Norwegian Killer Linked to Tea Party
<table celladding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://libcom.org/files/images/blog/norway.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://libcom.org/files/images/blog/norway.jpg" t$="true" width="144" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Suspected mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik </td></tr></tbody></table>The suspected killer of 91 Norwegians on Friday, many of whom were attending a youth camp on an island off the coast of Oslo, has now been identified as 32-year-old Anders Behring Breivik. Before the Norwegian's arrest, FOX News guest host <a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/201107230001">Laura Ingraham</a> asserted that it "appears to be the work, once again, of Muslim extremists." Building on FOX News' framing of the event, Tea Party leaders in the U.S. were also quick to blame this mass murder on Islamic terrorists. <a closure_uid_80ff4r="576" closure_uid_rc7eut="691" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/future-to-come-in-america">"The Future to Come in America, Norway and Peaceful Muslims of OBAMA</a>," published on the <a closure_uid_god9jy="561" closure_uid_rc7eut="707" href="http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/future-to-come-in-america">Teaparty.org website</a> even claimed that the perpetrator had ties to al-Qaeda. But now that the Internet rants of the suspect, have been translated from Norwegian to English, a different picture is emerging. <a name='more'></a>
Breivik is an Islamophobic Christian fundamentalist, who began publishing his extremist beliefs on the website of Tennessee Tea Party official Pamela Geller, after her return from a trip to Oslo. Former British Ambassador Craig Murray explores the connection <a href="http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2011/07/norwegian-killer-linked-to-tea-party-and-edl/">here.</a>
Before going rogue, Brievik was a member of the youth movement of the Norway Progress Party or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_Party_(Norway)">Fremskritt<wbr>spartiet</a>. Over the past year, the Progress Party had created ties with the U.S. Tea Party, on ideological grounds, seeing the American group as being in the ascendancy. The Norwegian media has chronicled these growing ties on several occasions: <ol><li id="cite_note-157"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_Party_(Norway)#cite_ref-157">^</a></b> <span class="citation news">Magnus, Gunnar (24 April 2010). <a class="external text" href="http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/partiene/fremskrittspartiet/article3621303.ece" rel="nofollow">"Tea Party-misjonær tente Frps landsmøte"</a> (in Norwegian). <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftenposten" title="Aftenposten">Aftenposten</a></i><span class="printonly">. <a class="external free" href="http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/partiene/fremskrittspartiet/article3621303.ece" rel="nofollow">http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/partiene/fremskrittspartiet/article3621303.ece</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved 27 August 2010</span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Tea+Party-misjon%C3%A6r+tente+Frps+landsm%C3%B8te&rft.jtitle=%5B%5BAftenposten%5D%5D&rft.aulast=Magnus&rft.aufirst=Gunnar&rft.au=Magnus%2C%26%2332%3BGunnar&rft.date=24+April+2010&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aftenposten.no%2Fnyheter%2Firiks%2Fpolitikk%2Fpartiene%2Ffremskrittspartiet%2Farticle3621303.ece&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Progress_Party_(Norway)"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></li><li id="cite_note-158"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_Party_(Norway)#cite_ref-158">^</a></b> <span class="citation news">Lepperød, Trond (24 April 2010). <a class="external text" href="http://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/article2890499.ece" rel="nofollow">"Her henter Frp inspirasjon"</a> (in Norwegian). <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nettavisen" title="Nettavisen">Nettavisen</a></i><span class="printonly">. <a class="external free" href="http://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/article2890499.ece" rel="nofollow">http://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/article2890499.ece</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved 27 August 2010</span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Her+henter+Frp+inspirasjon&rft.jtitle=%5B%5BNettavisen%5D%5D&rft.aulast=Lepper%C3%B8d&rft.aufirst=Trond&rft.au=Lepper%C3%B8d%2C%26%2332%3BTrond&rft.date=24+April+2010&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nettavisen.no%2Fnyheter%2Farticle2890499.ece&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Progress_Party_(Norway)"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></li><li id="cite_note-159"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_Party_(Norway)#cite_ref-159">^</a></b> <span class="citation web"><a class="external text" href="http://www.nrk.no/nett-tv/indeks/226873/" rel="nofollow">"Lørdagsrevyen"</a> (in Norwegian). <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation">Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation</a>. 