Court orders 2 suspects in plot to attack Israeli Embassy in Norway held for 4 weeks
Charges against men, suspected of planning to attack U.S. or Israeli embassy, elevated to plotting terrorism.
By The Associated PressOSLO, Norway - Two suspects in an alleged plot to attack the U.S. or Israeli Embassy can be held in jail for four weeks while police finish their investigation, an appeals court ruled Wednesday.
The suspects were among four men arrested last week on suspicion of firing gunshots at Norway's main Jewish synagogue on September 17. No one was hurt in the attack, in which about a dozen shots were fired at the building before dawn.
The charges against all four men were elevated to plotting terrorism, based on a police recording of two of them talking about ways to attack either the U.S. or Israeli embassy.
All deny the charges, and their attorneys say there is no evidence their clients took any steps to prepare an attack.
A court last week had granted police permission to hold the two men who had the taped conversation - Arfan Qadeer Bhatti, 29, a Norwegian of Pakistani origin, and Andreas Bog Kristiansen, a 26-year-old Norwegian - for four weeks.
However, it said police could only hold 28-year-old Norwegian-Pakistani Mohammed Adnan Nabi for two weeks, and had to release the fourth suspect, Ibrahim Ozbabacan, a 28-year-old Norwegian of Turkish origin.
Police appealed that decision, and on Wednesday, the Borgarting superior court in Oslo said police could hold Nabi for four weeks rather than two. The court also ruled that police could hold Ozbabacan in custody for four weeks.
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Article 2 All inhabitants of the Realm shall have the right to free exercise of their religion. (ps.Except jews - With it temple of wordship is mac hined guned) The Evangelical-Lutheran religion shall remain the official religion of the State. The inhabitants professing it are bound to bring up their children in the same. B. The Executive Power, the King and the Royal Family Article 3 The Executive Power is vested in the King, or in the Queen if she has succeeded to the Crown pursuant to the provisions of Article 6 or Article 7 or Article 48 of this Constitution. When the Executive Power is thus vested in the Queen, she has all the rights and obligations which pursuant to this Constitution and the Law of the Land are possessed by the King. Article 4 The King shall at all times profess the Evangelical-Lutheran religion, and uphold and protect the same. Article 5 The King's person is sacred; he cannot be censured or accused.
Well said!
Part 2 Now onto the Norwegian brand. Despite the fact that there is an incredibly tiny Jewish community in Norway there is a very active neo-Nazi movement, which I'm sure you are familiar with. Perhaps you listen to their music or prefer the Swedish black rock. Feel free to share. They openly hate Jews yet there are so few to hate. Do the math. Norwegian political Jew-hate: Jews who live outside of Israel who are not afraid of their non-Jewish neighbors believe that most of the disproportionate Israel-hate is nothing more than cloaked Jew-hate. Norwegian academics, unions and the opposition Social- Democratic Party are extreme in their Israel/(Jew) hate through the introduction of proclamations and boycotts. Even supermarkets customer service labeled Israeli products to assist boycotting consumers. I can go on and on about the ways Norwegians love to hate Israel. All I see are phony self-righteous Norwegians who gleefully do the bidding of Israel’s enemies to express their Jew-hate.
Part 1 Firstly the term anti-Semite is obsolete. It is very popular for Arab Jew-haters to claim that since they too are "Semites”, they can't possibly be anti-Semitic. Besides, anti-Semite is a sterile, politically correct, watered down word. Being a New Yorker, I prefer the less time consuming and more direct version of pure and simple Jew-hate. Now on to what courses through Norwegian blood. That is an expression meant to highlight the fact that the Jew hate is passed down from an older Norwegian generation. It could be parents, grandparents, relatives or old farts in the poolroom. It could be learned from friends who are educated by the older generation as well. But the effect is the same, the passing down of heinous stereotypes from the British invention "the blood libel" to the “Protocols” detailing how Jews own and control the world etc. (I’m sure you are familiar with the drill). Part 2 to follow: Norwegian brand Jew-hate.
Anti semite how does that Jew-hate look like in the blood of Norwegians? Is it blue, green, yellow? - look at a mirror! As far back as in the year 1000, the Norwegian king, Olav den Hellige, forbade everyone who was not Christian to live in Norway, ...King Christian IV's successor, King Fredrik III, was not as liberal as his predecessor and during his time the Jews in the area once again lived under strict conditions. They were not allowed to be in the Danish-Norwegian kingdom without a form of visa . In 1687, when Norway was united with Denmark under King Christian V's law, the prohibition of Jews entering the country was reinserted. There was a fine for anyone who broke this law and a reward for the person who informed against a Jew. In 1814, Norway acquired its first constitution. This document was relatively liberal, but in §2 it stated that the official state religion was Lutheran Protestantism and that Jews and Jesuits were forbidden from entering the kingdom.
...In 1940, the Germans occupied Norway. Norwegian newspapers and media were full of anti-Semitic propaganda and the Norwegian government was taken over by Nazis (Quisling). Two years later, in 1942, 750 Jews were deported to Auschwitz. ...and there is many more if you want, but as anti semitic you know by hart.... Like you, your king and queen that approve or didnt condem this act of vandalism against your own citzen, whom were born in your country ,norway. These guys, 'terrorist'would be free soon, may be you can join them and do a better job. Better then the nazis, whose occupied your country and you didnt do a thing to liberate yourselves. Like the jews in norway, they cannot fight alone. Allies libereted your country... You couldnt do alone!
fact like that from your ancestor king: As far back as in the year 1000, the Norwegian king, Olav den Hellige, forbade everyone who was not Christian to live in Norway.... ...King Christian IV's successor, King Fredrik III, was not as liberal as his predecessor and during his time the Jews in the area once again lived under strict conditions. They were not allowed to be in the Danish-Norwegian kingdom without a form of visa . In 1687, when Norway was united with Denmark under King Christian V's law, the prohibition of Jews entering the country was reinserted. There was a fine for anyone who broke this law and a reward for the person who informed against a Jew.... ...In 1814, Norway acquired its first constitution. This document was relatively liberal, but in §2 it stated that the official state religion was Lutheran Protestantism and that Jews and Jesuits were forbidden from entering the kingdom.
Dave, how does that Jew-hate look like in the blood of Norwegians? Is it blue, green, yellow? Is it some kind of genetic disorder you're talking about? Or is it a mental disorder? Why do Norwegians hate Jews? Because there was a holocaust? Are they in pact with some super-natural entity that has been plotting to eradicate the Jews from the Earth for thousands of years? Or maybe there is some kind of Alien plot against the Jews, of which the Norwegians are mere puppets? Please tell me, because I am a mere stupid Norwegian with only simple anti-semitic instincts. After all, you seem to have supreme insights of some sort, so perhaps you can enlighten us all on why the Norwegians are the violent and disgusting anti-semites that they obivously are (not as bad as the Poles to be fair, though I'm sure you more about that than me).
Dave, Take this opportunity to examine Scandinavian ani-semitism in an historical and comparative context i.e. Norway versus Sweden, relative numerical populations of Muslims, constitutional and/or legal protections of Jewish minorities in these countries, etc.
Still blaming Israel and the "Zionist" Jews for the failed Olso "peace" accords, the Norwegians are begining their own nightmare with Beloved Arafat's decendents. Facts: There are only 1200 Jews in Norway. Despite the small numbers Jew hate courses deeper than most would believe through Norwegian blood.