Anders Behring Breivik, Norway Killer: Attacks Were "Atrocious, But Necessary"

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Anders Behring Breivik, the far-right Christian extremist who killed at least 93 people in two coordinated attacks in Norway yesterday, has admitted to his crimes and says he acted alone. He has commented via a lawyer, Geir Lippestad: "He has said that he believed the actions were atrocious, but that in his head they were necessary," Lippestad told Norwegian public TV. However, "he feels that what he has done does not deserve punishment." Breivik, whose manifesto detailing his racist anti-Islam, Christian fundamentalist views runs to 1500 pages, has not pled guilty to criminal charges and his claim of acting alone conflicts with some eyewitness accounts.

Norway mourned the victims of the Oslo bombing and Utoya massacre at a church memorial service in Oslo; King Harald and Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg were in attendance. "This represents a national tragedy," Stoltenberg said. According to reports, King Harald wept openly during the service.

[Reuters, CNN]

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DvBeltrami
DvBeltrami

When this story broke yesterday, before it was known who perpetrated this abomination, the usual right-wing anti-Muslims were all over it in both their articles and comments, including Michelle Malkin, Hot Air and all the rest.  They just knew this was Al Qaeda.

I noticed this morning on Memeorandum that they have all suddenly disappeared and have nothing to say.  I did see some pathetic bleatings about the Unabomer, but that's about it.

bob
bob

you can bet that if it was any of my family killed by this person, he would have been put to slow death as well,putting this person throught the court system and wasting peoples money is what will happen to him,and be put in jail, and feed three meals a day....such a system we live in today...

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