Norway cancels military seminar slated to include Israeli officer following Gaza flotilla raid - AP

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OSLO - Norway's military says it has cancelled a special operations seminar because the Defence Ministry objected to the inclusion of an Israeli army officer in the program.

Military spokeswoman Maj. Heidi Langvik-Hansen says the Defence Ministry was unhappy that the Israeli officer, identified only as Col. Toledano, would be delivering a talk in Oslo only weeks after Israel's deadly commando raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.

Toledano was scheduled to speak about his experience in Israel's 2006 operations in southern Lebanon.

Langvik-Hansen said Friday the military decided to cancel the entire event, rather than just the officer's lecture, because it feared the raid would become the unintended focus of the June 24-25 seminar in Oslo.

AP, http://www.news1130.com/news/world/article/62596--norway-cancels-military-seminar-slated-to-include-israeli-officer-following-gaza-flotilla-raid

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[polly7]

1. Good.

[Wizard777]

2. This is very wise.