NORWEGIAN MASS killer Anders Behring Breivik was in frequent contact with the far-right English Defence League (EDL) in the months before his attack last Friday, according to internet records released yesterday by the anti-fascist magazine Searchlight.
Concerned perhaps by prime minister David Cameron’s orders to police to intensify surveillance of far-right groups in the UK, the English group’s leader, Stephen Lennon, who is also known as Tommy Robinson, has repeatedly denied they had anything to do with him.
On March 9th, however, Breivik contributed several posts to the league’s online forum, titling himself as Sigurd “The Crusader” Jorsalfare, the name of the 12th century king of Norway who led one of the crusades to Palestine.
“Hello. To you all good English men and women, just wanted to say that you’re a blessing to all in Europe, in these dark times all of Europe are looking to you in surch of inspiration, courage and even hope that we might turn this evil trend with islamisation all across our continent.
“Well, just wanted to say keep up the good work it’s good to see others that care about their country and heritage. All the best to you all, Sigurd,” wrote Breivik, in a message that is littered with grammatical errors.
Detailing his hatred for Norwegian society, Breivik highlighted the Norwegian Labour Party: “The biggest problem in norway is that there is no real free press, there is a left-wing angle on all the political topics so most people are going around like idiots.
“And offcourse with our norwegian labour party beeing in power for most of the last 50 years dont help. but i i think there is an awakening now atleast i hope so,” he said, before claiming that the league’s Norwegian sister organisation, the Norwegian Defence League, had been closed by the police.
The Norwegian wrote that he had visited Bradford in the north of England, which has seen its share of racial tensions over recent decades, “some years ago”, where he had “seen with my own eyes what has happened to England”.
Having asked if he could join an EDL march, Breivik was welcomed by a number of league supporters, with one saying: "Bravo, Sigurd admire your views and courage. no surrender and welcome." Breivik went offline a few days later, said Searchlight.
Mr Lennon, the EDL leader, said the efforts to link Breivik with his organisation is “a national smear campaign”: “ knows we have nothing to do with this lunatic. My political objective is peace and harmony.”
