Lawyer: Norway suspect wanted anti-Muslim crusade

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By BJOERN AMLAND and SARAH DiLORENZO

OSLO, Norway (AP) - The man blamed for attacks on Norway's government headquarters and a youth retreat that left at least 92 dead said he was motivated by a desire to bring about a revolution in Norwegian society, his lawyer said Sunday. A manifesto that he is believed to have written ranted against Muslim immigration to Europe and vowed revenge on "indigenous Europeans" who he accused of betraying their heritage.

Although lawyer for the 32-year-old Norwegian suspect, Anders Behring Breivik, said his client acted alone, police conducted raids on a garage and sheds in an industrial neighborhood of eastern Oslo, said police officer Kjell Bjerklund.

Survivors of the mass shooting on Utoya island that killed at least 85 young people reported seeing two assailants, and police have said they were looking into those accounts and had not ruled out a second suspect. Another seven people were killed in Friday's bombing in an Oslo government building.

In all, 92 people were killed and 97 wounded. There are still people missing at both scenes. Six hearses pulled up at the shore of the lake surrounding the island on Sunday, as rescuers on boats continued to search for bodies in the water. Body parts remain inside the Oslo building, which housed the prime minister's office.


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EDS NOTE: IMAGE HAS BEEN DIGITALLY ALTERED BY THE ORIGINAL SOURCE TO REMOVE THE BACKGROUND - This image shows Anders Behring Breivik from a manifesto attributed to him that was discovered Saturday, July 23, 2011. Breivik is a suspect in a bombing in Oslo and a shooting on a nearby island which occurred on Friday, July 22, 2011. The Norwegian news agency NTB said Breivik wrote a 1,500-page manifesto before the attack in which he attacked multiculturalism and Muslim immigration. The document, which contained this and other photos, also described how to acquire explosives. (AP Photo/via Scanpix)

[jpak]

1. But...but...but... Faux News sez he wasn't RW - just like they sed about Jared Loughner

I guess they don't want them in their White's Only Mooslim hatin' Christian RW Gun CULTure club

yup

[TomCADem]

6. The Current Debt Limit Crisis Shows The Danger Of Fox News...

...People just live in this right wing world where they can do no wrong and the only extremists and terrorists is everyone else.

[6000eliot]

2. Kind of makes it even more sick that the US media wanted to blame Islamic terrorists at first.

[Downwinder]

3. He plagiarized Ted Kaczynski for much of his manifesto.

[War Horse]

4. It's clear why he targeted leftist, not Muslims

1. He considers his left-wing victims to be traitors, deserving of death.

2. He considers random violence against Muslims counterproductive, as it will only cause sympathy to them.

Been reading bits of his "manifesto". Sick stuff, disturbing, but clearly a methodical planner.

[lunasun]

5. the media is not mentioning very often that the children killed were

Labor Party youth activists .... just a youth camp is the most often used description ..
....wouldnt leave it out if it was the other way around or a religious group camp I'm guessing