Other links: [WP] and [Weekly Standard]
[One of the arguments?]
"Moreover, there is a specific jihadist connection here: "Just nine days ago, Norwegian authorities filed charges against Mullah Krekar, an infamous al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist who, with help from Osama bin Laden, founded Ansar al Islam - a branch of al Qaeda in northern Iraq - in late 2001."
By that logic we could also blame Israel or the US because just three days earlier Norway backed the Palestinian bid for statehood at the UN which both the US and Israel are against. [Norway backs Palestinian bid]
And just a day or two earlier the camp where the kids were killed had this picture taken. [Article with picture here.]
More stuff on the attack from around the web.
[Glenn Greenwald on the media reaction to Norway's Terrorist] shorter version. In US media eyes, "It ain't terrorism if it wasn't done by a Muslim".
How the "It was Islamic terrorism" story was started and spread. [How a clueless "terrorism expert" set media suspicion on Muslims after Oslo horror by Benjamin Doherty]
from Haaretz,.. terrorism is in the eye of the beholder. [Iranian Nuclear Scientist shot dead in front of his home. Iran calls it "Israeli-US Terrorism"]
and,.. the Norwegian guy was a religious nut. Pharyngula - Deranged Mind
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