Curtis: Should we view the Oslo attack as an arbitrary act or as a reflection of wider political and religious extremism?

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1 August, 2011
By: John Curtis
Adjunct Professor at Queen's University and Chair of Statistics Canada's Advisory Committee on International Trade Statistics

The Oslo attack would appear primarily to be an arbitrary act, dressed up as something religious/political, but well within the practice of anarchism seen throughout the 19th and 20th centuries by individuals or very small, marginal groups.

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