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Thursday, 9 August 2012

23 July 2012. VOR Presents… Memorials Held in Norway for the Victims of Last Year’s Terrorist Attack

On 22 July 2012, Norway remembered the victims of a double attack that shook the world a year ago. On that day, in the city centre’s government quarter, an explosion shook Oslo, eight people died and another 98 received various injuries. Later, the terrorist attacked a Norwegian Labour Party Workers’ Youth League (AUF) camp on Utøya Island, killing 69 people and wounding 60. The suspect in both crimes, Anders Behring Breivik, voluntarily surrendered to police.

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Before the memorial in Oslo for the victims of a double attack began, police made a thorough inspection of the city centre, using specially-trained dogs.

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At 11.00, Norwegian royal family members (pictured, at right, King Harald V) and Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (left), laid wreaths at the explosion site at the parliamentary centre in Oslo.

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Across Norway, memorial services marked the anniversary of the terrible events. In the image above, we see the Norwegian royal family taking part in a ceremony near a destroyed government building in Oslo. Left to right: Princess Mette-Marit, Crown Prince Haakon, Prime Minister’s wife, Ingrid, Queen Sonja, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, and King Harald.

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Members of the Norwegian royal family and Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg attended a memorial service at the Oslo Domkirke. After the service, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit met with relatives of those killed and injured on 22 July 2011. From left to right: Princess Märtha Louise, Queen Sonja, and King Harald.

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On Utøya Island, on 22 July 2012, a memorial event organised by the AUF of the Norwegian Labour Party marked the first anniversary of the tragic events that took place a year ago. A ferry took relatives and friends of the teenagers killed and injured by Breivik to the island to lay flowers at the scene of the tragedy.

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On the evening of 22 July, Norwegians marched in the city streets holding flowers and candles; a concert by Norwegian and foreign artists at Town Hall Square in Oslo memorialised the tragic events of 2011. In the image above, we see relatives and friends of those killed and injured visiting Utøya Island on 22 July 2012.

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22 July 2012

Voice of Russia World Service

http://rus.ruvr.ru/photoalbum/82452664/82471194/

Monday, 16 April 2012

Breivik Claims Innocence

Never forget… never forgive… this cold-hearted bastard killed in COLD BLOOD…

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Self-confessed Norwegian shooter Anders Breivik went on trial Monday for a deadly massacre last year that claimed 77 lives, pleaded not guilty, and said he acted in self-defence. At the hearing, he said, “I admit to the acts, but not criminal guilt”, he said at the hearing, adding that he was acting in self-defence. Breivik also rejected the authority of the court as he came in the courtroom to testify on the 22 July attacks that shocked peaceful Norway. Breivik said, when the court allowed him to comment, “I don’t recognise Norwegian courts because you get your mandate from the Norwegian political parties who support multiculturalism”.

Breivik, 33, faces charges of murdering eight people in a car bomb explosion in downtown Oslo on 22 July 2011, and then gunning down 69 others, mostly teenagers, at a summer camp on the island of Utøya. He claims the attacks were necessary to prevent Muslims from overrunning Norway. The anti-Muslim killer remained emotionless as Prosecutor Inga Bejer Engh read the list of victims, describing the details of each person’s death. The gunman however started crying when the court showed the video the killer uploaded to YouTube six hours before the bomb in the centre of Oslo went off. The 12-minute video, entitled Knights Templar 2083, features extracts from Breivik’s 1,500-page manifesto where he expressed his extreme anti-Muslim political views and described the attacks that he later carried out.

Breivik also told the court he was a rebel fighter in a militant group created along the lines of the Knights Templar… a Western Christian military order that fought during the Crusades. The police found no trace of such an organisation. At the hearing, Prosecutor Svein Holden said, “In our opinion, there is no such network”. The self-confessed gunman may face a maximum 21-year sentence if found mentally stable, although the authorities could extend his imprisonment for as long as they consider him a menace to society. The trial will take place amid tightened security with some 100 police officers deployed around the court. Breivik, who has received threats to his life ever since his arrest, sat behind a bullet-proof screen at the hearing. Relatives of his victims can watch the trial in a specially built 200-seat courtroom.

