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Anders Behring Breivik, made via his lawyer with and preceded by a 1,500-page,
xenophobic screed he published online before the massacre, has shocked this
small Scandinavian country and Cocktail Dresses unnerved governments across Europe, where far-right
parties espousing anti-Muslim views, if not violence, have recently been on the
rise.
The attacks,
including the bombing of a government building in Oslo and a shooting spree at
a Labor Party youth camp on a nearby island, left at least 93 people dead in
what authorities described as a deranged attempt to declare war on the forces
of multiculturalism and pluralism that have taken hold in Norway and much of
Europe. Mr. Breivik’s manifesto against the Affordable
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“Islamization of Western Europe” echoed sentiment that has found a renewed
voice on the fringes of mainstream politics from Sweden to Italy. Populist
politicians have won votes and influence by arguing that Europe is letting in
too many people, especially Muslims who they say don’t accept Western values
and who, according to these politicians, cause crime and unemployment. The view
that fueled Mr. Breivik’s extremism “is a sentiment you find in all European
countries,” said Thomas Hegghammer, a senior research fellow at the Norwegian
Defence Research Establishment in Oslo. Norway, a relatively wealthy, sparsely
populated country, has little recent history of political extremism, much less
terrorism. Beautiful wedding
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site of such an attack, even if by an isolated gunman, has unleashed concern
across Europe that the anti-immigrant underswell that has swept much of the
Continent in recent years could metastasize suddenly and unexpectedly into
violence. As flags across the city hung at half-staff, hundreds of people
flocked in the rain Sunday to Oslo Cathedral, where Prime Minister Jens
Stoltenberg, King Harald of Norway and other leaders attended a memorial
service. Outside, many onlookers openly wept and milled about for hours as they
contributed to a growing carpet of flowers and candles.
Norway’s ruling
center-left Labor Party, which has long championed immigration and
multiculturalism, appeared to be the primary target of the attack. Police said
at least 86 people, many of them teenagers, New
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youth wing of the Labor Party. About 600 people were present at the time of the
attack, which occurred on the island of Utoya north of Oslo. The rampage
followed the bombing of government offices in the Norwegian capital that killed
at least seven. The mass shooting on the island went on for more than an hour
before a SWAT team arrived. Police were continuing to search for victims and
said the death toll could rise when several people missing on the island are
accounted for. A police spokesman said Mr. Breivik with.