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Sweden pulls out of exercise citing Israel participation
Associated Press
Published: 26.04.06, 23:01
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31. So the Swedish chef with the big muffin on his head
(04.27.06)
is actually a Muslim disguised as a Swede?
32. Swedes
(04.27.06)
Scandinavians are mostly secular where once there was Christianity. I read that only 5% go to church regularly now. Even Denmark has Quaran required reading in school, but not bible.
33. Anti-Semitism by any other name!
Arie   (04.27.06)
34. #13 Nothing "forces Sweden" to do anything
Seth ,   Washington, DC   (04.27.06)
If you are going to allow 400,000 Muslims to bully nearly 10,000,000 Christians, you are just digging a deeper hole for yourselves down the road. Imagine how much better a society Sweden would have if you were able to trade your 400,000 Muslims with 400,000 Jews.
35. Bye Bye Swedes
eliyahu ,   Jerusalem   (04.27.06)
Who really gives a good crap about the Swedes... even God hates them. They are just a bunch of drunken, manically depressed, second rate Germans. Their greatest contribution to the world has been cheese and chocholate... oops, that's the Swiss, I meant to say Thor and Oden. We'll take redemption while you Swedes wallow in your pagan past.
36. sweden
dana ,   us   (04.27.06)
Its funny that while the war profiteering Swiss have had to pay up for the Holocaust, the iron ore for stolen Jewish gold Swedes have gotten of scot free. Perhaps if the Israeli's had Yiddishe kops they would finally raise that issue.
37. Poor Sweden
Ray ,   Texas, USA   (04.27.06)
Sweden is obviously affraid of reprisal for participating with Israel. So they take their ball and go home like a child instead of training with the experienced pilots of the IDF. Oh well that is there lost. Perhaps if the IDF signs up for every future peace keeping flight training Sweden will have to cancel their Air Force and sell off their air craft since they won't have any more use for them.
38. Boycott Sweeden
Sam Weinstein ,   USA   (04.27.06)
I am really starting to get a little pissed off at Europe. They are really starting to get on my nerves. If their foreign policy is controlled by a 400000 muslem lobby imagine what would happen if Israel opened her gates to the PA for workers. Israel take note.
39. Anti-Semitic countries eventually die
Sweden Kaput ,   it is your end   (04.27.06)
Bye, bye Sweden!
40. That's the price for the oppression of 4 M arabs !!
Michel ,   France   (04.27.06)
Soon Israel will become a pariah state. Remenber british universities boycott.... Occupation has a cost and this is only a dowmn paiement !
41. oh whatever
Intedi nensak ,   Stockholm, Sweden   (04.27.06)
Who cares really what our defense minister says. She'll be gone in 4 months anyway. We're having elections and the social democrats and their extremist left party allies are expected to lose. Leni Björklund should never have been put in charge of the countrys defense, under her leadership like half of our army has been dismantled. We would get our asses kicked by our much smaller neighbours if they decided to invade.. Sweden's decision to withdraw from the exercise is not a big loss for you guys, believe me. Anyway, there are a lot of muslims immigrants in Sweden, there are no exact numbers but it's estimated to be between 300 - 400.000. This means that the left just LOVES to kiss up to them, the easiest way is to bash Israel.
42. Norwegians, Danes and Finns dont really respect Swedes
Joy Springreen   (04.27.06)
FACT
43. shame for Sweden
RL ,   Tel-Aviv, Israel   (04.27.06)
as an israeli which served in the army i can tell all swedens that every pilot in the IAF is willing for peace... i really don't know if i can tell the same on our neighbors...
44. Hem ME-FA-HA-DIM
yerushalmi ,   jerusalem   (04.27.06)
They don't want our pilots to whupp their ass, as we do to every air force we train with. It is really embarassing, when we shoot them down 40:1, as we do with anybody else we train with. They are just plain yellow...
45. Your loss Sweden
Scott ,   Haifa   (04.27.06)
Too bad you can't learn with the real pilots... Kiss, kiss...
