The U.S. Embassy in Oslo lit in the colours of the Ukrainian flag on February 25, 2022
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The brothers were not known by the authorities, but possible links to “criminal networks” have not been ruled out.
Norwegian officials are working on the hypothesis—among several others—that Sunday’s explosion at the U.S. embassy in Oslo was the result of “an order from a [foreign] government entity.”
Police prosecutor Christian Hatlo said Wednesday “this is quite natural given the target … and the security situation the world is in today.”
It also makes sense given that three brothers of Iraqi origin have been arrested on suspicion of what is being described as the “terrorist bombing.” The men, whose identities have not been publicised, were reportedly not previously known to police. But Hatlo said investigators were not ruling out links to “criminal networks.”
Norwegian security service PST just last month said that Iran could rely on “proxy actors,” including “criminal networks,” to carry out attacks in the country. This blast outside the embassy caused minor damage, but no injuries were reported.
Before the arrests were announced, British commentator and one-time UKIP leader Henry Bolton noted that “20 years ago, Iranian sponsored Islamist groups were infiltrating people, posing as asylum seekers, into people smuggling networks, with the aim of recruiting people inside European and Scandinavian countries to conduct terrorist attacks,” adding:
Norway was one of those countries. I know that because I was involved in detecting a group of four such people attempting to get to Norway.
There has been an explosion at the US Embassy in Oslo in Norway.
It happened at 01:00 local time this morning (March 8) causing minor damage at the consular entrance.
I cannot say with certainty yet who was behind this explosion, but I can say with certainty that 20 years ago,… pic.twitter.com/foBigFRZuv
At roughly the same time as the blast, a video depicting Iran’s late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei—whose death prompted fears of terror sleeper cells unleashing chaos across Europe—was posted on the Google Maps website for the U.S. embassy. This was reportedly uploaded alongside the text: “Allah is great, we are winning.”
Officials said the three Iraqi-descent brothers, described as “powerful,” might also have acted out of their own motives.
Michael Curzon is a news writer for europeanconservative.com based in England’s Midlands. He is also Editor of Bournbrook Magazine, which he founded in 2019, and previously wrote for London’s Express Online. His Twitter handle is @MichaelCurzon_.
