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A Further Perspective

My Heart Is in Norway

By on 7.27.11 @ 6:09AM

Right now, it’s broken.

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What they got was a cut-rate John Brown.

On the basis of his own statements, Breivik seems to expect that his crime will call forth a spontaneous uprising by ethnic Europeans, resulting in bloody race war, a development he considers desirable.

Fortunately, I doubt very much that that will happen.

In Christian theology, the sin against the Holy Spirit — the unforgiveable sin — has traditionally (I believe rightly) been identified as a moral condition in which the person becomes unable to distinguish good from evil. A spiritual sociopathy.

Europe has fallen very low in its moral discernment, but it is still capable of recognizing evil when presented in a package that looks like Breivik.

Sadly, Norway’s somewhat juvenile justice system doesn’t permit the man to be punished in any way approaching what he deserves.

But he will not be a hero. His soul will not go marching on.

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About the Author

Lars Walker is a librarian and Norwegian translator, and the author of several published fantasy novels, the latest of which is an e-book called Troll Valley, available for Kindle or Nook.

Letter to the Editor View all comments (62) |

sinanju| 7.27.11 @ 7:18AM

"A cut-rate John Brown".

Or a clean-cut Charles Manson.

Alan Brooks| 7.27.11 @ 10:37PM

"What Europe needed in this cultural civil war was a Frederick Douglass , or a Harriet Beecher Stowe."

Tell that to Red Phillips and his neo-Confederate ilk.

Paul Kotik| 7.27.11 @ 8:12AM

I'm not so sure. I don't think I understand what has happened yet. I'm surprised so many commentators think they do.

I don't feel much sympathy for the Norwegians, frankly. Especially the Labor variety. They've been quite content to enable and support the so-called "Palestinian" terror organizations that have killed over a thousand Israeli civilians, including many children, since the infamous Oslo agreements were signed. So hey, Norway, dig it. How's it feel? Not so good, eh?

loulou| 7.27.11 @ 8:56AM

I agree. Norwegians have been supporting terror for a long time. They just thought it was understood that it would be directed only at Jews.

Besides, Quisling was Norgwegian. What does this tell you about their national character?

DaveS| 7.27.11 @ 11:56AM

The youth bore the brunt of it, though.

DaveS| 7.27.11 @ 11:56AM

The government has released only what it wants to release. How many guns were on that island to oppose him? Any adults around? Major Hasan 'succeeded' because he knew the environment of his action was weapon-free.

Norway has been shaken into reality.

Occam's Tool| 7.27.11 @ 1:10PM

I feel bad for them. Kids were killed.

But the Norweigians have been cheerfully supporting terror elsewhere. And this piece of terror was NOT done by Jews in response to Norweigians encouraging people to murder Jrewish kids, but by one of their own.

Incidentally, ALL solved rapes in Norway in 2010 were committed by Muslims on Non-Muslims. 100%. So, there's been terror in Norway going on for quite some time.

Occam's Tool| 7.27.11 @ 1:14PM

Incidentally, if the Norweigians see so "little" evil, it's because Americans stand by ready to die for their freedom. Precious little we get back.

DRed| 7.27.11 @ 3:41PM

Norwegians have died fighting in support of our mission in Afghanistan. Not many, but enough that you shouldn't be so smugly condescending.

Occam's Tool| 7.27.11 @ 5:15PM

Not many. We rescued them from Hitler and defended them from the Soviets. I'll condescend all I want, DRed.

DRed| 7.27.11 @ 5:41PM

Frankly, I'm surprised you even pretended to feel some shred of sympathy for the Norwegians. Those terrorist coddling defeatists got what they had coming to them, right?

Occam's Tool| 7.27.11 @ 5:45PM

I did not say that. Children were killed. You have me confused with Clint. What I did say was that they are notoriously antisemitic, and coddlers of terrorists.

In addition, please note what I said below about what they suffer at home. Read some Bruce Bawer. He's a Gay Liberal who is concerned about this subject. He also LIVES in Norway.

Occam's Tool| 7.28.11 @ 3:04PM

And here is an article that will show antisemitic pictures from the Norwegian Camp where the kids were killed. Again, I'm sorry for their loss, but they were coddling terrorists: (Thanks Debbie Schlussel).