46. Sweeden is biased against Jews and Israel
Jorge ,   Tegucigalpa   (04.27.06)
Sweeden has for all practical matters, become almost an enemy goverment, consistently attacks Israel. It will be wise to reconsider ralations with that goverment. This latest incident is an afront that should entail consecuenses, it is insulting their behavior, and explanation shoul be forthcoming and a racall of yhe Israeli ambassador and downgrading of relation should be in order
47. Hey Sweden, Israel's a little busy ATM!
D- ,   San Diego, USA   (04.27.06)
Israel does not participate in international peacekeeping operations? You GOTTA be kidding! Israel is busy apprehending ARMED INTERNATIONAL ATTACKERS DAILY INSIDE ISRAEL BEFORE THEY STRIKE...WHAT THE HELL DO YOU CALL THAT!? I don't know why Sweden's really doing this, but forget them. They obviously aren't the country they used to be. Pathetic. Who would have thought this? My, how the morally mightly have fallen.
48. The anti-Swedish sentiment here is quite shocking
Swede-o-phile   (04.27.06)
Some of these talkbackers are real lilliputians. How puerile it is to attack all Swedish people for a simple, and well-justified government decision. Sweden, as a neutral and fair nation has chosen not to participate in an event that includes a nation that does not partake in peace-keeping missions. There is nothing anti-Semitic or hateful about that. To all the villainous loathers of Sweden; need I remind you that Sweden is one of the most advanced and peaceful nations on the planet. A brilliant population and a superior culture. Certainly, Jerusalem has nothing on Gamla Stan.
49. #48 Dis you think Swedes are going to get off easy
AK   (04.27.06)
for being bigoted anti-Semites. They dised Israel, so they're getting some back. Just take it, you've earned it. Brilliant population? How?
50. Does anyone have the Associated press story?
(04.27.06)
I find it rather strange that I can not find any other source to back up this story.
51. Swedish Decision to boycott exersize
Robert Harsanyi ,   Lidingö   (04.27.06)
It is the first time, that Seden openly boycotting an international forum, based to punish Israel. Sweden would not make similar decision against USA politic in the M.E. They have double moral. They lined up with the Naci-german government and now with terrorists. None of these decisions could made Sweden to be proud of it
52. To Intedi #41, nice to know that there are people
Judith ,   Haifa   (04.27.06)
like you in Sweden. have a great day and a long and healthy life. Shalom.
53. To #48 – let me rephrase my comment, lucky for you Ynet did
Judith ,   Haifa   (04.27.06)
not post my first one (although I think they should have, so that you would get the real shock you deserve). You should get used to Israelis/Jews talking back to you. You are so used to silent head-lowering Jews, that it is hard for you to listen to legitimate criticism from Israelis, well better to get used to it. You say that Sweden is a superior culture, now isn't that condescending? It kind of takes me back to 1939….
54. They killed and pushed the
Linda   (04.27.06)
Jews out of Europe and now they got Muslims as a present from g_d back as a price. HAVE FUN! They will not go on trains like the Jews, but you will be on the train at the end! Start talking Arabic and forget knackerbrod! Salaam
55. Utter crassness?
Sam ,   London   (04.27.06)
I cant believe the utter crassness! Its the only word I can think of to describe that decision .... And certainly bears no relation to the feelings of the many Swedes I know. CRASSNESS: Defined as asinity, boorishness, coarseness, denseness, doltishness, grossness, indelicacy, insensitivity, oafishness, stupidity, tactlessness, vulgarity. All of the above AND MORE!
56. palestinians propaganda seems to work
(04.27.06)
57. Nr. 56
joe   (04.27.06)
There is no need for Anti-Israeli propaganda - one just have to look at their deeds and the readers letters on this website.
58. to # 25 Andrea
John ,   NZ   (04.27.06)
you just pray yor 400,000 doesn't turn into zombies, or else you have to seek IDF help. My advice to the Swedish pilots is if they are too scared to fly with IDF, they can go and fly kite
59. let them go to hell with their neutrality.
naomi ,   tel aviv   (04.27.06)
i wish they would live here one day with our anxieties and i am sure that they would react differently .
60. Sweden is a courageous
(04.27.06)
country, in a time where no nation, apart from Palestinians and Iranians, can say NO to Israel. It gives noble people in the world a hope.
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