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Forensic psychiatric statement — Anders Behring Breivik (I)

In about two months, the trial against the terrorist and mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik will start in Oslo. The outcome of the trial — whether Breivik will be detained in jail or in a high-security psychiatric hospital for most of his remaining life — will largely depend on whether the court upholds the diagnosis […]

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Fjordman visits Breivik

Fjordman has started a review of Anders Behring Breivik. The first installment called Is the Mass Murderer Anders Behring Breivik Insane? The article is not without merit, drawing attention to the similarity between Breivik and violent jihadists. Does Breivik represent a kind of emulation?   Breivik has been widely labeled as “anti-Islamic” in the mass media […]

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Rattling the panes

22/7 is shaking official Norway to its foundations. Now a jihad-video has demonstrated that radical islamists constitute a danger. On the very same day that the chief of security police, PST, Janne Kristiansen presented the yearly threat report, the video was uploaded on youtube. It refers specifically to the crown prince, the prime minister and […]

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Enlightenment or confusion in the Breivik-case

The proceedings in the case against massmurderer Anders Behring Breivik took a new turn Friday when the judges appointed two new psychiatrists to undertake a new judicial review. The presiding jude expressed the hope that another review would shed new light on the case. However, the result could be confusion. Behring Breivik refuses another observation, […]

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Norwegian foreign minister rebukes US

Norway’s foreign minister Jonas Gahr Støre deplores that the military option is prominent in the debate about what to do with the Iranian nuclear programme. In an interview with state broadcasting NRK, Gahr Støre, says there are no military solution to the problem. A solution should be found by diplomatic means. When asked if this […]

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In the balance

Norwegian Broadcasting, NRK, last night screened a documentary featuring Anders Behring Breivik’s father and stepfather. It was a revealing insight into Breivik’s background and psyche. The program seemed to reveal a boy who was mentally wounded from a very early age. His father Jens Breivik left a feeble impression, of someone who «left», of a […]

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Norwegian peace-researcher: Israel behind Breivik?

The Norwegian peace-researcher Ola Tunander has committed an article that will raise eyebrows in many quarters. He links Anders Behring Breivik to Israel. The article appears in the respectable journal Nytt Nordisk Tidsskrift, at present under the editorial of Cathrine Holst. The article is no less than scandalous, and raises questions not just about Ola […]

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70 percent of domestic violence is in immigrant families.

70% of domestic violence in Oslo is in immigrant families.

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Rumour: rapes in Oslo greeted with glee?

Bits of information are making the rounds on the net, coalescing into something new. A story by an Israeli blogger attributes a statement to a Norwegian minister that «Israel would be glad to hear of the assault rapes in Oslo». This is outrageous. Stores like these are selfperpetuating. They feed into a distrust that has […]

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Into the unknown

Today marked a dark day in Norway’s political history. A well known parliamentarian from the Progress Party has received death threats, and the police take them seriously. He and his family are advised not to use public transport, not to go shopping in malls, not to be where large crowds gather. The family leads a […]

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