28, 2011, - 1:34 pm

Karma?: Norway Camp Breivik Shot Up Celebrated HAMAS, Jew-Hatred
By Debbie Schlussel

It’s trite but true: a picture’s worth a thousand words. And the Norwegian newspaper pictures from the “political youth camp” at Utoya Island, Norway–the day before terrorist Anders Behring Breivik attacked it–say it all. The boycott sign is obvious, and the other pic is a game, re-enacting of the HAMAS flotilla in which terrorists tried to murder Israeli soldiers (complete with Palestinian flags and Norwegian kids’ smiles). These kids who were killed by a terrorist . . . well, they sided with Islamic terrorists. Look at the photos brought to our attention by Zalmi’s Weblog, and they appeared on Norwegian news site Politisk, right before the attacks. Read all the insightful details provided by the astute Zalmi, who notes that the man in the pic happily encountering the boycott sign is Norway’s Foreign Minister Gahre-Store, who went on to praise Palestinian terrorists and condemn Israel.


“Victims” or Perpetrators?: Norwegian HAMASniks Join Norway Foreign Minister @ Utoya Island Camp


Funny how Glenn Beck has come under attack for comparing the camp to a Hitler Youth camp. Based on these pics, seems like he’s spot on, though he should have added, HAMAS Youth camp, too. As we all know, Nazis boycotted Jews and were Jew-killers. And these hateful, privileged brats at the camp boycotted Jews and sided with Jew-killers. I don’t condone violent massacres on innocent civilians, and I condemn what Breivik did. He is a terrorist just like the 9/11 hijackers, Hezbollah, HAMAS, and Nidal Malik Hasan. But what goes around comes around. You support terrorists against innocent civilians in Israel, then you get attacked by terrorists who are upset with your support. Read the rest of this entry »

DRed| 7.28.11 @ 8:19PM

Occam, Debbie Schussel is a vile bigot. Just because some of these kids don't like Israel doesn't mean they deserve to die. Boycotting Israeli products doesn't make one an anti-semite. I disagree with those kids (for the record) but implying that they got what was coming to them (and I'm addressing Ms. Schussel here, not you) is disgusting.

Paul Kotik| 7.29.11 @ 12:05PM

Call me disgusting, too,m then. I have zero sympathy for those dead Norwegians or their survivors.

They had zero sympathy for the Jewish kids killed by the Arab terror orgs they fund and love, so you know what?

F**k 'em.

Occam's Tool| 7.27.11 @ 5:43PM

Actually, 10 soldiers. Please. The Norwegians have suffered MUCH MUCH more at home, although I honor the memories of those 10 soldiers.

Oslo, for example, in 2010 suffered about 186 rapes, while NYC in 2008 had 399 convictions.

NYC has 8.175 million people, Oslo metro about 1.4 million. You do the math. By the way, every convicted rapist in Oslo in 2010 was a _______.

Kevin Dunn| 7.27.11 @ 8:12AM

A lot of things about this case don't add up. Anders Behring Breivik is too much the perfect right-wing poster boy. And his Manifesto - I've read the manifestos of many nutters - is too fluent, logical, even too gramatical , in a word, too perfect. It is as if he was a type chosen to demonise a certain type of person, and the manifesto was written bt somebody very intelligent, educated and cold-bloodedly "sane" knowing exactky which political buttons to push, and smearing, by association, a number of English conservative commentators. Either we are dealing wth something very rare or some kind of extremely horrible put-up job.

JP| 7.27.11 @ 8:38AM

I didn't know the Unabomber was a "Right Winger". And in case you haven't noticed, his manifesto was mainly a cut and paste job.

