Massive explosion outside Norwegain PM offices

mike65

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/norway/8655120/Oslo-explosion-dozens-injured-buildings-damaged-after-Norway-city-blast.html

http://gfx.dagbladet.no/labrador/174/174138/17413824/jpg/active/978x_13197743.jpg

http://media.aftenposten.no/archive/01514/_SCC-AIPub_G-Titte_1514824x.jpg

Looks like effects of a vehicle based bomb to me.

Jelle1880

They said they found a car completely destroyed at the centre of the explosion, so a bomb sounds plausible.

Jammed

The religion of peace strikes again.

caseyann

Jammed wrote: »

The religion of peace strikes again.

Not religion,the people who claim to be doing it on behalf of religion.
I am so sick of people using religion as scape goat when its the people who make religion an ally in their corrupt evil ways.Religion isnt controlling them.;)

caseyann

God i hope no one dead

ajc100

From 8 July 2010 :


Norway 'al-Qaeda' bomb plot: Three arrested in Oslo

Jelle1880

caseyann wrote: »

Not religion,the people who claim to be doing it on behalf of religion.
I am so sick of people using religion as scape goat when its the people who make religion an ally in their corrupt evil ways.Religion isnt controlling them.;)

I get your point, but would they have been doing it people didn't use religion to put them up to it ?

KINGVictor

Jammed wrote: »

The religion of peace strikes again.

Jammed I am sorry but you are becoming a bit ridiculous now. Do you have a problem with everyone and everything different from yourself?

The details are not out yet, so you cannot conclusively state it was an attack by any religious group or persons!

And even if indeed it was carried out by a religious group, it wouldn't be peculiar to that 'religion of peace' you are referring to, there are a lot of them closer to home.

mike65

Bomb confirmed.

Bottle_of_Smoke

Massive amount of damage. Perhaps a truck bomb.

Gaddafi potential I suppose, but I'd be inclined to go with regular al-qaeda. Perhaps both

Jammed

KINGVictor wrote: »

Jammed I am sorry but you are becoming a bit ridiculous now. Do you have a problem with everyone and everything different from yourself?

No

The details are not out yet, so you cannot conclusively state it was an attack by any religious group or persons!

Fine, feel free to say I told you so if a group of Baptists in downtown Oslo ended up going off on one.

And even if indeed it was carried out by a religious group, it wouldn't be peculiar to that 'religion of peace' you are referring to, there are a lot of them closer to home

What?
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Corsendonk

Jammed wrote: »

The religion of peace strikes again.

Thats very quick. How do you know their Baha'i? Are you connected to them?

Cat Melodeon

BBC reporting 2 confirmed dead. Irish diplomatic staff all believed to be safe and well.

Regardless of who is to blame, they are terrorists. Does it matter whether the label is Islamist, republican or loyalist? Scum works just fine as a label, whoever they are.

Byron85

"Several unexploded bombs" in Oslo according to the state broadcaster.

Wolfe Tone

Looks like a pretty big bomb, car or truck I'd say.

JustinDee

Jammed or whoever you are, there is no confirmation whatsoever of who is responsible for these explosions. Only speculation from sources outside the investigation.

I'm watching NRK live right now via an RTE feed. The police etc are not giving anything away on any suspects.
There's a press conference at 17.30 (Norwegian time).

Byron85

Edit: Scrap that.

whatstherush

Reports on bbc that labour youth camp attacked by gun man dressed as police man

Jaafa

I mentioned on the other thread...does anyone think Gaddafi had anything to do with it?

Byron85

whatstherush wrote: »

Reports on bbc that labour youth camp attacked by gun man dressed as police man

Has to be related. The Prime Minister was supposed to be talking there later today.

JONJO THE MISER

Shooting still going on in island off Oslo, and if people think the same cant happen here from radical muslims there living with wool over there eyes.

JustinDee

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

This is what happens when you let muslims into a country.

Pig ignorant thing to say. Do people call you an alcoholic shyster who dances a jig at crossroads with a pig under your arm or a terrorist sympathiser.
Still the internet will keep you safe with an anonymous moniker.

nesf

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

This is what happens when you let muslims into a country.

