It seems clear that there were two (or more) people involved. First, the logistics here are daunting, and would require more than one person. And secondly there were several eyewitnesses at the lake who told the authorities and the local media that they saw a second gunman. I have never doubted it, but the fact that this morsel of information has entirely disappeared from press accounts bespeaks its importance.
The fact that this has been suppressed does not necessarily mean that a cover-up in underway. It's conceivable that the police are trying to suppress this information in the hope of entrapping the other assailant(s). But the former is more likely. Assuming for the sake of theorizing that it is a cover-up, for whom? Would the Norwegian authorities want, or could they be compelled, to protect the guilty party?
Some have speculated that this is the handiwork of the Mossad, and that it was intimidation for the Norwegian government as its head had openly expressed his support for the BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanction) movement against Israel.
I doubt this. First, the Mossad would be quite busy indeed if they went about employing terror to intimidate its critics. If they are responsible, then this is a new strategy for them. Second the PM's comments came less than a fortnight before the attack, not much time for an operation on this scale.
Anyway, the best fact-based discussion of the topic was written by James Petras. Here it is:
When Anders Breivik, a known neo-fascist extremist, handed his weapons over to Norwegian police without resistance and claimed credit for the bombing and massacre, the second phase of the official cover-up took place: He was immediately described as “a lone wolf assassin”, who “acted alone” (BBC July 24, 2011) or as mentally deranged, downplaying his political networks, his American, European and Israeli ideological mentors and commitments, which led to his acts of terrorism. Even more outrageous, the media and officials ignored the fact that this complex, multiphase terrorist attack was beyond the capacity of one ‘deranged’ person.
http://www.countercurrents.org/petras310711.htm
And here's an excellent piece on the history of rightist terror:
In a number of recent articles we can clearly see Spencer (and the rest of his Islamophobic cohorts who endlessly repeat each others anti-Muslim memes) newest meme. Spencer makes the claim (as have others) that there have been 17,000+ Islamic jihad terror attacks since 9/11. (He provides a link to a http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/). Spencer then says: Two non-Muslim terrorists: Tim McVeigh and, sixteen years later, Anders Breivik. And Scott Shane suggests that the “focus of counterterrorism efforts” should be shifted from Islamic jihadists to “the subculture of anti-Muslim bloggers and right-wing activists.”
Spencer also posted what he calls a “demonization roundup” in which he once again brings up this fake number of 17,000 Muslim terrorist attacks, but this time has upped his non-Muslim number to 4 - That’s four white male terrorists, versus 17,000+ jihad terror attacks since 9/11 committed by Muslim males (many of whom were white, by the way) and a handful of females. To the LA Times, the existence of those four is sufficient to refute the commonsensical call for the TSA to address the actual source of its troubles and reason for its existence.
An exhaustive list of rightist terror attacks follows.
http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/17000_islamic_terrorist_attacks_exist_in_fevered_islamophobic_brains/0018682