Melvin| 7.27.11 @ 9:13AM

Precisely, for lack of a better phrase, Breivik's attack appears to be a focused objective, military style operation.
All the checks in the block have been checked. Christian Right Wing Extremist, Blond, blue eyed educated Mason. Choice of weapons, automatic M16 style with dum-dum bullets, and of course accompanying picture of him in special ops style wet suit, widely disseminated throughout the press before the weekend was over.
Breivik's last victim's body wasn't even cold yet and we had this guys entire life story on all forms of media within hours.
For a Country whose firearms laws are tighter than a goats sphincter muscle, what is Breivik doing with a automatic weapon? Hmm. Eric Holder and Operation Fast and Furious strike again. ( I couldn't help myself on the last sentence.)
On a weekend, the fertilizer seller, had instant recall. "Yes, Breivik bought x-amount of tons of fertilizer."
The media was spewing data on this guy, faster than the Norwegian police, SWAT could get the approval to get their weapons out of the armory.
Then the authorities tell the public that Breivik wasn't even on the radar? For not being on the radar someone or some organization had a butt load of info on this guy.

Paul Kotik| 7.27.11 @ 9:24AM

It's pretty pat, isn't it? If this were an interesting world, there would be the plot twist this all sets us up for. False flag op by ...? Cui bono? Oh, right, the jihadis and the Western left. You're right, it looks and feels like a heavily scripted thing. I wonder whether the Norwegian authorities will interrogate the guy vigorously. Possibly even to the extent of withholding pickled herring or whatever the hell it is they eat until he cracks. Assuming they can get the police chief to authorize the use of fish deprivation...

Occam's Tool| 7.27.11 @ 5:46PM

Nicely said, Paul. Please make sure that MDs oversee the birth of your children---you need to have more kids.

Paul Kotik| 7.28.11 @ 12:34PM

Occam's Tool, I thank you.

I'm not nuts, you know! The home birth by midwife is not a rogue op. There's heavy risk screening all along the way, and for the birth itself there's a backup evac plan to the nearest ER. The plan was even rehearsed. On a DIY basis we'd have had Mom to the ER in 4:40, that's 4 minutes 40 seconds. Fire Rescue in our area would be with us within 7 minutes of a 911 call. I'm a combat medic, a pro-level EFR in the diving world and a working Lifeguard. Midwife is heavily trained in all that good stuff and has, at age 42, delivered over 3,000 babies in the US and on pro bono missions to 3rd world clinics.

We started off the pregnancy with a well-thought-of Hollywood OB-GYN. We concluded he was a very mediocre individual. I don't have to tell you what kind of professional people our educational system is producing. The midwife we found is a very, very impressive human being. I repeat: we are not hippies or Luddites or anything like that. We do not hug trees. Mom is a third generation South African bush trader, as a matter of fact. Trees? We cut 'em down and use the would to make good stuff. If anything had turned up during the pregnancy screenings we'd have been ejected from the midwife trajectory and into the medical pipeline, and gone willingly. Fear not. The future babies, may there be, will get the best deal available.

If Obamacare doesn't get repealed, I think we'll all have to get used to being our own primary care providers and nurses. We should all be certified EFR's by now.

Occam's Tool| 7.28.11 @ 2:56PM

Paul, my dear man, you should have asked me---Ken can contact me, and I have friends all over SoCal---I trained at UCLA. I also have a nurse whose daughter is training at UCLA in anethesiology.

Most expectant dads aren't combat medics, you know.

Have many more, and G-d Bless.

buckeyeman| 7.27.11 @ 8:47AM

The "Left" did not apologize for Breivik because he is not a leftist. He is a perfect foil for the Left's international socialist platform.

Europe has apparently decided to simply roll over and die and let it's corpse feed the larvae of foreign invaders. I don't understand it.

newsrider| 7.27.11 @ 2:35PM

We need to learn from this so we don't just roll over and die.

Ken (Old Texican)| 7.27.11 @ 9:44AM

Lars,
very well written, sir.
Your "John Brown" metaphor was right on the mark.

cable stripper | 7.27.11 @ 9:46AM

Many people wouldn't remember this thing after 10 years.Europe is still peace.

Paul Kotik| 7.28.11 @ 12:37PM

True, I guess. Nobody remembers there was brutal combat in Europe just 18 years ago. Why, I even had a lady of Serb extraction tell me indignantly at dinner in Ft. Lauderdale last year that "Europe has been at peace for 60 years!". Hell, I thought the 200,000 war deaths in and around Bosnia were more than a riot or a rumble.

