Talk:Icelandic Crisis Response Unit

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Contents 1 What is the Icelandic Intelligence Serivice? 2 Arnór Sigurjónsson 3 Fair use rationale for Image:Icelandic army.jpg 4 Viking Squad?

[edit] What is the Icelandic Intelligence Serivice?

I've never heard of it. There was some talk about it in the media here a few months ago (my memory fails me) but the claims of it existing were dismissed by the government. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.144.41.200 (talk) 23:38, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Why is this categorized with a WEU flag at the bottom? Iceland is NOT a weu member mereley an Associate and a non active one at that.

Because the template for indicating stubs about European military has that flag, take the issue there if you don't think that's appropriate. --Bjarki 21:39, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arnór Sigurjónsson

I don't know if Arnór Sigurjónsson is still the director of ICRU at the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but I have found an article (in Norwegian Bokmål) from 2005 with some information on his background ([1]). He trained as an officer in the Norwegian Army and served in Lebanon, with 2nd Battalion/Brigade Nord at Skjold and with the Army Staff. Is he still attached to ICRU? -- Nidator 17:38, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

They fired Arnór Sigurjónsson when he got a food poisoning in Afghanistan at the same time the Foreign minister was changed. Some woman whose name escapes me at the moment was hired instead. I don't know if she has any military experience. Arnór is no doubt still working somewhere in the Defence department though, at least as an advisor. -- 58.191.155.98 05:54, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the information. I think perhaps a small section about the leadership could be included in the article. -- Nidator 14:22, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Icelandic army.jpg

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[edit] Viking Squad?

Is this the same force called the "Viking Squad" in the late 1980s? 155.84.57.253 (talk) 17:55, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

That is the counter-terrorism/SWAT unit of the Icelandic police. It still exists. Chwyatt (talk) 18:39, 10 March 2008 (UTC)