In a statement made to '' Dagbladet '' in the wake of the September 11 attacks Gilbert stated : " The attack on New York did not come as a surprise with the politics the West has followed the last decades . I am upset by the terrorist attack , but I am at least as upset over the suffering that the US has caused . It is in this context that 5000 dead has to be seen . If the U.S. government has a legitimate right to bomb and kill civilians in Iraq , the oppressed has a moral right to attack the U.S. with the weapons they may create as well . Dead civilians are the same whether they are Americans , Palestinians or Iraqis . " When asked if he supported a terrorist attack against the US he answered : " Terror is a poor weapon , but my answer is yes , within the context I have mentioned . " The incident was described by '' Nordlys '' editor Hans Kristian Amundsen as " probably the stupidest thing he 's ever done " , citing it as proof that Gilbert is a " hopeless politician " . In an interview with the Norwegian news agency NTB in 2009 , Gilbert described his own statements in the aftermath of 9/11 as " unwise and ill-considered " , stressing that he is completely against terror against civilians
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Mads Gilbert