PolishKnight| 7.27.11 @ 10:58AM

Let's compare and contrast reactions to horrific events. When 9/11 happened, the left and right were both horrified although the leftist media immediately reminded everyone not to take it out against "peace loving" Muslims.

When something like this happened, the left seemed to be... excited and even orgasmic. This helps their cause and the first thing they did was to bash the right and the Christian community jumping to the conclusion that the shooter was inspired by Christianity.

In other words, leftists are monstrous, hypocritical jerks who don't respect the rights or even humanity of their opponents and even will throw their own fellow leftist (children) under the bus for their team.

Want to hear a surprise? This changes nothing. It doesn't make the left feel contempt for white males or right wingers any less. OK, it does put them in a quandry. Even as they pretend to embrace multiculturalism, many are slowly waking up from the cool aid and realizing that they will need to do something. This will make it even more difficult for the left to manage their own dogma. Imagine if France, say, tries to regulate burkas. They'll be called fascist right wingers.

Wayne | 7.27.11 @ 11:00AM

I feel bad for the people of Norway. It seems they were a victim of an incompetent government, which probably should be thrown out on its ear. Those kids were sitting ducks with NO protection whatsoever.

The police needed permission to get bullets? This is a Barney Fife police department. It demonstrates that in the end each person must be free to defend himself. Don't trust the government to do it.

Appleby| 7.27.11 @ 2:31PM

Some day soon, the same thing is going to happen in Canada -- because our socieity here is pretty much the same as Norway's...and they believe, as the British aphorism says that "if you feed others to the crocodile, he will eat you last."

Perhaps the event in Norway had an effect, after all. Currently the RCMP are trying to locate a large number of war criminals living in Canada whose names and faces were being protected by "privacy laws" until last week. The day after the names and photos were published, the public started spotting them and they are being rounded up.

Keith Glass| 7.27.11 @ 11:40AM

I would disagree on one specific point: Anders Breivik was NOT a cut-rate John Brown, but more of Jared Loughner, writ large. . .

Ed| 7.27.11 @ 11:46AM

Small Scandinavian nations like Denmark, Norway, and Finland are different in that all of their native born citizens are related to each other. Their "cradle to grave" social security systems work as well as they do because they are helping people that are distant relatives. It is a very different situation from the USA where 99.99999% of your fellow citizens are not related to you. This kind of horrific crime has not happened in Scandinavia since the Viking era and the Nazi occupation. In a way, Norway is like Mayberry, but this crime is a wake-up call for its citizens.

Oldefarte| 7.27.11 @ 12:04PM

What you have with these murderer-killer types are simply irrational, mentally ill, evil tyrants that take out their violence upon innocents that have nothing to do with the cause of the problem that concerns them. They are all cowards, and innocents suffer. There will always be disgreements over various issues, but rational, moral humans work through the particular systems to accompolish their favorable outcomes, not strike out violently against those not even connected with the problem's source. Whether it be a disgruntled spouse/parent murdering/killing their loved ones in anger or a terrorist-bomber, it's all the same story. In the end, they problem still exists, has not been solved, and innocents are killed/injured because of these deranged's actions. It usually goes back to the perp's childhood also, and involves some perceived/actual personal slight to them. Those surrounding them are indircetly guilty in a minor sense, since they failed in their responsibility to parent, guide, councel, monitor, report to authorities, etc the earliar characteristics/behaviors of these deranged relatives, associates, etc [they knew or should have known but did nothing to stop it from happening earliar]. As said, its just sad and our thoughts and prayers go out to all the victims and their families of this senseless tradegy!!!!

Margie| 7.27.11 @ 12:45PM

Well said. And sadly, what you said about the mental instability and wrongly blaming of others not a source of the problem reminds me of some of the vile creatures who do same on these very pages. Those who indeed cannot tell the difference between good and evil and threaten us both verbally and with bodily harm.

jppc| 7.27.11 @ 12:19PM

European coutries (and then the US & Canada) are heading for problems with their continued high immigration of Mohammedans.

Islam is not only a religion but more importantly, a political ideology that is antithetical to the Western tradition.

Islam and the West are incompatible. To pretend otherwise is to invite the coming catastrophe.

