Here is a press release from the Norwegian MFA, on the tragic killing of UN workers in Afghanistan. MFA OF NORWAY; Press release 2011 04 02 Norway condemns killing of UN workers in Afghanistan “The Norwegian Government condemns in the…
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Document.no:’Inspirational and Painful Loss’
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Is it a blog? Is it a grassroots movement? Is it a publishing house? Document.no is all of them and more. It also publishes in English. Here is an excerpt from “Inspirational and painful loss” on Norwegian casualties in Afghanistan:…
Media coverage: Four dead Norwegians equal nine dead Jihadis
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The Norweigan media economy shows us that the four Norwegian soldiers recently killed in Afghanistan are equal in value to the nine dead Jihadis on the Mavi Manara. Here are the figures: On June 28th Norway learned of how the…
Is Israelphobia killing Norwegian soldiers in Afghanistan?
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In the commentary above we see editor Kjell Dragnes in Aftenposten points out that the Taliban in Afghanistan are flexible and adaptable, and that Norwegian forces must be so too. Dragnes also points out that although the security of our…
Mohyeldeen Mohammed applauds death of Norwegian soldiers in Afghanistan
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Hypocrisy: 1000 children killed in Afghanistan last year
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The tactics of the Jihadis work better against Israel than against the west. In Afghanistan, 1000 children were killed in battle last year alone. Norway ignores this, but rises in fury when nine militant activists are killed after attacking the…
Why Norway should be ashamed
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What do we expect of our soldiers when they are attacked by civilians claiming to be peace activists? What do we expect of the soldiers of other countries? Our boys are fighting terrorism in faraway Afghanistan, while Israel is fighting…
Girl-soldiers: The beauty of Norway’s war
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The government likes to frame the Norwegian presence in Afghanistan as a development-aid-project, and the media does like to help. Imagine if any other country was to present its war with photos of carefully braided girls. How would Norwegian journalists…
Government moves to quell Gilbert’s hospital uprising
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Mads Gilbert has led a group of doctors at the Univeristy hospital of Northern Norway (UNN) in a blockade – not against Israel this time, but against his own country. Now the government is making moves to restore order. The…
Mads Gilbert stops doctors from going to Afghanistan
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Norwegian soldiers fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan have too few doctors backing them up. Aftenposten today reveals that this is in part due to the efforts of maoist anesthesiologist Mads Gilbert, who rose to fame after he doubled as a…
Is Afghanistan like Warsaw?
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During Cast Lead, Hamas successfully hid behind their own civilian population. Their diabolical strategy left approximately 1400 Palestinian civilians dead. Now Norwegian politician Bjørnar Moxnes from Red (Rødt) claims in an op-ed in Dagsavisen that 2500 Afghan civilians have been…
Støre’s peacekeepers kill Taliban at 1,6 km range
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Afghanistan gets far more media publicity than it used to these days. Today Dagbladet.no reports on how Norwegian snipers engage the Taliban at long distances, making confirmed hits at up to 1638 meters with 0.5 caliber Barretts. While this sounds…
Spanish reader on Danish special forces
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For a long time Scandinavia was a faraway nowhere-land of plenty. Nothing much happened up here, except maybe Volvo would produce a new model or there would be a delightful abundance of snow for christmas. Then the milk and honey…
“Peace operation” veteran kills twenty – is honored by Deputy Minister
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Aftenposten September 5th: Deputy Minister Espen Barth Eide in the Ministry of Defence praises an Afghanistan veteran for her achievements in Afghanistan, where Norway is engaged in what the government refers to as “peace operations”. This site is happy to…
Barth Eide – heed Colonel Richard Kemp
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Norway is at war in Afghanistan. While most Norwegians consider the engagement in Afghanistan to be nothing more than a continuation of the Norwegian contributon to the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon, the reality is that Afghanistan is a real…
Deputy Defence Minister: Matlary’s criticism shoots far beyond mark
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On Thursday June 18th Professor Janne Matlary at the University of Oslo wrote an op-ed to Dagens Næringsliv, Norway’s largest business newspaper, on the Norwegian government’s perception of Norway as a “peace-nation” and global initator of good. On Friday June…
Norway does not count Afghan casualties
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From With Israel for Peace (MIFF), Norway’s largest pro-Israel organization. Norwegian hypocrisy about war-fatalities Published: Tuesday June 30th 2009 By Conrad Myrland When Israeli forces fight enemies operating some stonethrows away from Israeli settlements, Norwegian authorities and media follow the…
Norwegian newspapermen cover Israel’s wars more than Norway’s war in Afghanistan
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Norwegians are repeatedly told that Israel is criticised “like any other country”. We are told that Israel is only getting what’s coming to them, same as any other nation would if they did what Israel is doing, that Norwegian newspapers…
Norway, Israel and Afghanistan
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Norway is at war in Afghanistan. Militarily Norway contributes with 700 soldiers in the NATO led ISAF-force. In 2007 Norwegian contributed with NOK 450 million in humanitarian and development aid. For a career officer in the Norwegian army, it’s become almost…