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spanone

(135,824 posts)
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 09:30 AM Mar 2019

New Zealand mosques' attack suspect praised Trump in manifesto

A suspected gunman behind the Christchurch attacks has dubbed the US president as 'a symbol of renewed white identity'.

The Australian-born suspect who shot dead dozens of Muslim worshippers in Christchurch, New Zealand, has published a manifesto citing US President Donald Trump and Anders Breivik, the Norwegian white supremacist who murdered 77 people in Norway in 2011.

The 74-page dossier by Brenton Tarrant, which has been described by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison as a "work of hate", praised Trump as "a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose".

The 28-year-old, who is now in police custody, also claimed that he had "brief contact" with Breivik and had received a "blessing" for his actions from the mass murderer's acquaintances.

The dossier stated objections to immigration and multiculturalism, and decries the "decaying" culture of the white, European Western world.


https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/zealand-mosques-attack-suspect-praised-trump-manifesto-190315100143150.html
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New Zealand mosques' attack suspect praised Trump in manifesto (Original Post) spanone Mar 2019 OP
Trump statement coming... Moostache Mar 2019 #1
Is there a full copy of it floating around anywhere? jberryhill Mar 2019 #2
Haven't been able to locate it....been looking. spanone Mar 2019 #4
It's always annoying when news outlets do this jberryhill Mar 2019 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Mar 2019 #8
Didn't Don Jr. tell you not to discuss this? malaise Mar 2019 #3
shhh, what if he finds out???? spanone Mar 2019 #5
Not much longer malaise Mar 2019 #6
 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
2. Is there a full copy of it floating around anywhere?
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 09:38 AM
Mar 2019

I would imagine a 74 page document has quite a number of things in it.
 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
7. It's always annoying when news outlets do this
Fri Mar 15, 2019, 09:58 AM
Mar 2019

We're all capable of reading. Having someone else tell me what is in a document, instead of simply reading it, is annoying as hell.

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