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Except the Norway massacre is completely dissimilar to 9/11.

Brevik was a lone weirdo. He didn't have a base and support in other countries. He didn't have an army of thousands backing him up.




>He didn't have a base and support in other countries. He didn't have an army of thousands backing him up.

The Norway massacre is dissimilar, but these points here are the same. There is no, and never was a "global terrorist network". That's all fantasy to sell more useless war to american citizens.


Well, yes and no. There is certainly no "global terrorist network" as put forward by some with, as you suggest, a hidden agenda, a vast network of those "out to get" the USA.

But there was and is global co-operation between terrorist groups, which is why sometimes IRA members turn up in Colombia[1], and there is a definite link between global organised crime and terrorism (whether it be ETA buying guns from the mafia or FARC being funded by cocaine exports).

The fantasy really is the belief by many in the US that terrorism equates to a hatred of America, which in reality is not the case.

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia_Three


Well, it's not like a recognised army, more like a franchise operation.

But there were disparate terrorist organisations that co-operated and co-ordinated. Both with each other and with rogue states.

AFAIK, Brevik co-ordinated only with himself.




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