july posted a twitter feed where he has said that one person with a belief is equal to the force of a hundred thousand who have only interests so he thought of posted radical tweets leading up to this attack initially a group including helpers of the global jihad came out and said that they took responsibility for the warming but then they retracted that of course norway is is participating in the libyan and afghanistan war efforts as part of nato and the just last winter there were dozens of islamic militants arrested throughout western europe in connection with with planned bombings police have told people to stay out of the city center to avoid using mobile phones the exits to the borders of norway where shots immediately after the blast and roads leading into and trains leading into the capital rules so halted now we've we've heard that soldiers are on the streets with machine guns police also and it's being called the worst attack since

world war two perhaps the worst shooting spree in history. but it's still unclear whether it was the brutal act one individual the work of an organization whether u.s. based correspondent and snow means we may learn what really happened on the island there was ample reason for cells to target norway. it's not unusual for a government or an organization to which works with the media system the propaganda system to control information the way that norway norwegian media does or the norwegian government does to hide the facts something like this until they've decided that they want to tell the truth about what really happened in some cases the public will never learn the truth about what really happened this could be an individual that is organized this and perpetuated this on the one hand on the other hand it seems fairly coordinated in three different places and surprising that it happened at the same time it was the same individual so we may say it's speculation

at this point but we may see that one of these jihadi organizations that supposedly claim their twitter and that is that they're responsible for this may actually be responsible for norway has a huge role in the missions with the i said forces in afghanistan lebanon somalia uganda norway has committed to claims to the bombing in libya and they were previously involved in iraq and it's that that would be surprising either but. again back to the culture of morton always the fourteenth largest arms importer in in the world the highest military expenditures per capita in all of the european countries and yeah it's it makes a lot of sense that this could be coming back on norway just like you know the chickens come home to roost. his trajectory from oxford university highlights the noise involvement. campaigns countless tensions in the area. the most likely explanation is that norway's involvement as

a nato member in armed actions by one nato from libya to afghanistan will have the basis for some backlash now whether the backlash comes from a libyan group or more generally from an islamic who is hostile to religion. is what was yet to be seen and i have to say you should remember that back in oklahoma city in one thousand nine hundred five one was a huge bomb of the federal us will. ever be left as it must work was when my terrorists and it turned out to work very question on the current u.s. mission hostile to the u.s. government so with the proviso that we should not rule out other possibilities the most likely explanation is obviously there's always political involvement. and attack on the other is perhaps if the trash economic heart of an islamic. i might say no way is a soft option. if you think about it places like london paris. was

targets of terrorist attacks over the years even made quite dramatic attack on a crime is still has. members who caught him you couldn't necessarily have had such an effect. perhaps in a culture of norway literally very peaceful very quiet for a long time or if you like or any more involvement in the weeks and violence is also in one thousand miles away from our own country. dr will mccants from the center for naval analysis says terrorist groups are trying to recruit people european appearance because they would raise their suspicion. the statement came out around ten thirty this morning u.s. time. no one challenged it for several hours but by the afternoon the same person who had posted the claim posted a retraction and apparently it seems that the forum administrator is where he posted the claim had gotten a grae for him attributing it to this group helpers of the global jihad so he had to take down the statement post

a retraction the recruitment of people in europe who are not of arab or south asian background who can blend in with the majority population they've been looking for for for these type of folks for a long time because they fly below the surveillance radar. with a knish genista and it breaks things and always intelligence had expected the attack and failed to provide adequate security maybe just maybe the no week in intelligence service has not been as a desert as it should have been because one has simply not expected this and we know that although they hear it in the u.k. and france in denmark in no way if you sort of look back through the years. certainly one has given safe haven to people who should never never have got and decide one is not surprised that this has happened and we have seen it several times we saw it nine eleven mcclave. we have seen the failed attacks.

on copenhagen and now in no way and of course the european governments and also the you know we didn't governments have to sort of rethink the frame of mind to call it . well i mean the baton claims that the scenes witnessed in oslo a part of a broader issue concerning attitudes towards immigration and multiculturalism. i think that in many ways we invited this problem because hand in hand with mass unlimited immigration into prices like britain and also into into places like denmark and sweden and norway not quite as bad as ours but. a large amount of immigration we've actually also had this policy of multiculturalism and i like to draw a distinction if i can between what i call private multiculturalism public state sponsored multiculturalism private multiculturalism where people enjoy their religious and cultural customs in private that's for another problem and i think

you know i went to a hindu wedding recently and i really enjoyed it really made me work my lovely time the problem that we've got is with public state sponsored multiculturalism and even david cameron mrs merkel president sarkozy they've all now admitted that this is a problem is where we have imported cultural customs into our country which are not appropriate in western liberal advance democracy and instead of being very strong about this and that's not how we do things we were pleased and let these people carry on with things like you know arranged marriages polygamous marriages all of these kind of things and introduce their past and in fact in britain i don't know about it also but in britain we actually have recognition of sharia law for some tribunals so it's got the legal system has already taken a foothold without us and of course this is a road to ruin. or to recap our top story now here in r.t. in the region the police say at least eighty people have been killed in

a shooting spree. at a youth camp run by the governing labor party the gun attack is believed to be the worst of its kind in the history came shortly after a bomb ripped through the heart of the administrator the capital oslo killing at least seven police on the island have arrested a thirty. to the legion right in connection with the attacks he reportedly expressed right wing an anti muslim views in the internet at a report suggested the terror group the help of global jihad and mission claimed responsibility response to noise and all that in afghanistan but they took the truck to the stage and. i am sick of nature and discover it's. a communicate with the want to. test yourself and become free. to. see what nature can give you see.