Eh, banned for a week for trolling.

Norwayviking

JustinDee wrote: »

Pig ignorant thing to say. Do people call you an alcoholic shyster who dances a jig at crossroads with a pig under your arm or a terrorist sympathiser.
Still the internet will keep you safe with an anonymous moniker.

Ah justin dee i thought we had discussed this before
And you still dont get it:rolleyes:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056242040&page=6

Bottle_of_Smoke

Byron85 wrote: »

"Several unexploded bombs" in Oslo according to the state broadcaster.

any update on that? As it may suggest a warning was given. Which could possibly indicate gadaffi rather than an al-qaeda style group

Byron85

Bottle_of_Smoke wrote: »

any update on that? As it may suggest a warning was given. Which could possibly indicate gadaffi rather than an al-qaeda style group

None as of yet. However, Norwegian police are saying that there is a link between the bombing and the shooting.

BBC are running live coverage here.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14254705


Also, Islamic Fundamentalists, Ansar al-Jihad al-Alami, are claiming responsibility according to NYT. http://nyti.ms/pDR4gG

AlekSmart

Anybody having difficulty aligning the reports of a Car Bomb with the TV images of the damaged buildings...?

Some of the damage appears to show evidence of the blast coming from within the upper stories of one central building...

It all looks very odd...time ,as ever,will tell.

whatstherush

AlekSmart wrote: »

Anybody having difficulty aligning the reports of a Car Bomb with the TV images of the damaged buildings...?

Some of the damage appears to show evidence of the blast coming from within the upper stories of one central building...

It all looks very odd...time ,as ever,will tell.

Ya thought the same, didn't see any crater yet, that you would think a car bomb would leave.

Macha

7 dead in Oslo, possibly 10 dead in Utøya. Looks like the shooting is related. Too much of a coincidence.

This is awful - Oslo is a tiny city. I'm sure everyone will know someone affected by this.

caseyann

Jelle1880 wrote: »

I get your point, but would they have been doing it people didn't use religion to put them up to it ?

They would find some other reason.These people hate and they would find another reason to hate.


God the news coming out of Norway is horrible
RIP to those who died.
Thoughts and sympathies with the people of Norway at this time.

20Cent

Terrible day in Norway really shocking.
Very strange if its one person!
Described as 6ft blonde white male.

10.01pm: Neil Perry tells me the police have said that the same man was seen at the site of both attacks.

He thinks this is starting to look less like the work of international terrorists and more like that of a lone attacker with a grudge against the government.

caseyann

20Cent wrote: »

Terrible day in Norway really shocking.
Very strange if its one person!
Described as 6ft blonde white male.

10.01pm: Neil Perry tells me the police have said that the same man was seen at the site of both attacks.

He thinks this is starting to look less like the work of international terrorists and more like that of a lone attacker with a grudge against the government.

Because he is blond white male?
Doesnt mean anything these days so many extremists.

20Cent

caseyann wrote: »

Because he is blond white male?
Doesnt mean anything these days so many extremists.

Muslims would have been the first thought sounds like its a domestic attack now.

JustinDee

Norwayviking wrote: »

Ah justin dee i thought we had discussed this before
And you still dont get it:rolleyes:
http://m.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056242040&page=6

I get it perfectly well. Lumping an entire demographic irrationally because of a minority within it might go well in your eyes but it doesn't in mine.

Norwayviking

20Cent wrote: »

Muslims would have been the first thought sounds like its a domestic attack now.

its been confirmed that the attacker was a tall blond norwegian.
And they suspect he was behind both the bombing and the shooting at utøya.:D

The motive however nobody knows??

caseyann

20Cent wrote: »

Muslims would have been the first thought sounds like its a domestic attack now.

I wouldnt even have thought in slightest of that first.I thought gas explosion or something like that.
How easily people jump to conclusions.
Never point finger till proven.

20Cent

caseyann wrote: »

I wouldnt even have thought in slightest of that first.I thought gas explosion or something like that.
How easily people jump to conclusions.
Never point finger till proven.

