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Omaha Steve

(99,659 posts)
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 09:13 AM Jul 2012

Norway Marks Anniversary of Breivik's Massacre

Source: Voice of America

Norway is marking the first anniversary Sunday of twin attacks that left 77 people dead.

A number of commemorative events are scheduled across Norway as the Scandinavian nation reflects on the assaults that Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has described as the worst in Norway since World War II.

On July 22, 2011, Anders Behring Breivik detonated a bomb near an Oslo government building, killing eight people. Then he went on a shooting spree at a youth camp on Utoeya Island where he killed 69 people, most of them teenagers.

Breivik, who was 32 at the time of the attacks, readily admitted responsibility for the massacre, saying he was justified because the victims had facilitated the "Islamization of Norway."

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Norway's King Harald (R) and Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg attend a wreath laying ceremony during a ceremony to mark the one year anniversary of the twin Oslo-Utoeya massacre in Oslo, July 22, 2012.
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Norway Marks Anniversary of Breivik's Massacre (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jul 2012 OP
When does Breivik show up on Hannity's show? Cooley Hurd Jul 2012 #1
+1. Faygo Kid Jul 2012 #2
Jennifer Rubin probably still sends him x-rated love letters... Blue_Tires Jul 2012 #6
More coverage here redqueen Jul 2012 #3
Norway defies Breivik one year on (reaffirms its commitment to an open society) pampango Jul 2012 #4
I was in Norway during the weekend of the massacre Lydia Leftcoast Jul 2012 #5

Faygo Kid

(21,478 posts)
2. +1.
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 10:50 AM
Jul 2012

Hard to say this given Colorado, but if the killer says the GOP line, Hannity will be right there to support him, and blame the president.

redqueen

(115,103 posts)
3. More coverage here
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 06:23 PM
Jul 2012
http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0722/first-anniversary-of-norway-killings.html

Signs left beside flowers around the Oslo cathedral and the bombed government building repeated one after the other what has become Norway's battle cry in the past year: "If one man can create so much hatred, imagine how much love we can create together."

Closure has been difficult to achieve as Mr Breivik's 10-week trial this year forced Norwegians to relive chilling horrors in detail day after day.

A verdict is due on 24 August and a commission report on the events is expected in the coming weeks.

Mr Breivik faces either indefinite mental care or a 21-year prison term with the possibility of indefinite extension.

pampango

(24,692 posts)
4. Norway defies Breivik one year on (reaffirms its commitment to an open society)
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 07:51 PM
Jul 2012

Thousands of Norwegians gathered in silence outside the government's still-damaged headquarters in Oslo and on Utoeya island on Sunday to remember the 77 people killed by Anders Behring Breivik in a bomb and gun massacre a year ago.

"The bomb and the shots were intended to change Norway. People responded by embracing our values. He failed, the people won," Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg told the crowds, carrying red and white roses at the memorial in central Oslo.

Breivik, who said his mostly teenage victims were traitors because they supported multiculturalism and Muslim immigration, detonated a bomb outside parliament that killed eight, then shot dead 69 at the ruling Labour Party's youth camp on Utoeya. Breivik said his victims, the youngest of whom was 14, were brainwashed "cultural Marxists" whose immigration policies adulterated pure Norwegian blood and risked leading to a civil war with Muslims.

The attacks shocked the Nordic nation of five million, which prides itself on its open society, consensus-seeking politics and economic success. But Norway reaffirmed its commitment to an open society in the wake of the attacks and resisted calls for radical measures.

http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/07/22/breivik-anniversary-idINDEE86L06520120722

Lydia Leftcoast

(48,217 posts)
5. I was in Norway during the weekend of the massacre
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 07:59 PM
Jul 2012

and got caught up in a silent march of literally hundreds of thousands of people, all carrying flowers, from the Oslo City Hall to the Parliament building. It was an amazing experience.

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