[But given his clients wishes, he will instead portray Breivik as sane, but as an extremist. To bolster his case, he told Le Monde he plans to call Mullah Krekar, an Islamic extremist now resident in Norway, as a witness. Krekar, who once headed Ansar al-Islam, an Islamist group in Kurdish Iraq, has admitted meeting with Osama bin Laden and requesting backing for his group.
Lippestad said he wants to demonstrate that Islamists also believe that Europe is the setting for a war of religion and that therefore Breiviks believe in such a conflict is not delusional...]
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlin...call-islamic-extremists-as-defense-witnesses/
Lippestad said he wants to demonstrate that Islamists also believe that Europe is the setting for a war of religion and that therefore Breiviks believe in such a conflict is not delusional...]
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlin...call-islamic-extremists-as-defense-witnesses/