Norway Bombing, Shooting Rampage Called Effort to Start ‘Revolution’
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As the news began to trickle in from Norway on Friday, an anti-government pattern quickly emerged. The bombing outside the prime minister’s headquarters in Oslo was soon followed by a shooting rampage at an island hosting a youth camp for the PM’s Labour Party. Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, who had been working from home that day and was unscathed, had been scheduled to speak to the teens, so was it a mangled assassination attempt? Norway had earned radical Muslims’ ire through its efforts against al-Qaeda-inspired offshoots, so was it Islamic terrorism? The fact that the shooter was blond didn’t put those fears to rest as al-Qaeda has put extra efforts on recruiting Europeans who would arouse less suspicion. But when the smoke cleared, the attack in which 93 people were killed (and police say more are still missing) was more like Oklahoma City than the World Trade Center.
admin @ July 30, 2011