PerfectStorm
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What do you want to bet this is the work of radical Episcopalians?
What do you want to bet this is the work of radical Episcopalians?
Well... there are two main possibilities... some group from the Arab world or the Norwegian radical right (a radical right that make the GOP look like a bunch of ******s). My personal bet is that it is from the Arab world but we shall see.
Quite the detective work there Sherlock.
Not long after a bomb ripped through government buildings, there are reports of a shooter at a camp put on by the ruling labor party.
There are reports of at least four dead.
The camp is on the island of Utoya.
Considering the proximity to government offices (the PM's office, parliament, the oil ministry) I don't think this is "Islamic terrorism". Could be wrong, but seems more directly politically motivated.
Considering the proximity to government offices (the PM's office, parliament, the oil ministry) I don't think this is "Islamic terrorism". Could be wrong, but seems more directly politically motivated.
It's important to not jump to conclusions until we know for sure who is behind it.
Although, I will admit it's interesting to watch people immediately blame Arabs.
A male is definitely to blame... They are so violent and commit more crimes, rapes, and murders than anybody else in the world.
I agree we should not jump to conclussons. However I will say that I highly doubt that these acts of terrorism where commited by Islamic extremist. Afterall Islam is a religion of peace. Holy-war or jihad against infidels is a myth perpetrated by evil right wingers in an attempt to conjure up feelings of distrust and hatred towards muslims. I am also taking bids on the Brooklyn Bridge.
You mean this journalist who blogged this an hour before the OP?
Update at 10:14 a.m. ET: Although the source of the blast is unclear, Al-Jazeera TV notes that Norwegian prosecutors on Tuesday filed a terrorism charge against Mullah Krekar, founder of the Kurdish Islamist group Ansar al-Islam. Mullah Krekar is accused of threatening a former minister, Erna Solberg, with death, Al-Jazeera says.
You mean you think it was men, because Muslim women aren't violent.
I don't follow. "Islamic terrorism" certainly has a history of attacking government offices and political assassination plots.Considering the proximity to government offices (the PM's office, parliament, the oil ministry) I don't think this is "Islamic terrorism". Could be wrong, but seems more directly politically motivated.
A male is definitely to blame... They are so violent and commit more crimes, rapes, and murders than anybody else in the world.
I have no idea who did this. Does it matter if it was men or women? Could it have been one of the many misunderstanders of Islam. Could it have been evil heartless devil worshiping right wingers? I say we wait to find out it was jihadist before we blame jihadist.
I don't follow. "Islamic terrorism" certainly has a history of attacking government offices and political assassination plots.
It looks like it was a conservative man at that. There was a shooting attack on a Labor Party youth camp soon afterwards. Four kids dead.