American hero| 7.27.11 @ 2:52PM

So is cultural Marxism

Margie| 7.27.11 @ 1:09PM

Greetings Lars,

Thank you for your article here. I'm sharing in your grief, as Christ tells us to weep with those who weep, and to comfort those who suffer with the same comfort that He comforts us with. (Rom. 12:15).

Growing up, my two very best friends were from Norway. They were cousins, one a girl and one a boy. We met in elementary school, as the girl and her family lived down the street from me. Their entire families became like my own family. I spent a lot of time in their houses, was always invited over for dinners, just like I was part of them. (And I will never forget those wonderful Norwegian dumplings).

Erling used to tell me about the fjords and how beautiful they were. He once asked me, "If I were to ask you to marry me and come away to Norway with me, would you?"
Some things you will just never forget. We were 15 at the time. That was in the early 70's, and eventually we went our separate ways.
Now Erling is a quadroplegic due to an accident while doing construction work, and we are e mailing and encouraging one another's faith.
My girlfriend had become a millionaire and ventured into many different businesses. She was always a free spirit. They both were. And so was I.

They never did go back to live in Norway, but would go for vacations. I remember them wanting to go back to live when we were very young.

I pray for your country. I pray that somehow Norway could become more like America~ in its freedom, in its right to bear arms for the people, in the way that our Constitution does here.

I Pray for the families of the victims, that God will comfort them with His Spirit, in their hearts. He loves them so much. And the children who were killed~ they are with Him now for all eternity.

"For to such belong the Kingdom of God". (Mt. 19:14).

God bless you.

Occam's Tool| 7.27.11 @ 1:12PM

Margie, you are very gentle and kind. Thank you.

Margie| 7.27.11 @ 1:40PM

As are you, sir.
Me? I love only because He first loved me. (1 Jn. 4:19).

Lars| 7.27.11 @ 4:30PM

Zzzzzzzzzzz !

Occam's Tool| 7.27.11 @ 5:18PM

Sorry you're sleeping, Lars.

Anyhoo, Margie, note the terror attacks for June, 2011. Note that the Wiki article I copied them from listed CIA drone attacks as terror attacks, which they are NOT. I simply mention that to show that this is hardly right wing. This is why Norway, while it matters, Lars, is a sideshow. The real murders are not being reported:

Up to 17 suspected militants were reported to be killed in the bombings while five different hideouts were destroyed.[238] Pakistan Air Force