16 April 2012

RIA-Novosti

http://en.rian.ru/world/20120416/172854241.html

Editor’s Note:

Breivik’s crime fits the “Tsar Aleksandr” rule for the death penalty… it wasn’t treason, but it WAS a blow at society, similar to that of the Minsk Metro bombing, it wasn’t a mere criminal act. He attacked property and killed members of the Norwegian Labour Party, targeting them for their political views. Ergo, if there were justice in Norway, he’d get the “super” and he’d be “swimming with the fishies”. I’d hang his worthless carcass without a qualm… and sleep well afterwards. However, I think that he’ll never get out of the slam… he targeted the leadership of his country, and he’s going to pay, they’ll see to that. After all… Breivik killed THEIR kids… bad move…

BMD 

Wednesday, 30 November 2011

Anders Behring Breivik Declared Insane

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Anders Behring Breivik, accused of masterminding a dual terrorist attack in Norway, can’t stand trial on the grounds of mental incompetence. Experts made this conclusion after a psychiatric examination. They told Norwegian media that the effects of sexual abuse in Breivik’s childhood might have caused this. On Tuesday, forensic psychiatrists who analysed Breivik’s mental state at the time of the terrorist attacks on 22 July presented their conclusion that he was “insane”.

Their report stated, “Breivik suffers from paranoid-schizophrenic disorder. The experts determined that he fantasised that he was a Knight Templar, who committed murder out of love for his people”. The report points up that Breivik displayed an “unhealthy state” during both the preparation and the carrying out of the terrorist acts, and in his communications with doctors. “We have no doubt about it. Now, the court has to decide, we don’t have the last word”, said Dr Torgeir Husby, who conducted the examination. The experts don’t rule out that Breivik’s schizophrenia could be the result of shock from sexual abuse that he suffered at the age of four or five. This opinion was been expressed earlier by anonymous experts, and, on Tuesday, Drs Torgeir Husby and Synne Sorheim stated that these hypotheses sound plausible, even if it’s very difficult to confirm them at this point.

Breivik Might Be Under Compulsory Treatment for the Rest of His Life

If the Oslo District Court agrees with the findings of forensic experts presented on Tuesday, Breivik is likely to spend the rest of his life in compulsory treatment in a closed psychiatric ward. “Every third year, they’d consider an extension of treatment. This would be starting from the original decision of the court”, Prosecutor Ang Beyer said at a press conference about the results of Breivik’s psychiatric examination. It could result in life-long detention, if experts find him a continued threat to society, she added. According to Ms Beyer, 111 people are currently in compulsory treatment in Norway; half of them received such detention for murder or attempted murder.

In the near future, Norway will create a special commission that will examine all the material and make their assessment of the forensic findings. This should happen before Christmas. For its part, prosecutors could theoretically require hire other experts to give them another opinion on Breivik’s sanity. As he stated at the hearing, Prosecutor Sveyn Holden thinks that we should send Breivik for treatment at a secure mental hospital, so, he’s likely to avoid prison. He said, “Psychiatrists describe Breivik as a person who lives in his own fantasy world and all his thoughts and actions are influenced by it. He’s suffered from paranoid schizophrenia for quite a long time, and, at the time of his offence, he considered himself a knight saving humanity“.

The common assumption was that the court would sentence Breivik to 21 years in prison… the maximum penalty in Norway. However, if the court found him guilty of a terrorist act against humanity, the prison term could go up to 30 years. Earlier, Breivik said that he doesn’t consider himself crazy, and his lawyer believes that Breivik deserves some leniency from the authorities, as he voluntarily surrendered to police and cooperated with the investigation. Breivik’s case is supposed to start on 16 April 2012. Authorities at Ila prison, where Breivik is at present, have already announced that they’re going to build a special unit for the famous prisoner in January. It’ll have more thorough-going security measures than the rest of the prison has, according to the journal Aftenposten.

Psychiatrists Synne Sorheim and Torgeir Husby held 12 meetings with Breivik. According to the broadcasting company NRK, their conclusion is 230 pages long. The initial deadline for making a decision about whether to arraign Breivik on charges for his terrorist attack to face criminal prosecution or whether he should be remanded to compulsory treatment was 1 November, but was extended at the psychiatrists’ request to 30 November. According to his lawyer, Geir Lippestad, Breivik was fearful of the psychiatrists’ conclusions. Lippestad said to an interviewer, “He’s afraid that their conclusion would be ‘devastating’”. Earlier reports indicated that Breivik refused to talk with Norwegian psychiatrists and demanded an examination by Japanese specialists, but the court denied his request.

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There were 77 victims in the dual terrorist attack on 22 July in Norway. Firstly, a bomb went off in the government quarter in central Oslo, near the Prime Minister’s Office, which killed eight people. Several hours later, the perp opened fire at a Norwegian Labour Party youth camp on Utøya Island near the capital, there, 69 people died. Immediately after the first interrogation, Breivik confessed to committing the terrorist acts, but he doesn’t consider his actions culpable. Breivik’s trial is due to start on 16 April 2012.

