youth did just about everything wrong.  When he started shooting, no one charged the shooter to try and stop or disarm him; the youth all ran forward in direct line of the gunman's bullets; some played possum, pretending to be dead, so he shot many a second time in the head to make sure they were dead.  He was calm and collected.

 ...he did not exhibit the behaviour of a frenzied lunatic. Instead, he coldly beckoned his victims towards him and then, like an iron-willed executioner, systematically fired at them.  (Mail Online)

This should be a lesson for us here in the United States, with visions of college campus shootings like Virginia Tech.  Had some of the adults been armed they could have stopped the slaughter.  The fact that no one else either had a gun or used a gun to try and stop Anders is unbelievable, since there are extremely liberal gun laws in Scandinavia, and that freedom to carry guns is now being partially blamed for the terror perpetrated by Anders,  'despite the prevalence of guns, there has never previously been a crime like this in Norway and even in wider Scandinavia such mass shootings are extremely rare'.

Is he responsible for the island shootings, 50 miles north of the capital, as well as the bombings on the Prime Minister’s office and an Oil Ministry building, which were originally reported to be coordinated attacks?  Jawa Report says:  'An eye witness reports that he saw someone dressed up like a police officer get out of the car that would later explode. So, this means that the bomber and the shooter could be the same person.'  Also, he was 'seen loitering around the site of the bomb blast in Oslo two hours before the island incident'.  Finally he admitted he conducted both attacks alone.

The shooter's on-line writings bear little relationship to his actions which state he opposes all "hate" ideologies among which he includes Islam, Nazism, and Communism.  However, his internet footprint is very small, with Twitter and FaceBook accounts being brand new.  The Facebook page could have been completely fake.

It also appears that someone added "Christian" and "Conservative" to his FaceBook information after the attacks.  (screen shots here)  The shooter is reported to be a reader of Gates of Vienna and Jihad Watch, as well as other Counter Jihad sites, but his reading was all over the map.

 The Daily Mail bio states 'According to Swedish website Expo Anders Behring Breivik is a member of 'Nordisk' which has 22,000 members and focuses on political terrorism.' and describes him as ' a 'loner', who lived with his mother in a wealthy suburb of west Oslo, was well-educated and enjoyed hunting.'.

It appears he did have connections to a Swedish neo-Nazi forum, according to the Daily Mail:   "It has emerged that the man at the centre of the attack is also a member of a Swedish Nazi forum which encourages attacks on government buildings."  It would appear that his thoughts, loyalties and actions are all over the place.

He was a youth and adult member of the conservative Fremskrittspartiet (FrP) or Progress Party, VG newspaper reports, remaining involved until 2007. The party's most prominent manifesto pledge is to minimize immigration. (CNN)

We're told that Anders Behring Breivik left behind a detailed manifesto outlining his preparations and calling for a Christian civil war to defend Europe against the threat of Muslim domination,  and yet he draws on the extreme right, the ideas of al Qaeda and other terrorist groups (which he admires) to describe and rationalize a plot which almost exactly matches his activities on July 22, 201, and further he identified with freemasonry, (see his image above, wearing the apron etc of the Freemasons)  which would contradict the media claims of him being at Christian zealot.

Anders Behring Breivik in his manifesto referred to his planned killing as my martyrdom operation.  (Download manifesto for now at least, at this link.)  If he intended to be a martyr he apparently changed his mind as he quickly handed over his weapons to authorities when they arrived.

 There are also claims that he belonged to the Knights Templar group, a medieval order created to protect Christian pilgrims in the Holy Land after the First Crusade.  He also had a "hatred" of the modern institutional church.  According to the New York Daily News, he liked some of the same movies and television shows that I do.

"He wanted a change in society and, from his perspective, he needed to force through a revolution," Lippestad, the lawyer, told public broadcaster NRK. "He wished to attack society and the structure of society."

Lippestad said Breivik spent years writing the 1,500-page manifesto entitled, "2083 - A European Declaration of Independence." It was signed "Andrew Berwick." The date was referred to later in the document as the year that coups d'etat would engulf Europe and overthrow the elite he maligns.  (Breitbart)

It is interesting that a Muslim terror group took credit for the attacks, then apparently backed away from those claims but not before praising Anders Behring Breivik's actions.  No matter what Anders true beliefs or motives were, and we may never really know, he achieved the same results as the Muslim terrorists desired. And there is indeed a militant Muslim presence in Oslo. 

… Initial reports focused on the possibility of Islamic militants, in particular Ansar al-Jihad al-Alami, or Helpers of the Global Jihad, cited by some analysts as claiming responsibility for the attacks. American officials said the group was previously unknown and might not even exist.  (NYTimes)

... First of all, over 90% of the terrorist attacks in the world are carried out by Muslims (making it reasonable to assume that when there's a terrorist attack Islamists are likely involved - yet keeping in mind that "not all Muslims are terrorists ... yet nearly all terrorists are Muslim"), there is a militant Muslim presence in Norway  (Hyscience)

As Weasel Zippers notes, "No branch of Christianity calls for violence, contra Islam. The dominant left-stream media has been itching for a Western mass-murderer since 9-11 and every attack subsequent to it. Now they have a suspect with blond hair...", a vegetable farmer who purchased six tons of fertilizer.  It should also be noted that '...Muslim isn't a race and Islamist extremists come in all colors'.