[edit] JuneDate Type Dead Injured Location Details Perpetrator[Note 1] State Non-state
1-2 Shooting 76 ? Upper Dir District, Pakistan Taliban militants crossed the border from Afghanistan and attacked several villages and a border post in the Upper Dir district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Among the killed were 28 soldiers, at least 45 militants and 3 civilians. Several villages were torched and at least 3 Pakistani soldiers are missing after the two-day battle.[239] Afghan Taliban
2 suicide bombing, car bombing, IED 10 15 Ramadi, Iraq Militants killed 10 and injured 15 in a series of four attacks directed against government buildings in the western Iraqi city.[240] al-Qaeda in Iraq
3 Bombing \ Suicide bombing 21 60 Tikrit, Iraq At least 21 were killed and 60 others were wounded after attacks by suspected al-Qaida members in the city of Tikrit. The first bomb was hidden in a barrel next to a mosque inside a supposedly secure government complex. The device exploded as several prominent regional figures were leaving Friday prayers. Ten hours after the initial attack, a suicide bomber blew himself up near the emergency room of a hospital treating the wounded. The second blast killed at least 5 and wounded many more. This was the third major incident in Tikrit during the year.[241] al-Qaeda in Iraq
5 Bombing 6 10 Garhi Matani, Pakistan At least six people have been killed in a bomb blast outside the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar.[242]
5 Suicide bombing 18 40 Naushera, Pakistan A suicide bomber has attacked a bakery in northwest Pakistan, killing 18 people and wounding 40 others.[243]
6 Airstrike 23 South Waziristan, Pakistan At least 23 people were killed and several others injured in three consecutive US drone strikes in different areas of the South Waziristan Agency.[244] CIA
6 Bombing \ Suicide Bombing \ Shooting 27 39 Tikrit, Ramadi and Baghdad, Iraq A series of attacks across Iraq took the lives of at least 27 people, including 5 US soldiers killed in a rocket attack on Camp Victory. A suicide bomber struck the main gate of a government compound in Tikrit, killing 13 people. Nine of the dead were soldiers, including senior military intelligence official Nuri Sabah al-Mashhadani. In Baghdad a car bombing killed one and injured 10, while gun attacks at checkpoints in the mainly Sunni neighborhood of Adhamiyah killed four. A local politician and three members of his family were killed when a bomb exploded in front of their house in Ramadi.[245] al-Qaeda in Iraq
6 Shooting \ Bombing 13 0 Pul-i-Alam, Afghanistan Gunmen killed 11 people outside Pul-i-Alam, capital of Logar Province. Among the dead were five Afghan soldiers and three government employees. Two ISAF service members were killed in IED attacks in the south.[246] Afghan Taliban
6 Shooting 7 12 Zinjibar, Yemen Gunmen believed to be allied to al-Qaeda killed 7 Yemeni soldiers and wounded 12 others in a skirmish outside the city of Zinjibar. Assailants took over the town of 20 000 the week before.[247] Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
7 Shooting 45 0 Zinjibar, Yemen Units of the Yemeni Army fought street battles with Islamic militants in the southern city of Zinjibar. At least 30 non-state fighters and 15 soldiers were reported killed.[248] Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Yemen Army
7 Shooting, Bombing 7 5 Baghdad, Ramadi, Mosul and Hilla, Iraq Three people were killed and 5 wounded in attacks by insurgents in Baghdad. Two shepherds were killed by a bomb in Mosul and a policeman died in Ramadi when a sticky bomb attached to his car exploded. Additionally, police found the body of an unidentified man near the city of Hilla.[249] Al-Qaeda in Iraq
8 Shooting, IED 5 13 Baghdad, Fallujah, Mosul and Baqubah, Iraq Four people were killed and 13 wounded in shootings and roadside bombings across the country. Additionally, a US soldier was killed while conducting operations in southern Iraq.[250] Al-Qaeda in Iraq
8 Shooting, Bombing 2 5 Narathiwat, Thailand Suspected Islamic militants killed two Buddhist monks and left a bomb at the scene that subsequently exploded and wounded five police officers.[251] Pattani United Liberation Organization (suspected)[not in citation given]
11 Shooting 30 0 Zinjibar, Yemen 21 militants and 9 soldiers were killed in the latest round of fighting in the southern city.[252] Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Yemen Army
11 Suicide bombing, Bombing 20 26 Khost, Metherlam and Kandahar, Afghanistan The commander of a provincial Afghan police rapid reaction force was killed in a suicide attack outside a base in the city of Khost. Two of bodyguards were also killed and 16 others were injured. In the south of the country a roadside bomb hit a bus, killing 15 people and injuring one. Two policemen were killed and 9 wounded by a bomb in the city of Metherlam in the east.[253] Afghan Taliban
