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WikiLeaks Associate Kamphuis’ Belongings Found Floating in Sea, Sparking Homicide Fears

Bodø — where Arjen Kamphuis was last seen — is home to important Norwegian and NATO military installations as well as being a critical node of NATO’s “cyber defense” network.

September 12th, 2018

By Whitney Webb Whitney Webb @_whitneywebb

WikiLeaks Associate Kamphuis’ Belongings Found Floating in Sea, Sparking Homicide Fears

BODØ, NORWAY -- The belongings of Arjen Kamphuis, a Dutch cybersecurity expert closely associated with the transparency organization WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange,

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Whitney Webb

Whitney Webb is a writer and researcher for The Last American Vagabond and a MintPress News contributor and former staff writer. She has contributed to several independent media outlets and her work has been featured by The Real News Network, The Ron Paul Institute, The Zero Hour, and The Jimmy Dore Show, among others. She has made several radio and television appearances and is the 2019 winner of the Serena Shim Award for Uncompromised Integrity in Journalism.

It’s Time for Norway to Drop NATO

Suddenly the Nordic peoples are embracing the beast with new fervor. The Nordic countries have grown closer to the U.S. in terms of common response to Russian behavior (which is to say, Russia’s response to NATO expansion).

June 19th, 2018

By Gary Leupp

Norway has announced that it has invited the U.S. to expand the contingent of Marines it sent to the country last year to 700, and to post troops closer to the Russian border. Russia protests that this undermines trust between Oslo and Moscow. Why is this important? In 1949 Norway joined NATO pledging to the USSR that it would not accept the

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Gary Leupp

Gary Leupp is Professor of History at Tufts University and holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Religion. He is the author of Servants, Shophands and Laborers in the Cities of Tokugawa Japan; Male Colors: The Construction of Homosexuality in Tokugawa Japan; and Interracial Intimacy in Japan: Western Men and Japanese Women, 1543-1900. He is a contributor to Hopeless: Barack Obama and the Politics of Illusion, (AK Press).

The Norwegian Menace: Beware the Viking Hordes

Imagine what this country might actually be like if it were overwhelmed by Norwegian immigrants.

January 24th, 2018

By Ann Jones

The Norwegian Menace: Beware the Viking Hordes

In the past couple of weeks, thanks to the president’s racist comments about Haiti and African countries he can’t even name —

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Ann Jones

Ann Jones, a writer and photographer, has reported extensively from Afghanistan since 2002 and is the author of several books. Her most recent book is, They Were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return from America’s Wars— the Untold Story (2013, Dispatch Books). Jones has worked with women in conflict and post-conflict zones, principally Afghanistan, and reported on their concerns. An authority on violence against women, she has served as a gender adviser to the United Nations. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including The New York Times and The Nation.

While US Backs Carnage, Norway Cites Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen – Halts Weapons Sales

The US backed -Saudi led war has killed more than 10,000 civilians according to U.N. estimates, left three million displaced, and has set off a cholera epidemic that’s affected more than a million people and killed more than 2,000. More than eight million Yemenis are “a step away” from famine due to a number of blockades imposed by the Saudis.

January 03rd, 2018

By Julia Conley

While US Backs Carnage, Norway Cites Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen – Halts Weapons Sales

Citing grave concerns over the humanitarian crisis that's exploded in Yemen as a result of the U.S.-backed war in the impoverished country, Norway has taken action to curb its support of the violence and carnage. The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Wednesday that the country would stop supplying weapons and ammunition to the

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Documents Reveal Norweigan Officials Teamed With Oil Lobby To Stop Ban On Arctic Oil Drilling

This comes as the Norwegian government faces legal action from NGOs – including Greenpeace – over its decision to offer new drilling licenses of the Arctic waters of the Barents Sea.

March 10th, 2017

By Zachary Davies Boren @zdboren

Documents Reveal Norweigan Officials Teamed With Oil Lobby To Stop Ban On Arctic Oil Drilling

Norwegian officials are lobbying to kill an EU resolution calling for an end to offshore oil drilling in Arctic waters, according to documents obtained by Energydesk. A letter from Norwegian MP Eirik Siversten – who leads the delegation for Arctic parliamentary cooperation – urges members of the European Parliament “to delete in the plenary

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Norway Now Kills More Whales Than Japan And Iceland Combined

While diplomatic pressure has been brought to bear on Iceland and international legal action has been taken against Japan for their whaling programs, the report underscores that Norway has largely been spared international attention and criticism.

June 14th, 2016

By Amey Owen | AWI

Norway Now Kills More Whales Than Japan And Iceland Combined

Norway is now the world’s leading whaling nation, killing more whales in the past two years than Japan and Iceland combined. A new report released today calls on the international community to respond to Norway’s systematic

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Norway, Bachelet, and the Twilight of Guaido’s Insurrection

Venezuelan analyst Ociel Lopez examines Juan Guaido’s US-backed coup following Bachelet’s visit and new gov’t-opposition talks.