Jul 28 2011
In his rage against Muslims, Norway’s killer was no loner By Seumas Milne, Thursday 28 July 2011 … It’s comforting, perhaps, to dismiss Anders Behring Breivik as nothing more than a psychotic loner. That was the view of the Conservative London mayor, Boris Johnson, among others. The Norwegian mass killer’s own lawyer has branded him …
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Jul 28 2011
America’s own Taliban By Paul Rosenberg, 28 Jul 2011 10:44 … Prior to 9/11, the Taliban government in Afghanistan did not register very much on American radar screens, with one notable exception: when it blew up two colossal images of the Buddha in Bamiyan province in early 2001. But destruction of treasured artifacts isn’t just …
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Jul 27 2011
Brevik: A terrorist who claims roots in crusader Christianity By Arthur Waskow, July 27, 2011 11:03 AM … Every major religious tradition on the planet has within it streaks of blood and hatred, even though its fabric as a whole is woven in compassion and justice. The question is: How do we acknowledge these bloody …
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Jul 27 2011
Why Breivik Was a Christian Terrorist By Mark Juergensmeyer, 7/27/11 12:20 PM ET … Many Christians cringe when Norwegian mass-murderer Anders Breivik is described as a “Christian terrorist.” But that is what he is. It is true that Breivik was much more concerned about politics and history than about scripture and religious belief. But much …
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Jul 27 2011
Norway’s corrective to our post 9/11 terror myth By Matthew Harwood, Tuesday 26 July 2011 21.30 BST … The first images of the destruction in Oslo’s city centre Friday were reminiscent of New York City’s, Madrid’s and London’s encounters with jihadist terrorism. But Oslo also looked eerily like Oklahoma City in 1995. And as the …
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Jul 27 2011
MEMO: CNI friends and allies FROM: Phil Giraldi, Executive Director There has been considerable commentary over the possibility that the terrorism in Norway will trigger a reaction against “conservative” websites and will stifle legitimate debate over immigration and asylum policies. But the websites in question are not conservative at all but rather neoconservative, and the …
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Jul 26 2011
Is Anders Behring Breivik a Christian terrorist? Let’s not mince words By Sally Quinn, Jul 26, 2011 5:51 PM … Is Anders Behring Breivik a Christian terrorist? Let’s not mince words. When a Muslim commits a terrorist act he or she is labeled a “Muslim terrorist.” The explanation? Well, they are Muslim and they are …
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