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2012-01-17 Europe

Norway: Islamists, not far-right, main threat

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Posted by tipper 2012-01-17 06:54|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 2001 was a record in crimes of rape in Norway 109. Oslo had just about all of them. Three in other cities. 2011 was a record year for the cinema theater visits. The Troll Hunter (Trolljegeren) is a movie they have produced and it is the number one sold DVD Blue Ray product. Oil sales kept economy humming. They expect overall sales of oil to decrease 2012. They have introduced scanners at airports seeing increased potential for problems. Like England many who have fought in Arab spring are coming back to do whatever they will do. One English speaking person was amazed how well the Libyan rebels spoke English. Even had local sound to it.

Posted by Dale 2012-01-17 08:22|| 2012-01-17 08:22|| Front Page Top

#2 OOPS! 2011!. Jeepers Peepers.

Posted by Dale 2012-01-17 08:24|| 2012-01-17 08:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Since the "far right" is a response to the threat from Islamists they're non-seperable.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2012-01-17 11:30|| 2012-01-17 11:30|| Front Page Top

#4 The more I think about it, the more Breivik's attack impresses me as a brilliant strategy, to the point where I half wonder if he developed the whole plan on his own.

Just looking at it as a military operation, he covered the bases as if he had followed a Soviet unconventional operational plan, which was the Russian version of the operations order that has long been used by the US military.

Importantly, he included a few details found in the Soviet scheme *not* found in the US version.

This is why I paid a great deal of attention to the assertion that he had traveled to a paramilitary training camp in Belarus several times. If they taught him planning there, that is the kind of planning they would teach him.

And were it a well planned operation, it performed like clockwork, doing exactly what he wanted it to do.

As an aside, this type of planning was first devised by Sun Tzu, and his basic format remains relatively unchanged as the best scheme ever devised to plan military operations. It is used by every modern army.

Posted by Anonymoose 2012-01-17 13:37|| 2012-01-17 13:37|| Front Page Top

#5 There's certainly a lot of speculation, Anonymoose.
Guess we'll have to wait for the trial in April to see what comes out.

Posted by tipper 2012-01-17 14:19|| 2012-01-17 14:19|| Front Page Top

#6 And the guy who is supposed to have trained him is a Muslim, Valery Lunev.

Posted by tipper 2012-01-17 14:35|| 2012-01-17 14:35|| Front Page Top

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