The media seems thrilled to report that  he 'posted on Christian fundamentalist websites and reportedly held right-wing, anti-Muslim views' and  'was also once a member of the youth wing of a rightist party'.   If this had been a Muslim, the media would fail to include any description of the man, hair color, skin color, religion, race, nation or origin, etc.   But a 6 foot tall blond media-named Christian, with 'blue-green eyes and chiseled features, dressed in a preppy style', who owns three guns (a rifle, shotgun and hand gun), and belongs to gun clubs, ... that's the holy grail.

As Phyllic Chesler points out, "... Barry Rubin, writes that "There have been over 10,000 Islamist terrorist attacks, many of them against Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, and others. The number of such attacks against Muslims in the West or indeed in the world is perhaps one percent of that number.""

Jersey Nut notes '... what I think is worthy of note is how much the Norwegian establishment - the academics, the politicians, the media - turned toward the Islamic position in recent years, and embraced their anti-semitism under the thin guise of anti-Zionism.'  We're told that Norwegians were shocked that this terror was committed by one of their own. 

Two days before the terror attacks many of the youth that were on the Utoya island camp had met with Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere and demanded he recognize Palestine.

Gahr Stoere told the youths that the Palestinians deserve a country of their own and that the occupation must end, Norwegian website Politisk reported. Several of the youths waved signs reading: "Boycott Israel." (YNET)

I condemn all acts of terror, no matter who quilty party is, what religion they claim or what excuse they use.  

A post in Breivik's name on an online forum, Document.no, from December 2009, talks about non-Muslim teenagers being "in an especially precarious situation with regards to being harassed by Islamic youth."

"I know of many hundred occasions where non-Muslims have been robbed, beaten up and harassed by Islamic gangs," the post reads. "I had a best friend between the ages of 12-17 who was a Pakistani, so I was one of the many protected, cool 'potatoes' that had protection. But this also made me see the hypocrisy up close and personal and made me nauseous."

Another post in Breivik's name in October 2009 advises "Hans", described as the founder of Document.no, to "develop an alternative to the violent extreme Norwegian Marxist organisations Blitz, SOS Rasisme and Rod Ungdom" -- all left-wing movements in Norway.

"The conservatives dare not openly express their viewpoints in public because they know that the extreme Marxists will trump them. We cannot accept the fact that the Labour Party is subsidising these violent "Stoltenberg jugend", who are systematically terrorising the politically conservative," the post reads.

He is making a reference to the youth movement of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, who heads the Labour Party.  (CNN)

Is Anders Behring Breivik  like Timothy McVeigh of Oklahoma City or Jarred Loughner in Arizona?  Gates Of Vienna says:

... Oslo and Oklahoma City definitely have a lot in common in this regard.

But one thing many people seem to forget — and which they may never have known, thanks to the American government’s actions and the media spin that followed — is that there almost certainly was an Islamic terror connection to the Oklahoma City bombing. (more)

The Prime Minister said in a speech "no one shall bomb us into silence".  The US President sent his condolences.

The media anxiously await for  Anders Behring Breivik's motive.  I'm not sure he even knows, but we are told he is cooperating with authorities.

According to Fox News, Anders Behring Breivik's attorney says he admits what he did was terrible,  but states it had to be done.  Who can truly know the mind of another human being?

The moral of the story is always be prepared, always have protection, trust no one, and look out for the crazies.

 

Updates as they are available.

UPDATES:

Breivik's father's home in Cournanel in southern France was raided early Monday morning as Breivik prepares for a closed court hearing in Oslo.  Anders behring Breivik, who lived with his mother, has not seen his father, Jens Breivik, for 16 years, half of his lifetime.  No word on the reason for the split between father and son. 

The death toll was upgraded to 93 yesterday, but today has been re-adjusted to 76.

Breivik told judge Kim Heger that there were "two more cells in our organisation."  There is no information to back up this claim or to indicate that these supposed cells were planning terror attacks.

Judge Kim Heger said Breivik will not be allowed visitors or letters.

NOTE:  This article has been updated with links and image July 24, 2011 and July 25, 2011.

Comments

[Trestin]

Debbie, I've been all over trying to get information on this, and this is the best piece I've seen all day. Great job on this one!

[MK]

No one thought to charge the scumbag, well that's a result of leftist indoctrination over the years, teaching them dependence and collectivism.

This is the price for shunning free will, responsibility and common sense and instead embracing stupidity and a culture of passing the buck to someone, anyone else.