Sure.
The first images I saw was defo no gas explosion.

caseyann

20Cent wrote: »

Sure.
The first images I saw was defo no gas explosion.

I wouldnt be exactly expert on bombs now.


That is a pic after gas explosion above.

When i heard about it i thought gas explosion i hadnt seen anything.

Byron85

Police say undetonated explosives have been found on Utoeya island.

caseyann

Byron85 wrote: »

Police say undetonated explosives have been found on Utoeya island.

Who ever did this is set to take them out.:( Thank god they didnt go off.

View

20Cent wrote: »

Muslims would have been the first thought sounds like its a domestic attack now.

Given that Ireland has spawned more than its fair share of domestic terrorists, we should be all too aware of just how unrepresentative such people can be of the wider community.

My personal opinion is that the hard work in trying to attract investment to Ireland over the years by organisations such as the IDA must have been frequently undone by the actions of our (domestic) self-appointed "heroes of the revolution" as the initial reaction of MNCs to such actions must frequently have been to avoid Ireland like the plague.

caseyann

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Shooting still going on in island off Oslo, and if people think the same cant happen here from radical muslims there living with wool over there eyes.

I have to say i doubt it highly,as we have our own rebels who would take them out and i am sure would work with Garda to take them out if they found threats to Irish.

Son Of A Vidic

20Cent wrote: »

Muslims would have been the first thought sounds like its a domestic attack now.

Just had a thought that we may be looking at a Timothy McVeigh style attacker. Internal, home grown and an anti-government fanatic.

paulaa

The death toll is expected to rise.
Sky quoting AP report saying this man is an ethnic Norwegian and it's more "Oklahoma bombing than 9/11", like Timothy McVeigh.

Son Of A Vidic

paulaa wrote: »

The death toll is expected to rise.
Sky quoting AP report saying this man is an ethnic Norwegian and it's more "Oklahoma bombing than 9/11", like Timothy McVeigh.

My TV channels have been off line all evening, but I'm not surprised to read that.

paulaa

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

My TV channels have been off line all evening, but I'm not surprised to read that.

Yes. Police are searching his apartment now. It's in a wealthy area of Oslo. They are saying he may have worked alone as there was 2 hours between the attacks and it takes roughly 45 minutes to drive from Oslo to the island.

Eye witnesses on the island say he was dressed as a policeman and called the children/teenagers to him. As they came forward he opened fire.

To add, it's emerging that he is a Christian Conservative who likes hunting

Son Of A Vidic

paulaa wrote: »

Yes. Police are searching his apartment now. It's in a wealthy area of Oslo. They are saying he may have worked alone as there was 2 hours between the attacks and it takes roughly 45 minutes to drive from Oslo to the island.

Eye witnesses on the island say he was dressed as a policeman and called the children/teenagers to him. As they came forward he opened fire.

To add, it's emerging that he is a Christian Conservative who likes hunting

If this is all confirmed, what will Sky News do? Will they start to describe him as a white christian conservative with muslim fundamentalist/jihadist leanings?

Corsendonk

paulaa wrote: »

Yes. Police are searching his apartment now. It's in a wealthy area of Oslo. They are saying he may have worked alone as there was 2 hours between the attacks and it takes roughly 45 minutes to drive from Oslo to the island.

Eye witnesses on the island say he was dressed as a policeman and called the children/teenagers to him. As they came forward he opened fire.

To add, it's emerging that he is a Christian Conservative who likes hunting

Ehh thats prob most of the Nordic countries and central europe.

Corsendonk

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

If this is all confirmed, what will Sky News do? Will they start to describe him as a white christian conservative with muslim fundamentalist/jihadist leanings?

Nah most likely link it to the Rudolf Hess story,

paulaa

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

If this is all confirmed, what will Sky News do? Will they start to describe him as a white christian conservative with muslim fundamentalist/jihadist leanings?

lol. They had wall to wall coverage until they realised that it wasn't Al Qaeda.

paulaa

Corsendonk wrote: »

Ehh thats prob most of the Nordic countries and central europe.

I think someone got it from his Facebook page
http://nb-no.facebook.com/people/Anders-Behring-Breivik/100002651290254