I come from a small country in Scandinavia where its been peaceful since world war 2 until today.
Today at appr. 15.30 the government buildings in the centre of our capital city were attacked by bombs.
I live about a 20 sub fare away.
Al qaida is behind the attacks and one hour after the bombing they invaded an island full of young politician (ages 15-25) and started to shoot. So far 30 are found killed but people were trying to swim away from the island so there might be many bodies lying in the ocean too.
I have been sitting on pins and needles for many hours watching the news about the bombings and seeing how many peoples lives are effected by this.
Since i live so closely to this it has had a profound impact on me too. This is the city i have grown up in and i have walked in the bomb area many times, even worked in it.
I understand that its the politicians the terrorists are targeting so i feel a bit more secure but its still a terrible happening.
I live in Oslo btw if you want to google to see what is going on here. Pretty dramatic pictures of destroyed buildings and scared people.
The worst for me was the guy who disguised himself as a police officer 1 hour after the bombings, then he went to the island that lies one hour outside the capital.
There was a guard on land there who he showed a false id to and then got a boat from this political party (party for youth) to drive him out to the island.
He was armed because he said he was inspecting the island because of the bombings, so nobody suspected him to be a terrorist.
Then when he came to the island he started to call the campers towards him, as they approached him, he executed them.
These were just young people who didn`t have anything to do with the conflicts going on down in the middle east.
I think the reason we are being attacked is because Bin Laden has been killed, this made Al Qaida angry. Then they use our interactions in Libya and some character drawings of Mohammed as a reason to bomb us. Also we are a easier target.
Edit 3 august 2011: It wasn`t Al Qaida who stood behind the bombings, it was later found out that it was a norwegian man who stood behind the attacks. He is arrested and waiting for sentence. If you like to read more about it, google " Oslo bombings 22 of july 2011".