My condolences to the victims and their families and i hope people learn from this, though i'm not optimistic.

[Debbie]

Trestin: Thanks so much

[Martin]

This is the best run-down I've read so far, so I'll definitely be sharing in on the interwebs.

I find it interesting that Anders' closest apparent political leanings would be along the lines of United Russia, Vladimir Putin's political party. I also find it noteworthy that two separate Islamist groups tried to take responsibility before realizing that gig was up.

I'm also rather curious if Anders had any connection with the "Anonymous" movement, which is supported by "Russian interests".

[Debbie]

Martin, thanks so much. High praise coming from you. The Freemason angle is interesting. I'm not sure about the "Anonymous" movement.

[Jenny]

Thank you for this excellent article, Debbie. This was a truly horrific event. May God be with the families.

[McCloud]

Good info, Debbie. The Times and many other newspapers did not hesitate to run with "Christian fundamentalist" as a description, even though such people almost all attend church regularly. Did this guy have a church home?

[Debbie]

From the article above:

He also had a "hatred" of the modern institutional church.

Also, the words "Christian" and "Conservative" seem to have been added to his FaceBook site AFTER the attacks took place. who did this? See the link in the article for screen shots.

[Always On Watch]

A fellow blogger sent me a copy of the screed that Breivik wrote. Sheesh. Talk about weird!

I've now written a long post on the topic of Breivik. I plan for this post to my one and only post on the topic. I do not have time to waste on such a madman!

[Chaya]

Okay....this might sound crazy...but do you think that this attack was done in order to create sympathy for Muslims - that - maybe - this guy is a convert to Islam??? And the whole thing is a set up??

[R.J. Godlewski]

@Chaya,

My take is that this is just a nut misguided by delusions of society. That said, it comes after intelligence warned that Jihadists were seeking "blond-haired, blue-eyed" people who would not arouse any suspicions.

Only time will tell...

R.J.

[JON A UNDERWOOD]

Did anyone out there see this clown wearing his "Templar" uniform? It is of course a US Marine Corps Enlisted Dress Blue jacket.

The ribbons on his chest are all US ribbons. He does have some other medals that are European in nature. Was this guy ever in the armed forces of Norway?

Since this uniform is bogus, has anyone out there actually checked to see if he is actually a member of the Free Masons?

Europe is becoming more and more populated by Muslims and the national demographics of European nations are changing, as all nations do over time.

This is a fact, but people can not take violence into their own hands, people can not go around killing people like this clown and Islamic terrorists do.

Murder can not be excused and can not be tolerated by any rational nation! I have heard that the maximum amount of time this clown will get is around 21 years for killing 76 people? The Scandinavian peoples have not had to deal with this level of lunacy before, their laws are not up to dealing with this type of violence. I am sure their laws will be changed to properly deal with violence of this level. The PM stated the answer to acts like these is "More Democracy", sounds correct to me.

The fact that they, along with the rest of us, initially thought that these acts were Islamic terror based is quite reasonable based upon the last 20 years.

Murder is not and can never be the answer!

Jon

[Debbie]

Jon A. Uhnderwood: Thanks for that thoughtful comment. Murder is not ever the answer. This guy may plead insanity I heard today.

[Martel Sobieskey]

Debbie concludes: "The moral of the story is always be prepared,always have protection,trust no one,and look out for the crazies" -- well said indeed! In this case the Norewegian police/security were totally incompetent if not criminally negligent in their duty -- but of course Norwegians don't believe there are in bad guys in the world. It took police 90 minutes to get to the site. It should have been only 10 minutes. A helicopter with a sniper should have been there almost immediately. Thanks to Debbie for the excellent article.

[tyarthurhu]

My hunch is that Breivik does work for the Jihad, because he acts as if he were created to inflict murder for the Jihadists, but carry a conspicuous false christian flag so that it can
be blamed on their enemies. If so, the ploy is working much better
than attempts to blame 9/11 on the US and Israel as it has quashed any
theories that the attack can be linked to the jihadists which are the
only other place thinking we have seen writings like his manifesto
which sounds like a direct translation of Al Queda terror manuals.

This piece looks not only at third terrorist links to Ramsi Yousef, but also questions if there are jihad links to other non-Islam jihadists such as Virginia Tech and the discovery hostage stand off:

http://www.asianweek.com/2011/07/23/norway-counter-jihadist-goes-jihad-as-oslo-city-bomber/

[Debbie]

Martel Sobieskey: Thank you, high praise indeed. The deal with the helicopters is they only have small ones, according to reports, so a pilot and sniper would have been all they could fit, no mass troops could use the helicopters. What a shame.

[Debbie]

tyarthurhu: Thank you for that link. I think we don't know enough about this guy yet and it should be very interesting to dig deeper and uncover everything about him.

I heard today he had been planning this for 10 years, that sounds a little strange to me so I will wait for some sources.

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