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“Arctic Sea” as means to deliver Sweden and Finland to NATO

Published: 17 August, 2009, 23:35

The cargo ship "Arctic Sea" (AFP Photo / Lehtikuva / Pekka Laakso / Finland Out)

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An investigative journalist, Wayne Madsen, suggests that NATO Secretary General Rasmussen wants to bring Finland and Sweden into the organization, and the “Arctic Sea” scandal may be a way of achieving this.

“We have this jurisdictional battle now between the Finnish police and the Swedish police, and we have NATO getting involved,” Madsen says. “And maybe this is a way to embarrass these two nations because we are being told that they’ve dropped the ball.”

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Pasi August 18, 2009, 06:17
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LOL, NATO is not SO interested about Sweden or Finland membership to organise something like this. So this is way too much conspiracy theory.

Bill Simpson August 18, 2009, 03:59
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I would put the number of people who know what the "Arctic Sea" scandal is at about 25. Or maby 26.