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OSLO, Norway – A handful of Norwegian right-wing extremists testified Tuesday inself-confessed killer Anders Behring Breivik's defense, backing hisclaims that Norway is "at war" with Islam. The 33-year-old self-styled anti-Muslim crusader has placed greatimportance on this line of argument, fearing his ideology could beundermined if he is declared insane. Breivik, on trial for killing 77 people in a bomb-and-shootingrampage in Oslo last July, has confessed to the attacks but deniescriminal guilt. He claims he acted in self-defense because hisvictims had betrayed their country by embracing immigration. Defense lawyers attempted to show that while there are people whoshare Breivik's worldviews, they are not declared mentally ill fordoing so. "Norway is at war," Tore Tvedt, a far-right extremist who has beenconvicted for his published anti-Semitic statements, told thecourt. He noted also how victimized he has felt by Norwegian policeand public authorities for his political opinions. Although many of the witnesses echoed Breivik's political viewsduring the hearing, all of them took care to distance themselvesfrom his violence. "We are a non-violent organization," said Arne Tumyr, a long-timeIslam critic and leader of the organization "Stop the Islamizationof Norway." But he declared that "Islam is an evil politicalideology disguised as a religion." Another witness, Ronny Alte, said that although he knows of no onein his immediate surroundings who supported Breivik's actions,"there could easily be around a hundred that I know about" on theInternet who do. Breivik's sanity is key to the case and is still an unresolvedissue. Two psychological examinations carried out before the10-week trial started in mid-April reached opposite conclusions onwhether he is psychotic or not. If found guilty and sane, he would face 21 years in prison althoughhe can be held longer if deemed a danger to society. If declaredinsane, he would be committed to compulsory psychiatric care. Although the trial is scheduled to end on June 22, the OsloDistrict Court on Tuesday announced that a verdict isn't expecteduntil July 20, or possibly even on Aug. 24, due to administrativeand technological reasons as well as security issues. It declinedto elaborate further. I am an expert from securitysealsplastic.com, while we provides the quality product, such as Rail Car Seals Manufacturer , China Trailer Security Seals, Security Seals Plastic,and more.
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