erynthered Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/07/blast-in-oslo-blows-out-government-office-building-windows/1
Booster4324 Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 Update Elsewhere, a gunman dressed in a police uniform opened fire at a Labor Party youth camp at Utoya, an island outside Oslo, on Friday, shooting several youths, party spokesman Per Gunnar Dahl told The Associated Press. He said unconfirmed reports said five people were hit as panicked youth tried to escape the island swimming. It wasn't immediately clear if the two attacks were related. I would think it very likely they are related.
erynthered Posted July 22, 2011 Author Posted July 22, 2011 The BBC has some film coverage of the Oslo bombing. The amount of damage to so many Buildings is amazing. Confirmed 7 dead. Live BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14254705
erynthered Posted July 22, 2011 Author Posted July 22, 2011 Update I would think it very likely they are related. They're saying now that between 20 and 30 youths are dead. Sad.
DC Tom Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 They're saying now that between 20 and 30 youths are dead. Sad. They're also saying now that it's looking like al Qaeda is behind the attack. Norway? Why attack Norway?
1billsfan Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 They're also saying now that it's looking like al Qaeda is behind the attack. Norway? Why attack Norway? Because years ago they dared publish muhammad cartoons.
Booster4324 Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 Graphic Link The New York Times quotes a terrorism expert as saying that the terror group, Ansar al-Jihad al-Alami, or the Helpers of the Global Jihad, has issued a statement claiming responsibility for the attack. The newspaper quotes Will McCants, a terrorism analyst at C.N.A., a research institute that studies terrorism, as saying the group called the attacks a response to Norwegian forces' presence in Afghanistan and to unspecified insults to the Prophet Muhammad. The statement added that "there is more to come." The Times notes that the claim could not be confirmed. You know the cartoons.
GG Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 They're also saying now that it's looking like al Qaeda is behind the attack. Norway? Why attack Norway? They consistently underachieve in hockey?
DC Tom Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 They consistently underachieve in hockey? Then why not attack Ottawa?
Booster4324 Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 Interesting Update: Abu Sulayman has now issued a retraction, stating clearly that “Helpers” was not involved in the operation and that his statement was not an official statement. He says those who carried out the attacks “must surely be known to all.”
Chef Jim Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 They're also saying now that it's looking like al Qaeda is behind the attack. Norway? Why attack Norway? Nobel Peace Prize...Obama....duh. Did I have to come back to point out the !@#$ing obvious??
Booster4324 Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 May just be 1 guy behind both attacks and he is under arrest.
GG Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize...Obama....duh. Did I have to come back to point out the !@#$ing obvious?? And this is the thread you chose?
Chef Jim Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 And this is the thread you chose? Yes. My wife and her family lived in Oslo and her Uncle was from Norway so the topic is of interest to me.
1billsfan Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 I think people should chill out with the smiley face icons. I read that a youth summer camp was shot up with bodies floating in the water.
Chef Jim Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 May just be 1 guy behind both attacks and he is under arrest. So one guy is behind both of these attacks? Really? Brilliant posts like this is the reason I stopped posting here.
DC Tom Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 I think people should chill out with the smiley face icons. I read that a youth summer camp was shot up with bodies floating in the water. ...and you're worried about !@#$ing smiley faces?
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