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departed m.-s. n.b.c. anchor jank ugur describes the talking to he alleges came from the head of the cable news network the talking to that drove him to leave the station and he said i love to be an outsider outsiders are cool but we're not we're insiders. we are those former insiders and analysts we interviewed say it's this way of thinking in the mainstream t.v. media that leads to a twenty four hour news cycle filled largely with a c n n a the woman accused of killing her two year old little girl you would know if this is your underpants now learn maria demanded he move out have been wowing us with her style of coverage that m.s.m. defector says it's cost stations their literate audience and credibility a lot of mainstream television news in particular is in the gutter they're just wasting your time with casey anthony story with anthony weiner's wiener it's become a national joke a national joke that protects ad revenue and political currency unlike more hard

hitting stories they would be stories that offend big corporations and big political power and that's why they're not covered it could explain why more reporters haven't covered for example a secret prison in somalia run by the cia journalist jeremy scahill exposed it secrets and says several other american reporters know about it too instead this was the response to his story in the case of c.n.n. didn't even mention my report and just basically reprinted a press release from the cia saying that you know they were just assisting the somali government it could explain why networks aren't redoubling their efforts to cover hard hitting stories instead fresh off the successful ratings of the casey anthony trial you have a network like a.b.c. hiring former kidnapping victim elizabeth smart to cover missing children stories i mean they basically came out and said we need to do more missing children or missing people stories and so that's what they're going to do and that is going to

be a cost to other stories taking away from stories that affect people on a greater scale from jobs to inequality poverty wars and police brutality. the direction seems to be heading ever further in the direction of sensational. and tabloid which if rupert murdoch's news corp scandal is any indication could backfire ultimately that you're going to lose ratings you're going to lose viewers and you know ultimately you may be you may find yourself under investigation networks that pledge to lean forward or claim to be fair and balanced or they call themselves the most trusted name in news c defectors leaving to find an independent outlet if they want to try to live up to those mottos lauren lyster our washington d.c. . the motivation behind sensationalist rather than fact based journalism maybe the age old pursuit for higher profits that's according to the cusp are in their member of the young turks liberal movement. the overall goal for the media right now is to

profit i mean they're constantly worried about ratings why are they worried about ratings because in the advertising department or in the sales department those ratings need to be presented to advertisers and if you are cut they think that if you cover stories that are important stories on libya stories on the economy that americans are going to buy it they want the sensationalism they're going to focus on the sensationalism there is an audience out there for it but it's discouraging because people are getting informed on the issues that are that are important to them the issues that actually affect them on a daily basis and if they think that's going to bring in the money in the ratings then that's what they're going to cover and i think that that's discouraging and i think they're wrong i think they're wrong on that point. well some of the international news stories in brief for you now this out if you missed militants in somalia say they're still gunning most foreign aid agencies from working in a farming struck country the militants deny u.n.

reports that somalia is in a state of disaster in the state owns propaganda severe drought has struck the region rendering millions in dire need of food and water the u.n. estimates tens of thousands have already died from shortages. nato has carried out fresh bombing runs on the libyan capital on saturday colonel gadhafi is headquarters whereabouts of the company that remain on friday crowther running tripoli in support of the colonel libya has been ravaged by civil war since fred perry the nato led coalition beginning it strikes march parties contributor says there's a great credibility gap. of the intervention. there is being a lot of talk about. the u.s. policy or the lack of faith or regarding pakistan and afghanistan no less has been said about the nato operation or actually aerial intervention and bombing in

libya take a close a look at how the nato aerial bombing in leave it is related to american try vies in afghanistan and pakistan on a technical basis yes they nato intervention and indiscriminate bombing in libya could be both the united states and nato operation but technicalities aside it is not just a tune and a half wars for the united states in reality if not on the ground at least in the air over a levy at the bombing is one hundred percent a nato operation the timing of nato operation against libya demonstrated not on the lack of trust between the united states and pakistan and afghan leadership it is also indicative of a huge credibility gap between the genuine united states of america and its

european nato partners. headlines when next in just a couple of minutes stay with us here. you.

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the headlines for you here on r.t. the worst single shooting spree in modern history at least eighty people have been killed at a youth camp in norway. a bomb ripped through the heart of a government district in the capital killing at least seven the prime minister's office was hit in the there was not in the building at the time of the blast. a fifty two year old norwegian has been arrested in connection with both attacks and had suspicions that right wing political extremists may have been behind the killings reports say the terror group to help global jihad initially claimed

responsibility in response to noise and. to the statement. of course we'll keep you updated on developments and also throughout the day what a change of terror and now. we bring you the latest addition of this weekend's. welcome to the. brides. celebrating its one hundred forty. and with

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