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Norway gunman calls nation's prison term 'pathetic'

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    Breivik says he either wants death or acquittal

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The right wing extremists who admits he murdered 77.

People in Norway many of them on arms teenagers.

Had a big smile on his face today -- he returned to court there he called his possible prison sentence pathetic.

And he extended his clenched fist salute for the third straight day.

He could face a maximum of 21 years in prison if the court finds him -- But he says -- only -- -- he'd respect.

Would be the death penalty or acquittal.

The definitely doesn't even exist -- Norwegian law not across much of Europe -- actually.

Prosecutors say just the last July the defendant bombed a government building and then when at a shooting spree at a youth camp.

He's called his massacre a prevented an attack to defend ethnic Norwegians.

He also says he would not hesitate to do it again.

The fox -- chief correspondent Jonathan Hunt is here with us in studio tonight Jonathan prosecutors trying to determine whether -- -- a larger network of people in Europe.

Who have similar aspiration.

Yeah I remember brother wrote in the so called manifesto that he posted online.

That there was this group which he called the night's ten plus which was campaigning against what he called multiculturalism.

I'm Muslim immigration across Europe he said there are others prepared to carry out the same attacks sort of attacks as he did and he told -- the call today quote.

There -- people planning of missions today.

And I have an overview of this.

Now prosecutors questioned him in detail about several meetings he claimed to have with -- others who shed his aspirations all across Europe he appeared to be flustered.

And defensive and -- by the way.

Say they have found no evidence all of this group whatsoever chip and -- part of this is a question about his sanity for obvious reasons obviously you're gonna question the sanity of anybody who would notice so many children in cold blood as he did.

But the defense wants to push the insanity -- Because that would mean a sentence of psychiatric -- Rather than 21 years in prison as -- that defense today.

They called a sociologist.

A witness for them who said that -- -- essentially lived in a fantasy world.

Of his own making -- When he -- -- uniform he's no don't give the delay -- slightly unsuccessful youngman from the west then the most they've never compete medication never did really well it is working like.

He becomes -- -- to defend all of you as civilization of Europe against the invading Muslims.

Now Breivik also said in court today that he was impressed by that quote.

Brutal methods of al-Qaeda apparently being impressed but the same sort of people he wants to kill that irony lost on him -- Jonathan -- thank you --