29 November 2011

Voice of Russia World Service

http://rus.ruvr.ru/2011/11/29/61193087.html

Sunday, 24 July 2011

“He Considered Himself a ‘Superman’”

“The Norwegian shooter” confessed to organising and committing both terrorist acts…

Norwegian Anders Breivik fully admitted his guilt in organising and carrying out the explosion in Oslo and the mass killings at the camp on Utøya Island, according to his lawyer, Geir Lippestad. There won’t be any more interrogations at present, according to counsel. On Monday, Breivik will appear before the District Court of Oslo. Police arrested 32-year-old Anders Breivik after the shooting on the island. He faces charges under statute covering “terrorism and terrorist activities”. As reported by the police, it’s for the massacre at a youth camp on Utøya Island and organising the blasts in Oslo. Breivik faces a maximum penalty of 21 years of imprisonment.

At the same time, police sources suggest that there were at least two terrorists, according to state television channel NRK. “Our NRK correpsndents talked to some of the campers on Friday night, they said that there were two criminals, rather than one, as we expected”, a NRK source said. Police are trying to find out whether a Breivik had an accomplice, or he acted alone. “We’re working hard on this. As soon as possible, whether there was a ‘number two’ (another terrorist)”, Police Inspector Einar Aas told reporters. According to eyewitnesses, the second perp wasn’t wearing a police uniform, as Breivik was.

Previously, Breivik never was a cause of suspicion amongst law enforcement agencies. He successfully completed his army service after conscription into the forces, and was a member of an Oslo area shooting club, where he was a marksman with various weapons, including automatics. In addition, on various Norwegian internet forums that require personal registration, journalists have found comments posted by Breivik expressing nationalist ideas and criticism of a multicultural society. On one of the portals, a week ago, he posted a modified quote of the economist John Stuart Mill, “One man with strong faith is equal to 100,000 others who only have interests”. The same quote appears in his Tweet on 17 July. In his profile on Facebook, Breivik calls himself “conservative”, “Christian”, single, and a player in the online games World of Warcraft and Modern Warfare 2.

The police still have no information on his involvement in extremist right-wing organisations. At the same time, the public membership roll of the “Christian” Three Pillars Masonic Lodge in Oslo listed him as a member. A database of Norwegian private entrepreneurs showed that Breivik registered a number of firms. Strangely enough, though, all of these firms seemed to die quickly. Although some of them look like quite the usual Internet projects, the nature of one of these now has perked up interest in the police. Specifically, Breivik Geofarm, which received a license to cultivate agricultural products, could’ve opened up to Breivik access to the chemicals needed to make bombs. On Saturday, spokesmen for the network of stores that supply agricultural products said that the suspect bought 6 tons of fertilizer in May, Reuters reported. According to the vendor, the purchase of fertilizer was on 4 May. Breivik didn’t report why he needed the fertiliser, and he didn’t state where he was going to store it, either.

Breivik was in the youth organisation of the Liberal opposition Progress Party (FrP) {do remember that “Liberal” in European terms is “right-wing conservative” in US terms: editor}, and worked as a party activist. The secretariat of the FrP confirmed this information. “The problem over time with the FrP is its constant desire to fit in with the rules of multiculturalism and the suicidal ideals of humanism. In this, they’ve thrown out the baby with the bathwater”, Breivik wrote last year in one of his many comments on the site Document.no. That site was founded in 2003, and it’s now one of the major news-analysis sites of the extreme right-wing “Christian” “conservative” faction in Norwegian politics. The site also attracted criticism from the established media and became a mouthpiece of Islamophobic groups. The Progress Party was founded in 1973 as a centre of opposition to the social-democratic organisation of Norwegian society, and, since then, has been in favour of strong economic liberalisation in the kingdom {that is, the FrP’s a collection of unhinged radical laissez-faire extremists like the Tea Party… they want to shred the social safety net for the benefit of the rich: editor}. Since the 1990′s, it has increased its support four-fold due to its populist demagoguery and its criticism of the influx of immigrants into the country. According to the results of parliamentary elections in 2009, the FrP is the second party in the Parliament, after the Norwegian Labour Party, possessing 41 of the 169 seats.

The radio station Vesti FM learned about Breivik’s youth from Olof Anderson, the press-secretary of the Union of Russian Societies of Sweden. He said that he had earlier worked with Breivik. “Principally, he’s a relatively quiet guy, but a bit inadequate, I’d say. One of his most prominent features was that he quite exaggerated his self-importance, particularly in relation to girls. However, the girls didn’t like his conceitedness”, Anderson said. When asked if Breivik considered himself a ‘superman’, Andersen replied, “Yes, you can say that. However, of course, when he was younger, it was harder to see. Yet, he came down on the girls and he thought they’d gladly go with him. We worked with quite a few Pakistanis. Therefore, when they snubbed him, it made him feel even more inadequate. Most likely, probably, over the years, it just evolved into a pattern”.

24 July 2011

Voice of Russia World Service

Konstantin Garibov

Tatiana Sharapova

http://rus.ruvr.ru/2011/07/24/53621134.html

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