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Norwegian mass-killer says he is a righteous ‘crusader’ fighting the tide of Islam
Anders Behring Breivik's ‘atrocious’ but necessary actions explained in a 1.500 pages manifesto Over 1,500 pages long and nearly a decade in the making, the manifesto detailing Norwegian mass-killer Anders Behring Breivik's murderous “crusade” gives a chilling picture of a self-confessed “monster.”
Behring Breivik, the 32-year-old now in police custody, draws together decades of academic research and serves up a dedicated diary of bomb-making subterfuge. The final entry comes just moments before Friday's Oslo carnage.
The blond killer of at least 93 people in Norway sees himself as a righteous crusader on a mission to save European Christendom from a tide of Islam.
Multi-culturalism is one of the dirtiest words in Breivik's political vocabulary.
Meanwhile on Sunday Norway mourned the 93 people killed during the shooting spree and car bombing in downtown Oslo.
In his first comment via a lawyer since his arrest, Anders Behring Breivik, 32, said he wanted to explain himself at a court hearing Monday about extending his custody.
“He has said that he believed the actions were atrocious, but that in his head they were necessary,” lawyer Geir Lippestad told independent TV2 news, adding that Breivik had admitted to Friday's shootings at a Labour party youth camp and the bombing in Oslo's government district earlier the same day.
Oslo's acting police Chief Sveinung Sponheim confirmed to reporters that Breivik would be able to speak to the court. It was not clear whether the hearing would be closed or in public.
“He has admitted to the facts of both the bombing and the shooting, although he's not admitting criminal guilt” Sponheim said, adding that Breivik had said he acted alone.
Police were checking this because some witness statements from the island spoke of more than one gunman, Sponheim said.
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Read all commentsThe next stage of his plan for self-aggrandizement has been hindered by the court refusing him a platform in public. He will, of course, be able to speak freely in court.
Jul 25th, 2011 - 11:43 am 0But within the constraints imposed bythe law of the land and overseen by the presiding judge; he does not have a free hand to say whatever he wants, and should be readily circumscribed if his statement becomes a rant.
Jul 25th, 2011 - 02:12 pm 0It is important to reduce his opportunity for the polemic - the polemic being the root intent and the bombings/killings being the route to the intent.
Apparently he has been denied visitors and all correspondence (except for his lawyers) and placed in solitary confinement for a month. This is because he told police that there are two other 'cells' planning similar actions. He admits carrying out the killings but has pleaded not guilty to any criminal act. Mad or bad? Both, I think.
Jul 25th, 2011 - 02:48 pm 0I don't know what he said in court once he was denied a public audience.
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