My theory is that Bob Smith and a couple of his drinking buddies got a wild hair to do this when they were at a local pub on Bornholm Island.
"intelligence agency"
Posted on 09/28/2022 8:35:18 PM PDT by FarCenter
Sweden's security service (SAPO) said Wednesday that it would investigate unexplained explosions and leaks on the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea, calling them "aggravated sabotage."
SAPO was taking over the investigation from police because "it could relate to a serious crime that could at least in part be directed at Swedish interests,".
The intelligence agency added "it couldn't be ruled out that a foreign power is behind it".
In separate statements, SAPO and the Swedish Prosecution Authority said the investigation was currently being directed at potential "aggravated sabotage."
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Danish police have also launched an investigation into the matter and was cooperating with police authorities in Sweden and Germany, Copenhagen police chief Anne Tonnes told press briefing.
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Germany's interior minister said Wednesday the country must prepare for previously "unimaginable" threats to its energy security after dramatic pipeline leaks the EU blamed on sabotage.
Nancy Faeser said Europe's top economy would need to enhance its vigilance to address such risks in the wake of the damage to the Nord Stream 1 and 2 energy links between Germany and Russia.
"We have to adapt to scenarios that were previously unimaginable," she said. "That requires strong security authorities with the necessary resources and powers."
Faeser called for a rapid probe of the "probable act of sabotage" on the pipelines beneath the Baltic Sea close to Denmark and Sweden so that "those responsible" can be identified.
"Protecting critical infrastructure has top priority," she said, adding that Berlin had presumed "for months" that there was an "abstract threat to energy infrastructure" given its high profile in the wake of Russia's war on Ukraine.
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Germany, which until recently was highly dependent on Russia energy, will wait for a full investigation of the incident before drawing conclusions, a government spokesman said on Wednesday.
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Good. They’d be wise to keep the Americans and Poles far from any evidence being examined. Just sayin’.
Sweden and Denmark don’t get any gas from the pipelines. The location was choosen for this reason.
It should go pretty quickly once they Google for “Biden Nordstream” ....
My theory is that Bob Smith and a couple of his drinking buddies got a wild hair to do this when they were at a local pub on Bornholm Island.
"intelligence agency"
Also, international waters.
Sure, but in their economic zone.
No pipeline for Russia removes possibility of negotiating with Europe.
Who steps in to save the day?
US of effin A...
This is Afghanistan 1980’s without the Mujahideen or Rambo
Does this mean the Germans found enough unicorn farts to replace all those billions of cubic meters of Russian gas they won't be getting ever again?
I bet they could also figure out what happened to building 7, while they are at it
Python was so funny, but that was a dumb cartoon sketch about how anti-communists were all lunatics.
This removes natgas as negotiating leverage. You can make up your own mind who that benefits. :)
It was more a parody of advertising.
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