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some YouTube videos from the spot http://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/article3196119.ece
Of all the countries that would be on al qaeda's shortlist, Norway wouldn't be my guess.
NYT said:Conflicting reports centered on one group, Ansar al-Jihad al-Alami, or the Helpers of the Global Jihad. According to Will McCants, a terrorism analyst at C.N.A., a research institute, the group issued a statement claiming responsibility, saying the attack was a response to the presence of Norwegian forces in Afghanistan and to unspecified insults to the Prophet Muhammad.
NYT said:But Norwegian television reports later suggested that the group had denied responsibility. In the immediate aftermath of recent terrorist attacks, jihadi forums are often filled with claims and counterclaims that are impossible to independently confirm.
Here's what the NYT thinks about who may have done the bombing.
Now I don't know about you, but this:
a: sounds pretty freaking different than the Mossad, but hey, what do I know?
b:seems like it might sway popular norwiegian opinion against voting for Palestinian statehood. that's for another thread though.
And here's what I posted earlier:Here's what the NYT thinks about who may have done the bombing.
NYT said:Conflicting reports centered on one group, Ansar al-Jihad al-Alami, or the Helpers of the Global Jihad. According to Will McCants, a terrorism analyst at C.N.A., a research institute, the group issued a statement claiming responsibility, saying the attack was a response to the presence of Norwegian forces in Afghanistan and to unspecified insults to the Prophet Muhammad.
NYT said:The claim could not be confirmed. It is not uncommon for terrorist groups to advance claims of responsibility for high-profile attacks, only to have the claims prove to be spurious.
Here's what the NYT thinks about who may have done the bombing.
NYT said:Conflicting reports centered on one group, Ansar al-Jihad al-Alami, or the Helpers of the Global Jihad. According to Will McCants, a terrorism analyst at C.N.A., a research institute, the group issued a statement claiming responsibility, saying the attack was a response to the presence of Norwegian forces in Afghanistan and to unspecified insults to the Prophet Muhammad.NYT said:But Norwegian television reports later suggested that the group had denied responsibility. In the immediate aftermath of recent terrorist attacks, jihadi forums are often filled with claims and counterclaims that are impossible to independently confirm.
Now I don't know about you, but this:
a: sounds pretty freaking different than the Mossad, but hey, what do I know?
b:seems like it might sway popular norwiegian opinion against voting for Palestinian statehood. that's for another thread though.