28 August 2010<span class="printonly">. <a class="external free" href="http://www.nrk.no/nett-tv/indeks/226873/" rel="nofollow">http://www.nrk.no/nett-tv/indeks/226873/</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved 29 August 2010</span>.</span></li></ol>div>
Breivik is an Islamophobic Christian fundamentalist, who began publishing his extremist beliefs on the website of Tennessee Tea Party official Pamela Geller, after her return from a trip to Oslo. Former British Ambassador Craig Murray explores the connection <a href="http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2011/07/norwegian-killer-linked-to-tea-party-and-edl/">here.</a>
Before going rogue, Brievik was a member of the youth movement of the Norway Progress Party or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_Party_(Norway)">Fremskritt<wbr>spartiet</a>. Over the past year, the Progress Party had created ties with the U.S. Tea Party, on ideological grounds, seeing the American group as being in the ascendancy. The Norwegian media has chronicled these growing ties on several occasions: <ol><li id="cite_note-157"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_Party_(Norway)#cite_ref-157">^</a></b> <span class="citation news">Magnus, Gunnar (24 April 2010). <a class="external text" href="http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/partiene/fremskrittspartiet/article3621303.ece" rel="nofollow">"Tea Party-misjonær tente Frps landsmøte"</a> (in Norwegian). <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftenposten" title="Aftenposten">Aftenposten</a></i><span class="printonly">. <a class="external free" href="http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/partiene/fremskrittspartiet/article3621303.ece" rel="nofollow">http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/partiene/fremskrittspartiet/article3621303.ece</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved 27 August 2010</span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Tea+Party-misjon%C3%A6r+tente+Frps+landsm%C3%B8te&rft.jtitle=%5B%5BAftenposten%5D%5D&rft.aulast=Magnus&rft.aufirst=Gunnar&rft.au=Magnus%2C%26%2332%3BGunnar&rft.date=24+April+2010&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aftenposten.no%2Fnyheter%2Firiks%2Fpolitikk%2Fpartiene%2Ffremskrittspartiet%2Farticle3621303.ece&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Progress_Party_(Norway)"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></li><li id="cite_note-158"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_Party_(Norway)#cite_ref-158">^</a></b> <span class="citation news">Lepperød, Trond (24 April 2010). <a class="external text" href="http://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/article2890499.ece" rel="nofollow">"Her henter Frp inspirasjon"</a> (in Norwegian). <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nettavisen" title="Nettavisen">Nettavisen</a></i><span class="printonly">. <a class="external free" href="http://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/article2890499.ece" rel="nofollow">http://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/article2890499.ece</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved 27 August 2010</span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Her+henter+Frp+inspirasjon&rft.jtitle=%5B%5BNettavisen%5D%5D&rft.aulast=Lepper%C3%B8d&rft.aufirst=Trond&rft.au=Lepper%C3%B8d%2C%26%2332%3BTrond&rft.date=24+April+2010&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nettavisen.no%2Fnyheter%2Farticle2890499.ece&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Progress_Party_(Norway)"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></li><li id="cite_note-159"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_Party_(Norway)#cite_ref-159">^</a></b> <span class="citation web"><a class="external text" href="http://www.nrk.no/nett-tv/indeks/226873/" rel="nofollow">"Lørdagsrevyen"</a> (in Norwegian). <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation">Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation</a>. 28 August 2010<span class="printonly">. <a class="external free" href="http://www.nrk.no/nett-tv/indeks/226873/" rel="nofollow">http://www.nrk.no/nett-tv/indeks/226873/</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved 29 August 2010</span>.</span></li></ol>div>
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