Norway suspect laid out detailed plans for violence against “traitors,” Muslims

Ali Abunimah 23 July 2011

Anders Behring Breivik saw himself as a holy warrior and crusader engaged in a war against a “Marxist-Islamist alliance” that he feared would take over Europe if not stopped. He hoped by his actions to inspire “thousands” to follow in his path. He described himself as a “martyr” and “resistance fighter.”

He described members of Norway’s Labour Party as “traitors” because of their alleged support of “multiculturalism and Islamisation.” Behring advocated “terror” attacks on mosques, especially during Muslim relgious holidays.

This is according to a 1,500 page manuscript Breivik himself wrote. Norway’s public broadcaster NRK reported on the manuscript and that Breivik had admitted to writing and disseminating it (Google translation of NRK report).

The manuscript consists of hundreds of pages of political analysis and ideology, plus a lengthy diary-like section setting out Breivik’s meticulous planning for yesterday’s attacks. Breivik also extensively cites anti-Muslim Dutch far-right anti-Muslim politician Geert Wilders.

Breivik signed the manuscript in terms which suggested he viewed himself as a crusader:

Andrew Berwick Justiciar Knight Commander
Knights Templar Europe
Knights Templar Norway

Breivik is a strong supporter of Israel and particularly of far-right nationalists such as foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman and his Yisrael Beitenu party. From a rapid assessement there is no indication that his attack was in any way motivated explicitly by such views, although he clearly viewed Israel as being engaged in the same “war” of which he saw himself as a part.

I downloaded a copy of the manuscript from a link provided on Twitter by a Norwegian journalist, however I have decided not to post a copy, because the manuscript in addition to Breivik’s political writings contains detailed instructions for how Breivik obtained guns and manufactured bombs. It also appears from the manuscript that Breivik was planning the attack for several years, including elaborate fronts like his farm business.

Here are however a few excerpts that may shed light on Breivik’s views and motivations:

“Martyr” and “resistance fighter”

In a section about himself, Breivik describes his profession as:

Investor, Director, Manager - founder of several companies, Small business management (including organisational development), political analyst, author, stock analyst/trader. Im unsure whether resistance fighter (Justiciar Knight Commander) and martyr counts as a profession:)

Breivik believed there is a “civil war” in Europe and spectacular attacks were needed

Breivik saw Europe as being engaged in a long “civil war” against his enemies that could last decades and would result in a “coup” in which a European nationalist regime would take over. During this civil war he sees:

Waiting for the right time to strike or create an opportunity. This can be accomplished by arranging incidents (assassinations or terror attacks on mosques during Id celebration etc) which would trigger major Muslim riots. If the riots are violent enough it can serve as a perfect occasion for the coup.

Breivik apparently saw himself as potential martyr in a broader European “resistance movement”:

I know that tens of thousands of brothers and sister all over Europe are fighting the good fight every single day. Fighting the cultural Marxist/multiculturalist alliance every single day. Many have sacrificed everything already; many are incarcerated and some have even martyred themselves. The media never write about their courageous and noble acts and the great majority of us are unknown to most people. The current Western European multiculturalist regimes are doing everything in their power to suppress our actions. Silencing us is their weapon of choice. They systematically and deliberately attempt to blackout everything so that as few people as possible know that there is an ongoing civil war. They do this to prevent recruitment. As history has shown so many times, the tide will turn in our favour when people least expect it. I salute every single brother and sister who contributes day in and day out! You are the true heroes of the conservative revolution! You inspire an increasing number of Europeans to follow in our path. Hadn’t it been for the brave and selfless actions of these European heroes, me and people like me would not have been inspired. I heard your calling and as a result I did my duty as many more will continue to do. Hopefully, I will be able to contribute and inspire others. We will experience many failures and it will get a lot more ugly before it gets better. However, never forget that thousands of brothers and sisters are doing all in their power to ensure our success every single day. We will succeed eventually as multiculturalism is a self-defeating ideology.

