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xchrom (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-22-11 09:56 AMOriginal message Norway: Blast near government buildings in Oslo Source: BBCAn explosion has hit near government headquarters in the Norwegian capital Oslo, say reports.There is no confirmation on the number of people injured, but some buildings are said to have been damaged in the blast in the centre of the city.Details of the scale of the blast are still emerging.Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14252515
xchrom (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-22-11 09:59 AMResponse to Original message 1. Explosion in Oslo damages buildings http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_NORWAY_EXPLOS... OSLO, Norway (AP) -- A loud explosion has shattered windows and led to evacuations of office buildings near the government headquarters in downtown Oslo.An AP reporter says newspaper offices in the area are also damaged and smoke is drifting in the streets. He saw a young man with a bleeding leg being helped away from the area. It wasn't immediately clear whether there were other injuries or exactly where the explosion happened.
muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-22-11 10:02 AMResponse to Original message 2. Reuters refers to "the tangled wreckage of a car was outside one building" http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/22/us-norway-bla... which increases the chances of a bomb rather than, say, a gas explosion.
Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-22-11 10:10 AMResponse to Reply #2 4. It was a bomb. Saw at least one theory related to some crazy Kurdish mullah Krekar who made threats to the PM as it related to his being deported after being arrested on terrorism charges.He said, "Norway will pay a heavy price for my death. If, for example, Erna Solberg deports me and I die as a result, she will suffer the same fate."he said this Tuesday. Pure speculation that the blast is related. Came from Al-Jazeera Europe's site.
CJvR (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-22-11 11:08 AMResponse to Reply #4 15. "I am not... ...a terrorist! And I will blow up half of Oslo to prove it..."
Lars77 (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-22-11 11:05 AMResponse to Original message 14. I'm a Norwegian living in Germany, this is surreal It can't be a gas explosion, because we don't have a central gas system, and i am almost absolutely sure there are no gas pipes in these buildings.The building hit is the ministry of oil and energy.We have been under threat ever since the Muhammed cartoons came out, and a terror cell was uncovered a year ago.I am worried that this is going to cause serious tensions - Oslo is around 20% islamic.
CJvR (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-22-11 11:12 AMResponse to Reply #14 18. Well... ...the TV reports mentioned fires in the canteen so it sould be bottles, but it would have to be loads of bottles for a blast that big.
Lars77 (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-22-11 11:10 AMResponse to Original message 16. OSLO POLICE: EXPLOSION WAS A BOMB
spinbaby (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-22-11 11:11 AMResponse to Original message 17. Who attacks Norway? I'm hard put to think of a country I'd consider less likely to be the victim of a terror attack.
Lars77 (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-22-11 11:14 AMResponse to Reply #17 24. Unfortunately we have a "dual" world personality We might be a peace brokering nation, but we are also engaged in Afghanistan, we are bombing Libya.Our government actually apoligized for the mohammed cartoons, however we have been threatened by Al Qaida on and off for a long time. I think we would be a very easy target.It's the Norwegian ministry of oil and energy, which is facing the administration building of the government.
Lars77 (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-22-11 11:32 AMResponse to Reply #28 30. The SV party in the govt coalition wants norway to withdraw from NATO However, they are a bunch of wimps, who are just sitting quietly i the corner with the Labour party running the government. They're only in there to stop the right from gaining government power, and they know it. Their MPs might say things like this sometimes, but it's just to keep their "base" calm to limit damage in the next election.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4930766Oh my.Probably registered to one of those Episcopalians or Lutherans.Especially by Episcopalians or Lutherans.
Outside Northern Ireland, I wonder if anyone with blue eyes has set a car bomb in the past 50 years.
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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-22-11 11:05 AMResponse to Original message 14. I'm a Norwegian living in Germany, this is surrealIt can't be a gas explosion, because we don't have a central gas system, and i am almost absolutely sure there are no gas pipes in these buildings.The building hit is the ministry of oil and energy.We have been under threat ever since the Muhammed cartoons came out, and a terror cell was uncovered a year ago.I am worried that this is going to cause serious tensions - Oslo is around 20% islamic.
After reaching 20%, nations can expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings, and the burnings of Christian churches and Jewish synagogues, such as in:Ethiopia — Muslim 32.8%
There's a reason why patriotism is considered a conservative value. Watch a Tea Party rally and you'll see people proudly raising the American flag and showing pride in U.S. heroes such as Thomas Jefferson. Watch an OWS rally and you'll see people burning the American flag while showing pride in communist heroes such as Che Guevera. --Bob, from some news site
On the other Oslo thread, this is the DUmp:QuoteTim McVeigh
http://commonsensepoliticalthought.com/?p=12585Sucks to be you. Let us know how all that enlightened liberalism and multiculturalism works out for you.
LynneSin (1000+ posts) Fri Jul-22-11 04:28 PMOriginal message I don't get it - why Oslo Norway? I just always saw Norway, along with all the other Scandinavia countries, as very peaceful and very progressive. You never hear of Norway repressing their people or causing wars with others. Why would anyone do this?
"lynnesin" just can't understand it all, either:
Hmmm. This reminds me of something.Today in the mail I received the latest News of Norway, a publication put out by the Royal Norwegian embassies in Washington, D.C. and Ottawa.In this edition, there's a story about the Norwegian education system, on page 3.primary school.....the following courses are taught, following the national curriculum: Christian knowledge and religious and ethical education, Norwegian, mathematics, social studies, arts and crafts, science and the environment, English, music, home economics, and physical education.....One suspects the primitives would have a cow and a half, about that.
