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A terror group, Ansar al-Jihad al-Alami, or the Helpers of the Global Jihad, issued a statement claiming responsibility for the attack, according to Will McCants, a terrorism analyst at C.N.A., a research institute that studies terrorism. The message said the attack was a response to Norwegian forces' presence in Afghanistan and to unspecified insults to the Prophet Muhammad. "We have warned since the Stockholm raid of more operations," the group said, according to Mr. McCants' translation, apparently referring to a bombing in Sweden in December 2010. "What you see is only the beginning, and there is more to come."
Norway is a member of the NATO alliance and has a small fighting contingent in Afghanistan. It was one of several countries named by Ayman al-Zawahri, the leader of Al Qaeda, as potential targets for attack. In 2006, Norwegian newspapers reprinted Danish cartoons that angered Muslims by lampooning Muhammad. Norway has also historically been a frequent participant in peacekeeping missions and a host for diplomatic talks, including the 1993 Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestinians. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a committee of the Norwegian Parliament.
When is the world going to wake up to the fact that people who follow certain fanatical religions are more prone to aggressive behavior than others? I am a liberal myself, but people don't seem to want to acknowledge that islam is at serious odds with democracy and civil liberties.
That fact needs to be recognized. These are the people who use our freedom against us. They abuse our system, our freedom to practice any religion we please peacefully to exert their own influence.
Its time to realize this.
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