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Sweden distributes 'be prepared for war' leaflet to all 4.8m homes
theguardian.com ^ | Mon 21 May 2018 08.36 EDT | Jon Henley

Posted on 05/21/2018 4:21:33 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Om krisen eller kriget kommer (If crisis or war comes) explains how people can secure basic needs such as food, water and heat, what warning signals mean, where to find bomb shelters and how to contribute to Sweden’s “total defence”.

The 20-page pamphlet, illustrated with pictures of sirens, warplanes and families fleeing their homes, also prepares the population for dangers such as cyber and terror attacks and climate change?

“Although Sweden is safer than many other countries...If you are prepared, you are contributing to improving the ability of the country to cope with a major strain.”

Similar leaflets were first distributed in neutral Sweden in 1943, at the height of the second world war. Updates were issued regularly to the general public until 1961, and then to local and national government officials until 1991.

The leaflet advises people to think about how to cope if there was no heating, food became difficult to buy, prepare and store, there was no water in the taps or toilet, and cash machines, mobile phones and the internet stopped working.

It advises checking the source of all information, warning that “states and organisations are already trying to influence our values and how we act ... and reduce reduce our resilience and willingness to defend ourselves”.

A detailed page of “home preparedness tips” advises the population to stock up on water bottles, warm clothing and sleeping bags, and “non-perishable food that can be prepared quickly, requires little water or can be eaten without preparation”.

In the event of armed conflict, it says, “everyone is obliged to contribute and everyone is needed” for Sweden’s “total defence”: anyone between 16 and 70 “can be called to assist in the event of the threat of war and war”.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: bepreparedforwar; europeanunion; leaflet; malmo; nato; sweden
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1 posted on 05/21/2018 4:21:33 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

What does the climate change siren sound like?


2 posted on 05/21/2018 4:24:25 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Ads for Chappaquiddick warn of scenes of tobacco use. What about the hazards of drunk driving?)
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To: BenLurkin

They’re not getting them to prepare for war. The Swedish government preparing to take complete control of Sweden.


3 posted on 05/21/2018 4:25:18 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: BenLurkin

Did they publish a version in Arabic?


4 posted on 05/21/2018 4:26:03 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: a fool in paradise

My question exactly!


5 posted on 05/21/2018 4:26:30 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

They’re at war right now with the Muslim hordes who are flooding their country and raping their women. They seem strangely accepting of this.


6 posted on 05/21/2018 4:27:25 PM PDT by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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To: BenLurkin

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/21/sweden-distributes-be-prepared-for-war-cyber-terror-attack-leaflet-to-every-home#img-1


7 posted on 05/21/2018 4:27:35 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: BenLurkin

No swedish survival kit is complete without lube and a koran.


8 posted on 05/21/2018 4:27:47 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: BenLurkin

Who do they think is going to declare war on them?


9 posted on 05/21/2018 4:28:31 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: Crucial

What do you mean?


10 posted on 05/21/2018 4:28:48 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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To: BenLurkin

What if Jihad comes?


11 posted on 05/21/2018 4:28:55 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: BenLurkin

Expelling the hordes of homicidal savages from the Middle East who are invading Sweden will make it a whole lot safer.


12 posted on 05/21/2018 4:29:53 PM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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To: BenLurkin

Sweden, you are already kaput. Your communist politicians have already surrendered your country to the musloids who will rape and kill you until the Swedish culture and population looks like every other African and Middle Eastern musloid cesspool.


13 posted on 05/21/2018 4:29:54 PM PDT by meadsjn
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To: BenLurkin

Nuke Malmo.


14 posted on 05/21/2018 4:37:38 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: a fool in paradise

Sweden’s government of feminists, pacifists, and LGBTs is never going to prepare that nation for war with any army that knows how to fight. Best thing for them — conquest by a large nation to their east.


15 posted on 05/21/2018 4:39:56 PM PDT by Socon-Econ
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To: a fool in paradise

>>What does the climate change siren sound like?
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I think it’s the sound of crashing thunder, lol.


16 posted on 05/21/2018 4:42:42 PM PDT by Kalamata (bibleresearchtools.com)
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To: BenLurkin

The sirens will announce the islamic state of Sweden...Then the purge of non-believers begins...


17 posted on 05/21/2018 4:44:12 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: a fool in paradise
What does the climate change siren sound like?

It sounds like a chicken screaming, 'The sky is falling, the sky is falling!'

18 posted on 05/21/2018 4:45:47 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: BenLurkin

Native Swedish men have been relegated to a status of TAX CATTLE. Why would they lift a finger to defend THAT?


19 posted on 05/21/2018 4:49:48 PM PDT by The Toll
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To: Architect of Avalon

Expelling the hordes of homicidal savages from the Middle East who are invading Sweden will make it a whole lot safer.
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Hard to tell who is worse — the homicidal savages from the Middle East — or the folks currently running that country.


20 posted on 05/21/2018 4:57:22 PM PDT by Socon-Econ
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