[NYTr] Norwegian Intel Helping NATO Operatives in Iran

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Xinhua - Sep 10, 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/10/content_6694152.htm

Senior official: Norwegian intelligence active in Iran

STOCKHOLM, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- The chief of the Norwegian Intelligence
Service, Torgeir Hagen, has confirmed a NRK TV report stating that
Norwegian intelligence is active inside Iranian borders, said reports
reaching here from Oslo on Sunday.

Major General Torgeir Hagen told Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) that the
Intelligence Service is charting Iran's possible nuclear weapons
program, registering threat against Norway's allies, and at the same
time securing Norwegian interests in the country.

Researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI),
Professor Daniel Heradstveit, said he is deeply shocked by the news
that Norwegian intelligence is operating inside Iran.

"As a small state we rather ought to take on the role of bridge builder
towards Iran. But here we stand as a small nation and do the work that
could be done by the larger nations," Heradstveit said.

It is known that Norway has for years contributed intelligence to U.S.
and British military operations around the world.

According to NRK, Norway has mounted extensive intelligence
operations in the Balcans, Sudan, Iraq and Afghanistan.