11 Bombings 34 100+ Peshawar, Pakistan At least 34 people have been killed and over 100 others sustained injuries after two massive explosions ripped through a market in northwest Pakistan.[254]
11 Bombings 12 60 Mosul, Baghdad and Samarra, Iraq At least six people were killed and more than 60 injured by two car bombs that exploded in the center of Mosul. In Abu Ghraib, near Baghdad, police found the body of a local human rights activist. In addition, gunmen stormed the home of a teacher in Samarra, killing him and four members of his family.[255] Al-Qaeda in Iraq
13 Suicide bombing 5 15 Basra, Iraq A suicide bomber in a car blew himself up outside a police brigade unit in Iraq's southern oil port city of Basra on Monday, killing five people and wounding 15.[256]
14 Suicide bombing, Shooting 14 25 Baghdad, Baqubah, Mosul and Kirkuk, Iraq Militants attacked the provincial council building in Baqubah, setting off a car bomb and then laying siege to the building. Eight people were killed and at least 25 wounded before Iraqi forces regained control. At least 6 people were killed in other attacks across the country[257] Al-Qaeda in Iraq
15 Suicide bombing 8 4 Kapisa Province, Afghanistan Eight people have been killed and four others injured in a suicide attack in Afghanistan’s north-eastern Kapisa province.[258] Afghan Taliban
16 Suicide bombing, Car bombing 6 7 Abuja, Nigeria A suicide bomber drove his car into the parking lot of a police HQ in central Abuja after picking up a traffic officer who guided him to the spot. At least 30 cars were destroyed in the large explosion and it took several hours to extinguish the fire.[259] Boko Haram
18 Suicide bombing 9 12 Kabul, Afghanistan Three suicide bombers attacked a police station in central Kabul near the city's biggest open air market. At least one of them managed to detonate his explosives, killing nine people including two policemen. The two other militants were shot by security forces after a short battle.[260] Afghan Taliban
20 Drone strike, Bombing 12 12 Quetta and Parachinar, Pakistan A drone strike killed 11 militants near the border with Afghanistan while a car bomb exploded in Quetta, killing one and wounding 12 others.[261] CIA, TTP
20 Shooting, Bombing, IED 6 19 Baghdad, Kirkuk and Mosul, Iraq At least six people were killed and almost 20 wounded in a series of shootings and bombings across the country. These included an IED attack on a French embassy convoy which left seven people injured.[262]
20 Shooting 3 0 Pattani and Yala, Thailand Suspected Islamic militants killed two policemen and a village chief in the southern parts of the country[263] Pattani United Liberation Organization (suspected)[not in citation given]
21 Car bombing, Suicide bombing 35 54 + Diwaniyah, Mussayab and Baghdad, Iraq At least 27 people were killed and almost 40 wounded after two suicide bombers drove their cars to the front gate of the governor's compound in the southern city of Diwaniyah. The governor escaped injury as he was just about to leave his offices. In other attacks across the country at least 8 people were killed, including five in a restaurant bombing in the city of Mussayab.[264] Al-Qaeda in Iraq
23 Car bombing, Suicide bombing 48 96 Baghdad, Mosul and Kirkuk, Iraq At least 34 people were killed and more than 82 wounded after three bombs exploded at a market and near a Shiite mosque in Baghdad. Fourteen people were killed and at least 16 wounded in other attacks across the country, including a bomb attack against a police patrol in the capital that killed 10 officers. [265] Al-Qaeda in Iraq
24 Bombings 0 4 Naypyitaw, Mandalay and Pyin U Lwin, Burma Four explosions hit three different cities in Burma. [266]
25 Bicycle bombing 10 24 Khan Abad District, Afghanistan Ten people were killed and 24 others wounded when a bicycle bomb went off in a busy bazaar in northern Afghanistan.[267]
25 Suicide car bombing 35 53 Azra District, Afghanistan At least 35 people have been killed in a suicide car bombing at a medical clinic in eastern Afghanistan.[268]
26 Bombings 25 12 Maiduguri, Nigeria Authorities in Nigeria have said that three separate bombs explosions in the country's northeast have killed at least 25 people and wounded 12 others.[269] Boko Haramsuspected
27 Airstrike 21 South Waziristan, Pakistan Missile strikes from two US drones killed at least 21 suspected militants in Pakistan’s South Waziristan on Monday.[270] Central Intelligence Agency
28 Suicide attacks 12 8 Kabul, Afghanistan At least 21 people, including the nine suicide bombers, are reported to have been killed after the Hotel Inter-Continental in the Afghan capital, Kabul, came under attack by gunmen who managed to penetrate several rings of security.[271] Afghan Taliban

