Norway puts Anders Behring Breivik on trial for murder

The man who carried out a bomb and gun attack in Norway last year that left 77 people dead has gone on trial in Oslo.

Anders Breivik attacked a summer youth camp organised by the governing Labour party on the island of Utoeya, after setting off a car bomb in the capital. He has confessed to the killings, but denies criminal responsibility. The court must decide whether Breivik is criminally insane and should be committed to psychiatric care, or mentally stable and sent to prison. In the latter case, he faces a sentence of 21 years, which could be extended to keep him behind bars for the rest of his life. Dressed in a dark suit, Breivik smiled as he entered the courtroom and a guard removed his handcuffs. He then gave a closed-fist salute. He later told the lead judge, Wench Elizabeth Arntzen: "I do not recognise the Norwegian courts. You have received your mandate from political parties which support multiculturalism. I do not acknowledge the authority of the court."

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LiveLeak: Norwegian killer made this video (confirmed by Norwegian media) - We do not want to embed this nauseating LiveLeak video here at AWIP. It consists of a jumble of non-connected slogans, statements and allegations, deceptively joined together by streams of low key, misty music to hide the stunning lack of internal coherence of the words. In our opinion, this video reveals a superficial and deranged mind. This kind of thinking however also is a product of a vast network, a web connecting very authoritarian and aggressive people. In this sense, Breivik did not act alone at all. He is the end result of ideology; of an unseen collective of warped minds, displaying a profound lack of empathy and compassion. Breivik claims to be a Christian, but "his" ideas are the very opposite of what Jesus stood for and gave his life to make us understand. - Editor

Doug Saunders: The Political Thinking of Anders Behring Breivik [SCRIBD] - These are the collected writings of Anders Behring Breivik, accused of killing more than 84 young people at a Labour Party gathering in Norway and at least seven in a car bombing in Oslo. These are comments he posted on the right-wing site document.no Thanks to my Norwegian friends for translating this.

The Hindu: Anders Breivik & Europe's blind right eye [July 25, 2011] - In the media, Breivik has been characterised as a deranged loner. Nothing could be further from the truth. Breivik's acts were entirely consistent with others by European fascists. More importantly, Breivik's ideas firmly reflect mainstream right-wing discourse. [...] The Norwegian terrorist's 1,518-page pseudonymous testament, 2083: A European Declaration of Independence, promises his new “Knights Templar” order will “seize political and military control of Western European countries and implement a cultural conservative political agenda.” He threatens an apocalyptic war against “traitors” enabling a Muslim takeover of Europe: a war, he says, will claim up to “45,000 dead and 1 million wounded cultural Marxists/multiculturalists.”