News Brief – July 22, 2011
A powerful double explosion rocked central Oslo on Friday afternoon blowing out the windows of several government buildings, including the office of the Norwegian prime minister.
A shooting on an island 25 miles from the city followed the blasts in central Oslo.
As many as eighty are now feared dead.
Right on cue however, the corporate media were quickly suggesting the involvement of radical Islam in the Oslo bombing.
Even though no one had yet claimed responsibility the media was already suggesting that the blame lay with Muslim extremists. According to the Independent’s Jerome Taylor:
“In the worldview of Islamist militants, Norway is a minor member of the international “Jewish-Crusader” alliance spearheading the invasion and subjugation of Muslim lands. But although it was on al-Qa’ida’s hit list it was never viewed as a high priority target.”
That has obviously changed and now Norway has become a target for terrorism, carried out The Independent infers, by radical Muslims.
In fact the groundwork for this bombing and who to blame may have already been laid the week before. When terror charges were filed against an Iraqi-born cleric for threatening Norwegian politicians with death if he is deported from the Scandinavian country.
The indictment focused on statements by Mullah Krekar — the founder of the Kurdish Islamist group Ansar al-Islam — to various news media, including the U.S. network NBC.
Although the explosions damaged nearby government buildings and occurred near the prime minister’s office, a spokesman said Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was “safe and unhurt”.
So no big surprise there, the prime minister having been at home when the blast occurred.
Shortly after the Oslo blast a man dressed as a policeman opened fire at the Labour Party Youth Camp on northern Utoya Island. Witnesses said the camp was a scene of utter chaos and that many had been shot. The BBC later carried unconfirmed reports that as many as ten people had been shot
A man was reportedly arrested at the scene and he has since been linked by police to the Oslo bombing.
Little is known about the man’s identity beyond Norway’s justice minister saying he was “not Norwegian”, at a press conference Friday evening.
Meanwhile, the BBC has suggested that the bombing marks an “end of innocence for Norway”.
In the words of the BBC’s security correspondent: “An al-Qaeda linked group is still a strong possibility, based on opposition to the role of Norwegian forces or issues linked to the publication of cartoons of the prophet.”
True to form the Corporation also claims that the bombing “will mark a 9/11 moment” for the country. Omitting to mention that, as most informed people know, 9/11 was possibly the biggest false flag in history.