A little bit of news this sunny morning; – Norway’s forces in Afghanistan are lacking essentials in IED detection and removal. An investigation into the state of equipment is afoot after several Norwegian soldiers were killed by a bomb. The country has seen its share of islamist terror-drama the last couple of weeks, since a [...]
Islamic fundamentalists have attacked civilian, native Norwegian citizens out in the open, in the capital of Norway, Oslo and declared parts of the city as islamic territory. Central islamic figures in the country are divided in the view of the attack and declaration, but the underlying agreement seems to be that the attack was justified [...]
Arfan Bhatti, the first person to be tried on the terrorist laws in Norway (he was declared not guilty of terrorism, eventually) is out of jail. And then he somehow failed to adhere to his daily mandatory check-in with the cops, and back in jail he went. Now he’s out. Again. The Norwegian version of [...]
A letter addressed to the Israeli embassy in Oslo had apparently been smeared with a chemical that produced skin and eye reactions in two mail sorters at the mail distribution central in the city. Police say there are no biological agents, but that there have been no chemical analysis yet. There are a number of chemicals [...]
The minister for Justice in Norway decided it was a good idea to allow female muslim police officers in Norway to use the traditional religious head wear “hijab”on the job. This decision went against all former norms of not displaying any sort of religious or political affiliation when police officers are in uniform, which has [...]