Post by falah on Apr 18th, 2012 at 4:49am
Which stage was Norway at?
Breivik says he would do it all again
Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has told a court his twin attacks, which killed 77 people, were "sophisticated and spectacular" and he would do them again.
On the second day of his trial, Breivik took the stand for the first time after one of the trial's five judges was dismissed for posting an online comment saying the 33-year-old gunman should face the death penalty.
Breivik has pleaded not guilty and said he was defending his country by setting off a car bomb that killed eight people at government headquarters in Oslo last July, then killing another 69 people in a shooting spree at a youth summer camp organised by the ruling Labour Party.
"I have carried out the most sophisticated and spectacular political attack committed in Europe since the Second World War," Breivik told the court in a 73-minute prepared statement.
"They (Norwegians) risk being a minority in their own capital in their own country in the future.
"Yes, I would have done it again, because offences against my people ... are many times as bad."
Speaking in a calm and composed voice as he presented his Islamophobic and anti-immigration ideology, Breivik described Oslo as a "multicultural hell".
"People who call me evil have misunderstood the difference between evil and brutal," he said, adding that the US's World War II decision to drop nuclear bombs on Japan was, like his carnage, also made with "good intentions."
Tears for 'dying' country
On Monday, prosecutors screened a 12-minute Islamophobic video made by Breivik and broadcast on the internet on the day of the attacks, featuring photos of Islamists set to soft music.
The 33-year-old extremist, who opposes Norway's generous immigration policies, welled up in tears as the video played.
Asked by the prosecutor on Tuesday why he had cried, he responded: "Because my country is in the process of dying - it was the sorrow over seeing my country ... deconstructed."
It was "especially the songs, combined with the message" that brought tears to his eyes, he said, adding: "It was my first YouTube video."
While he has admitted the killings and will likely be kept behind bars for the rest of his life, Breivik's main objective is to prove he is sane, a court judgement that he sees as vindicating his anti-Muslim and anti-immigration cause.
The high school dropout has said being labelled insane would be a "fate worse than death".
If found guilty and sane, Breivik faces a maximum 21-year sentence but could be held indefinitely if he is considered a continuing danger.
If declared insane, he would be held in a psychiatric institution indefinitely with periodic reviews.
Norway does not have the death penalty.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/17/anders-behring-breivik-claims-victims-not-innocent?newsfeed=true
"It was my first YouTube video."
Breivik says he would do it all again
Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has told a court his twin attacks, which killed 77 people, were "sophisticated and spectacular" and he would do them again.
On the second day of his trial, Breivik took the stand for the first time after one of the trial's five judges was dismissed for posting an online comment saying the 33-year-old gunman should face the death penalty.
Breivik has pleaded not guilty and said he was defending his country by setting off a car bomb that killed eight people at government headquarters in Oslo last July, then killing another 69 people in a shooting spree at a youth summer camp organised by the ruling Labour Party.
"I have carried out the most sophisticated and spectacular political attack committed in Europe since the Second World War," Breivik told the court in a 73-minute prepared statement.
"They (Norwegians) risk being a minority in their own capital in their own country in the future.
"Yes, I would have done it again, because offences against my people ... are many times as bad."
Speaking in a calm and composed voice as he presented his Islamophobic and anti-immigration ideology, Breivik described Oslo as a "multicultural hell".
"People who call me evil have misunderstood the difference between evil and brutal," he said, adding that the US's World War II decision to drop nuclear bombs on Japan was, like his carnage, also made with "good intentions."
Tears for 'dying' country
On Monday, prosecutors screened a 12-minute Islamophobic video made by Breivik and broadcast on the internet on the day of the attacks, featuring photos of Islamists set to soft music.
The 33-year-old extremist, who opposes Norway's generous immigration policies, welled up in tears as the video played.
Asked by the prosecutor on Tuesday why he had cried, he responded: "Because my country is in the process of dying - it was the sorrow over seeing my country ... deconstructed."
It was "especially the songs, combined with the message" that brought tears to his eyes, he said, adding: "It was my first YouTube video."
While he has admitted the killings and will likely be kept behind bars for the rest of his life, Breivik's main objective is to prove he is sane, a court judgement that he sees as vindicating his anti-Muslim and anti-immigration cause.
The high school dropout has said being labelled insane would be a "fate worse than death".
If found guilty and sane, Breivik faces a maximum 21-year sentence but could be held indefinitely if he is considered a continuing danger.
If declared insane, he would be held in a psychiatric institution indefinitely with periodic reviews.
Norway does not have the death penalty.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/17/anders-behring-breivik-claims-victims-not-innocent?newsfeed=true
"It was my first YouTube video."