Breaking on BBC - Norway Oslo blast - no evidence of terror attack

[malaise]

Several people injured
Residents report smell of sulphur
oil and gas Ministry
PM safe...not in office

change words

[malaise]

1. Tangled wreckage near government buildings

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14252515
<snip>
The explosion caused damage to the offices of the Norwegian Prime Minister

A large explosion has hit near government headquarters in the Norwegian capital Oslo.

The blast is thought to have caused damage to the offices of Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and a number of other official buildings.

Initial reports suggested Mr Stoltenberg was unharmed.

At least eight people were injured in the city centre explosion, local media reports. No-one has said they were behind the attack.

Television footage from the scene showed rubble and glass from shattered windows in the streets - smoke was around some buildings. The wreckage of at least one car was in street.

[gateley]

2. Whoa - showing footage on MSNBC now. Don't know what

it could have been other than intentional -- not a gas leak or something. Must have been a LARGE explosion!

[malaise]

3. Reminds me of the Oklahoma Federal building

although neither the death toll nor the damage is as extensive.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14254705
Love coverage

[gateley]

12. Yes! You're right!! nt

[CJCRANE]

23. I thought of the Stockholm bombing. nt

[Fuzz]

4. No evidence? NO EVIDENCE!? Screw that. Start rounding up the usual suspects!

[brentspeak]

5. Reports of more than one explosion n/t

[Baclava]

6. big blast - I don't think it was swamp gas

[malaise]

7. Well they don't have gas lines in Oslo

hints suggest a car bomb

Ah well Rupert is no longer the major headline

[gateley]

13. Which would also explain that UFO hovering above the buildings. nt

[malaise]

17. Norwegian police say the explosion was caused by a bomb

from BBC

[EFerrari]

19. TPM says, police believe there may be two more bombs. n/t

[Baclava]

30. good eye!

...probably just a weather balloon

[PoliticAverse]

8. Video showing damage...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkFYUP3aKbU&feature=youtu.be

[malaise]

9. Several people killed

according to person being interviewed on BBC - most of the windows of PMs office blown out

[PoliticAverse]

10. Additional videos...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oAPNDMwv1I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGd-G-nKCGw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UpvvDdksqA

[CJCRANE]

11. The terrorists

obviously want to change the news cycle to highlight their agenda.

[malaise]

16. Maybe Rupert was shreding and burning evidence

and the shredder exploded from overload :evilgrin:

[CJCRANE]

21. I don't know about that...

but whenever the terrorists strike it always helps the agenda of Rupe and his neocon buddies. It's strange how they also have the same goals of destroying government, creating fear etc. If I didn't know any better I'd say they're symbiotic.

:tinfoilhat:

[Shagbark Hickory]

14. Anyone wondering what the inside of Malaise's home looks like...

I'm guessing it looks something like this.


A staff of 100 people monitor news outlets on over 1,000 different monitors.
Round the clock blogging and 24/7 updates on DU.

[malaise]

15. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahaha

:rofl:

[gateley]

20. Bwah! No kidding! nt

[sinkingfeeling]

18. Now saying it was a car bomb and there are multiple deaths.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43854355/ns/world_news-europe/

[gateley]

22. Man, that had to be a HUGE car bomb. But listen to me, like

I know what you can and can't put into a car. :eyes: And come to think of it, how else would they deliver the "payload"?

I hope there are no more fatalities. :(

[malaise]

24. One person arrested either at or near the airport

People still trapped in buildings

[Ichingcarpenter]

25. Thanks for the update from MNI

malaise news international...

I''m a little under the weather so I can't go downstairs to watch my neighbors TV
to see what they say.

[malaise]

26. BBC has live covergae on line

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14254705
Hope you feel better soon :hi:

[gateley]

29. Someone (undoubtedly MNI) posted a link upthread for

live coverage, but I find it's quicker to just check w/DU, so I think you're covered. :7

Hope you feel better soon! :pals:

[malaise]

33. The really good news here is that the Scandinavian countries

are mostly on vacation at this time or the casualties would be much higher

[gateley]

37. Boy, was Norway even on the "terrorist" radar? They're mentioning

Al Q, and they seem to feel there is an Al Q presence in Norway, but I'm really surprised. It's hardly a World Power and I thought that's who was generally a target.

Can a bomb this size be a Timothy McVeigh type of attack? It seems bigger, somehow.

[malaise]

40. Looks like a coordinated attack

Seven killed and several injured in Oslo bomb
• Four feared shot dead at youth political rally
• Fears these are co-ordinated terror attacks

http://www.guardian.co.uk/

[Ichingcarpenter]

27. Breaking: Shots fired at Labour party summer camp

Breaking: Shots fired at Labour party summer camp

The youth division of the Labour Party has their traditional summer camp at Utøya, a recreational island in the south of the country.

Reports are coming about shots fired at the island with people swimming away from it.

From DU Lars who lives there.

[malaise]

28. WTF???

RW madness?

[Ichingcarpenter]

32. I like to see who the handlers are

in a few years. I suspect it will be claimed to be an El Quida hit
and the suspects will be arab or moslem.

The economic and political ramifications will make Norway go more
to the right.

Who gains is always the question thus 'the real handlers' is the question.

I the real story always takes years .

[malaise]

31. BBC just caught up with you

According to BBC a tweet said that a man dressed as a police offer fired at the youth camp???

[Ichingcarpenter]

34. Caught up with DU you mean .... LBNs Lars is reporting n/t

[Ichingcarpenter]

36. Lars77 reports in LBN

Lars77 (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-22-11 09:18 AM
Response to Reply #43
49. The PM, minister of foreign affairs and Gro Harlem Brundtland (UN) were supposed to attend.

No idea if they were there now.

[malaise]

39. Several killed at youth camp

One arrested - looking more like political targeting of PM and Labour

[WinkyDink]

35. Um....The BBC says police have told them it is believed to be terrorism-related although they do not

The BBC says police have told them it is believed to be terrorism-related although they do not know the motive.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/jul/22/oslo-explosion-live-coverage

[malaise]

38. The problem with 'terror-related' is that it usually

infers that it is linked to Middle Easterners - it could as easily be right wing terrorism as McVeigh taught the world.