nne: Re: Horrific terrorist act

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Thank you, nne!love/Reb>> Reb this is just horrible. My heart goes out to anyone involved.> Hugs> nne> > To the world you might be one person, but to one person you just might be the world"> > "May the Lord Bless you and keep you,> May the Lord Make his face shine upon you, and give you Peace...Forever"> > Breast Cancer Patients Soul Mates for Life> http://breastcancerpatientssoulmatesforlife.bravehost.com/ > > Anxiety Depression and Breast Cancer> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AnxietyDepressionandBreastCancer> > Angel Feather Loomer> www.angelfeatherloomer.blogspot.com> > The Cancer Club> www.cancerclub.com> > > > Horrific terrorist act> > > > We were shocked friday evening to learn of the horrible terrorist> > attacks in Norway, with a bombing in the government district of the> > Norwegian capital, Oslo, and a shooting at a youth summer camp on the> > Utøya island, seemingly linked. And even more shocked when we woke up> > early Saturday morning to the news that the death toll was then over 80,> > and still rising (when we went to bed on Friday they were still talking> > about 6-7 dead, as of right now 93 people are confirmed dead, about 80> > of them kids from the summer camp, but about as many are hospitalized,> > and several people are still missing, so the death toll is likely to> > keep rising for a while more).> > The police are searching the water around the summer camp island for> > bodies, because many of the kids/teens jumped in the water and tried to> > swim to safety when the gunman, dressed as a police officer, started to> > take them out one by one, and it's believed that some of them drowned in> > that attempt.> > I really just can't fathom the coldblooded shooting of those kids, and> > yet it's in line with what right wing/neo-nazi groups have done before> > in Scandinavia (although, not on this scale, I believe). In fact, I said> > when we heard the news, that the bombing in Oslo could be just about any> > group, it's a very generic terrorist act, so to speak, but the shooting> > of the kids on the island summer camp has "nazi" written all over it.> > I myself was, as a teenager, the chairman of a youth group that was> > targeted by nazi terrorism in the early 90's, and that's where my mind> > has been going this weekend, of course. Memories of the sheer terror> > (very apt word) involved in escaping a building about to be bombed,> > hoping to God not to be discovered by the perpetrators on the way out,> > all of a sudden very vivid again. And, of course, also a feeling of> > gratitude about the unbelievably happy ending that, despite it all, was> > granted to us, compared to the outcome for the kids on the Norwegian> > summer camp island this past friday.> > You have probably read/seen the news about it already, but if not, the> > CNN coverage can be found at:> > http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/07/24/norway.terror.attacks/ind\> > ex.html?hpt=hp_t1> > love/Reb> > ____________________________________________________________> FREE 3D MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks & orcas on your desktop!> Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/marineaquarium>