Labour Party are “traitors” like Nazis

In an entry dated “Autumn 2008,” Breivik wrote that he attended a birthday party in Oslo and that:

I noticed a majority of these people were Labour Party sympathisers. I guess they don’t really have a choice considering the fact that they are all climbing the public sector hierarchy. A thought occurred. The judges during WW2 who had party affiliations with the NS or any affiliation with the SS [Apparent references to Germany’s Nazi regime or its Norwegian puppet regime at the time] were prosecuted and imprisoned. Is it therefore only fair that judges of high rank with party affiliations to the Labour Party and the other parties who support multiculturalism (and therefore Islamisation) is to be considered category B or C traitors? They obviously have a considerable responsibility and should be considered traitors of their people….

After more such musing, he added:

If only they had any idea that one of their guests was a Justiciar Knight of an organisation affiliated with the Norwegian and European Resistance Movement, I would be thrown out immediately most likely. It is completely understandable as their careers would be over if they had any affiliation with such organisations or individuals.

Breivik hoped to “inspire thousands” with his attack

In a diary entry from 11 June (a period when he was intensively testing explosives) Breivik wrote:

I prayed for the first time in a very long time today. I explained to God that unless he wanted the Marxist-Islamic alliance and the certain Islamic takeover of Europe to completely annihilate European Christendom within the next hundred years he must ensure that the warriors fighting for the preservation of European Christendom prevail. He must ensure that I succeed with my mission and as such; contribute to inspire thousands of other revolutionary conservatives/nationalists; anti-Communists and anti-Islamists throughout the European world.

Testing his bomb

Monday June 13 - Day 43: I prepared a test device today and drove off to a very isolated site. The test bomb was composed of a 3g DDNP primary and a 30g PA secondary. If this test would fail, I would abandon operation A and move forward with the non-spectacular operation B.

I lit the fuse, went out of range and waited. It was probably the longest 10 seconds I have ever endured…

BOOM! The detonation was successful!!!:-) I quickly drove away to avoid any potential unwanted attention, from people in the vicinity. I would have to come back a few hours later to investigate the blast hole, to see if both compounds had detonated.

The need to strike early

Breivik saw the need to move against Muslims and their perceived allies early, when Muslims are still in the minority. As he explains, using Lebanon as an example:

Historically, even though the people have been in great distress and face chaos and bloodshed many people still cling to the hope of peace through appeasement (30% of men, 70% of women). They will simply refuse to contribute to deportations or any other pragmatic/rational and effective solution, something that is simply against their nature (after decades of indoctrination of pacifistic views).

Christian Lebanon is a good example. Instead of striking when they were in majority they waited until the Muslims were in majority. Many Christian groups were sabotaging any rational (war) approach and wanted instead more appeasement. This continued until the civil war finally broke out.

It is unthinkable for these people to make the necessary tough calls (rational decisions). We will illustrate this through the following question:

If you could save 1000 individuals by sacrificing 100 people - would you contribute to indirectly kill these 100?

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Elise Hendrick replied on

Is the original Norwegian available anywhere online for this? One of the issues that has come up repeatedly is that there is a lot of reliance on Google 'translations', which have mangled the original Norwegian text beyond recognition.

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Ali Abunimah replied on

Breivik published and apparently wrote his manuscript in English. All the quotes are direct quotes.

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lidia replied on

After all, Nazis were (?) all for pure racial Europe, just as he is. They would like him, I am sure.

By the way, he is no fair to the Norway rulers (and Europe rulers) as well. They bomb Muslims, do they not? Afghanistan, Libya (Norway), Iraq and so on. Europe's official Islamofobia is high, be it against the Muslims in Europe or elsewhere.