Occam's Tool| 7.27.11 @ 5:19PM

Again, note the amount of Islam on Islam religious sponsored murder.

Margie| 7.27.11 @ 5:31PM

I often wonder why AmSpec tut-tuts over people like me, but allows Clint/Tim* to post under numerous names, including the author of this article, and spews his demon possessed "commentary" daily.

Do you think he's actually one of the authors here?
Another example of political correctness. Ya can't be "mean" to the Left.

Occam's Tool| 7.27.11 @ 5:49PM

I think they feel that the Amateur Gynecologist increases activity here. It's OK Margie, in the morning, he looks in his mirror and sees a mindless idiot.

Victor| 7.27.11 @ 6:58PM

Harris Poll: If Ron Paul Won GOP Nomination, He Would Split Vote With Obama.

TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2011

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.), an official candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, is extremely popular with members of the U.S. military. On July 19th, Paul held his “Ready for Ames” Money Bomb Radio Marathon, raising more than $550,000 from supporters to expand the Texas Congressman’s “first-class campaign in Iowa.” It’s likely that more than a few of the contributors to Paul’s “Ready for Ames” money bomb were men and women in uniform.

In fact, Paul’s popularity is so high among U.S. service members that the Texas Congressman’s presidential campaign has received more money from U.S. soldiers than any other candidate in the 2012 presidential race.

Margie| 7.27.11 @ 5:42PM

Wikipedia~ The Breakfast of Leftists.
LOL.

Occam's Tool| 7.27.11 @ 5:48PM

Yes, but Margie, note EVEN THEY are noting the sanguinary nature of the RoP. Not PaulBots, though.

Victor| 7.27.11 @ 6:59PM

Where's My Breakfast Women?

Lars| 7.27.11 @ 7:00PM

Zzzzzzzzzzzz !

Joe D.| 7.27.11 @ 2:58PM

Lars Walker, where you went wrong in the article was there has been violent in your relatives country by Muslim terriorist. Yes on a smaller scale. But murder by terriorist just the same. That is why he acted (wrongly).

Second, the reason the media did not apologize was because they thought he might be a Christian or conservative. They never apologize for them. They are just plain evil.

Lars| 7.27.11 @ 4:31PM

Zzzzzzzzzz !

casquette rockstar | 7.27.11 @ 10:07PM

you do!

Andrew Branca| 7.27.11 @ 10:59PM

Where were the GOOD guys with guns?

Oh, yeah, it was a "gun free" zone (as is pretty much all that country, from a concealed carry perspective).

How'd that work out?

Lars Walker | 7.28.11 @ 5:09AM

For the record, "Lars" the sleeper in the above comments is not the same person as Lars the author of the article (me).

Thanks for all the kind comments.

Occam's Tool| 7.28.11 @ 2:58PM

Sorry, Lars. Yeah, I figured out it C(lint) Elegans, my favorite self-fertilizing, 302 neuroned free living nematode.

Occam's Tool| 7.28.11 @ 2:59PM

Sorry, "it was," Lars.

J3_annapolis| 7.28.11 @ 1:55PM

Lars...
It is funny (not as in "ha ha") that after 11 Sep 2001, the Left / Progressives cowered for a day or so before they began excoriating western civilization and policies, looking to blame "us" for the psychopathic atrocities executed by muslim extremists.

When a blond-haired, blue-eyed sociopathic Norwegian unleashes his decade-in-the-making frustrations over Norwegian Leftist / Socialist / Progressive / Multi-culturalist government policies, suddenly...SUDDENLY...there isn't an iota of introspect, but there is an epiphany that EVIL exists.

Is that irony, arrogance, or willful ignorance on the part of the Left in power in Norway?

D Roamer | 7.30.11 @ 6:14PM

A nation of five million having to deal with a "nut case" they will need time to tighten up things and know that horror can hit their peaceful nation. Once a Christian nation, has fallen away from God like the rest of Europe.

POST American| 8.1.11 @ 3:37AM

--------------BOTTOM LINE-----------------

-------------- Thou shalt NOT kill---------------

This latest, quite brazenly Freemasonic,
set up horror in the Norwegian backwater,
is symptomatic of what happens when
Social Darwinist, frankly Luciferian Freemasonry
is allowed ANY place within genuine, believing,
scriptural Chrisitan (---or we should think
Catholic or Jewish) ranks.

Even more brazen, is world Globalist media's
attempt to frame it as an issue of 'Christian
Terror'.

Remember kiddies ---'benny violence' is REAL.

'Benny violence' in the service of a self-declared,
self-anointed, deviant 'elite'.

Come out from among them.
Do NOT partake of their sins.

------------------------AMEN-------------------------

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