Norway killer bought bomb parts in Sweden
Published: 26 Jul 11 16:49 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/35178/20110726/
A core ingredient for the bomb which ripped through the government buildings in Oslo, Norway last Friday was bought in Sweden, while the government has proposed a review of the sale of fertilizer, another ingredient in the bomb.
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According to his terror manifesto, published shortly before the attacks, the aluminium powder is one of the ingredients in the manufacture of the type of homemade bomb which Behring Breivik is suspected of using during Friday's attack.
The powder is used, he wrote, to boost the bomb's explosive capacity.
According to Behring Breivik's manifesto he spent €240,000 ($347,300) on the attacks and despite not having any income to speak of. According to the Norwegian tax authorities he has declared a total income of only 5,223 kronor since 2006.
According to reports in the UK press a member of the extreme-right English Defence League (EDL) has admitted that the organisation had had contact with the man responsible for Norway's worst ever terrorist atrocity.
The Swedish government is meanwhile considering a review of the regulations governing the sale of fertilizer, one of the other main ingredients in the bomb.
"I think the rules need to be tightened. Then the events in Norway highlight the issue, that makes you see how important it is that steps are taken in the area," justice minister Beatrice Ask told Sveriges Radio (SR).
The ammonium nitrate is the active ingredient in fertilizer which can be used for making explosives when put together with fuel and a detonator.
The combination has been used by, among others the Taliban in Afghanistan and the Oklahoma bomber.
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Is The Local a news site, or is it a political propaganda tool used to attack those its writers and editors define as political villains and "simpletons"?
btw: @el dorado: Stay on topic. Crap like this just makes people pissed & your credibility as any type of contributor is zero.
Because we are not in Somalia. Somalia's problems are Somalia's. The fact that there are Somalians living here has no bearing upon Sweden's news reports, nor should it.
I didn't know we could cry when people are killed until it happened in Norway. A terrorist group linked to Alqaida is troubling Somalia we complain whilst we actively support another terrorist group also linked to alqaida in Lybia with shamelessness and greed....when will some grippens be sent to China.
In any case I don't support the SD or crap in Norway but there's too much hypocricy
I've been living in england before,when there are crises in pakistan or india,their huge popurlation some decent amount first before the UK goverment give them some much needed support,somalians are a disgrace to african here in EU,any body who don't like what i said,to hell with you
So The professionalism of right-wing propaganda shows that right-wing extremist groups have the will to enlarge and spread their ideology, and still pose a threat in EU Member States.
He is just diverting the attention of media..! what is the answer u will give to those people who lost their sons and daughters is due to multiculti, fascism.
its shame to discuss about his rants its disrespectful to those who lost their lives due to this retarded scum.!!
Some pile pf craps he just copied from other books. Its big blow for other respectful Christians
BTW, It is funny that Swedish police chief claims that such an attack was impossible in Sweden. Does he know that there is no border checks between Sweden and Norway?
Iranian Atheisit
However, the weekly death toll by muslim terrorist attacks supersedes this comfortably.
there has been over 17,500 muslim terrorist attacks in the world since 9/11.
The Norwegian krona goes a lot further for shopping in Sweden.
I guess the Swedish police were too busy staking out middle aged hookers. That was a shame, they would have caught Breivik months ago if they had done their job properly.
That's disgusting... Paying 4 months in prison for each life he took away??
And hey, where are all the regular bigots and islamophobes like syftesfel and the rest of the riff-raff with the hate and bile? Cat got their tongues?
But a fully loaded manure spreader is a powerful weapon when used on intruders
Apart from being used to cure the surface coatings of gliders and a few other aeronautical uses, it is used in thermite and for increasing blast radius in explosions in daisy cutters.
In legitamate explosive uses aluminium powder has no use at all, as demolition or quarrying requires very highly localised explosions with wide area effects being undesireable. Aluminium powder would only be useful for a daisy cutter and not much else.
In the UK or Ireland if you try to purchase aluminium powder over the counter, you would find yourself in a police station within an hour or two being interviewed by police officers with no concept of political correctness in any capacity, for very good reason.
Why are the Swedish authorities allowing people to puchase aluminium powder without a license for legitimate use?