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Rowan Berkeley replied on

Breivik would consider that the Nazis were completely wrong in considering 'the Jews' to be the primary vectors of European and western political degeneration. He would appear to hold to the concept of 'Judeo-Christian civilisation'. The phrase 'Judeo-Christian civilisation' is quite recent: it first appeared in what might be called an official ideological context in 1952, in a speech by then-US President Eisenhower. It has become a watchword among Jewish neoconservative anti-Islamic propagandists since 9/11. To understand the increased salience of this concept, I think we have to see it in the context of the very public swing to the right in zionist politics which started with the first Israeli Likud government in 1977. Up until then, western members of the hard right tended to regard Israel as somewhat 'socialistic', even though in fact it had been very firmly aligned with western imperialism from its foundation in 1948 (which was accompanied by a purge of soviet sympathisers from the parties allied to the 'Labor Party'). But from the 1970s onwards, zionist propaganda in the US and Europe completely changed its pseudo-socialistic 'kibbutznik' angle of approach and began instead to concentrate on hard right themes. Gradually, the older idea of 'the Jews' as subversive of the conservative western order was eliminated. Instead, 'the Jews' became symbols of a western conservative defense against 'leftism' and 'liberalism'. This really was the essential message of the neoconservative movement, pioneered in 'Commentary' magazine from 1979 onward.

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Rowan Berkeley replied on

Justin Raimondo remarks today on AntiWar.com that over 1,000 of the 1,500 pages in Breivik's "Manifesto" are lifted verbatim from the writings of Paul Weyrich, the founder of the Heritage Foundation, an original neocon propaganda flagship entity.

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Sulayman replied on

He's got a profoundly ignorant view of Lebanon if that's his example of what will happen in Europe.

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Margo replied on

I've just written to the WSJ to point out that their unsigned editorial yesterday (Saturday), which assumes the attack was by Jihadi terrorists, agrees with Breivik in blaming the Norwegian Labour government for trying to maintain a peaceful society that welcomes immigration instead of one that lives in hatred and fear.

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Mirjam Eikelboom replied on

I don't want Breivik to breathe let alone read what he has to say. Many worthier people than him are now dead and cannot express their opinions anymore. What Breitvik has to say is - in my opinion - stuff for his psychiatrist.

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lidia replied on

Unfortunately, he is almost mainstream in Europe now (not mentioning USA and Israel). Sarcozi, for ex, is NOT gunning down children himself, he does it by proxy - both in France and abroad. Of course, his victims are non-white, so he is NOT looked at as a raving madmen.

One only need to look at Churchill remarks about non-Whites, and even Irish to see that there is nothing new here.

So, one needs not to put one's head into sand but face the reality - this mass murderer is the logical result of imperialism.

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RCCA replied on

There is nothing logical about a mass murderer and this act by a very disturbed individual has nothing to do with "imperialism." The writer, lydia, seems slightly extreme in her viewpoints. The age of imperialism by whites is over. If anything we are moving into a world where non-whites will dominate and most people know it. We have to learn to get beyond racial hatreds if we want a peaceful world.

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lidia replied on

yes, sure, just look into Afghanistan (or Palestine).

Mass murder is an everyday experience in non-white world, done mostly by imperialists, but by their native lackeys as well

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Isor Ralot replied on

I must admit when I first heard the news of yet another bombing I assumed that it was the actions of more radical Islamic extremists. How very wrong I was...so very wrong. I too struggled with my need to attempt to somehow comprehend how one (anyone of ANY ideology) could think that the cowardly, barbaric act of killing children could aid in given credence to one's agenda. Add Breivik's name to the list of other so-called martyrs...Cowards all of them.

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Chipotle Mystery replied on

Do a Google search of this term and it comes up regularly among blogs and websites belonging to the right in the United States, including sites like Free Republic and Red State. Just goes to show how depraved these people really are.

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karen replied on

the image of Norwegian youth desperately fleeing bullets and losing their lives sickened me for many hours. but I hear about drone bombings nearly every day and I eat breakfast anyway. to connect the images and overcome biases that we can't even see in ourselves may not be easy but is a worthwhile effort.

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NadePaulKuciGravMcKi replied on

Reuters picture now worth a thousand words
Pro Palestinian Rally at Norway Youth Camp the Day Before Massacre
Jonas Gahr Støre: Okkupasjonen må opphøre, muren må rives og det må skje nå

Norway is ready to recognize Palestinian State

Ali Abunimah

Co-founder of The Electronic Intifada and author of The Battle for Justice in Palestine, now out from Haymarket Books.

Also wrote One Country: A Bold-Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse. Opinions are mine alone.