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Stoppa Krigsövningen Med Nato Stoppa Aurora NEJ till Nato.indd 1 2017-08-30 09:42:41 Denna tidning är ett TEMANUMMER OM KRIGSÖVNINGEN AURORA 17 Utgiven av Riksorganisationen Nej till Nato i Sverige INNEHÅLL augusti 2017 Ansvarig utgivare: Staffan Ekbom 3 Ett stort steg åt helt fel håll Jake Kayzer 4 Krigsövningen Aurora 17 i Göteborg Redaktionen: Barbro Midbjer bidrar till det försämrade säkerhetsläget Karin Utas Carlsson Eva Jonson 6 Risk för desinformation om militärövning Aurora Jan Öberg Layout: 7 Sex händelser som belyser Natos natur Christer Lundgren Carola Ankarborg 8 Sverige – inte längre aktör för en bättre värld Jan Öberg Omslagsillustration: 10 Partnerskap för fred Staffan Ekbom My Leffler 11 Kärnvapen Barbro Midbjer 12 Värdlandsavtalet Eva Jonson Medarbetare: Bertil Bartholdson 13 Majoritet av den svenska opinionen Staffan Ekbom Jan Englund är mot Värdlandsavtal med NATO! Marian Mikus Jake Kayzer 14 Sverige militariseras Ingela Mårtensson Kirsti Kolthoff 16 Löper Jens Stoltenberg och hans generaler amok? Franz Smidek Christer Lundgren Marian Mikus 18 Lilian Mikaelsson från Udtja skogssameby Barbro Midbjer Lilian Mikaelsson 20 Provplats Vidsel – NEAT Jan Englund Ingela Mårtensson Gun-Britt Mäkitalo 21 Samövningar i Norrbotten med Nato Jan Englund Lars O Nilsson 22 USA:s militärbaser utanför sina gränser Ulf Nilsson Agneta Norberg 24 Samarbete för fred över gränserna Kerstin Tuomala Mikael Nyberg 25 Esrange i Kiruna Barbro Midbjer Robert Nyberg Sten Sandberg / Några röster från Norrland Barbro Midbjer Franz Smidek 26 Rädda Vättern! Ulf Nilsson / Baltorpsövning Barbro Midbjer Kerstin Tuomala Karin Utas Carlsson 27 Militariseringen av Gotland Eva Jonson Jan Öberg 28 Arktis – en arena för framtida konflikter Bertil Bartholdson Kontakt: 29 Bård Wormdals böcker Spionbasen och Satellitkrigen om Staffan Ekbom 070-722 76 22 ekbom.staffan@gmail radarinstallationer på Svalbard och Vardö Eva Jonson Barbro Midbjer Eva Jonson 076-214 71 69 30 Dubbla måttstockar leder in i Nato Mikael Nyberg [email protected] www.nejtillnato.se 32 Pentagonkonsulter ledde svenska försvaret till skroten Mikael Nyberg 35 Sverige och USA/NATO Lars O. Nilsson Tryck: Repro 8, Hägersten / Diana Johnstones bok Drottningen av kaos Christer Lundgren 36 NATO förbereder för krig i Europa Agneta Norberg BLI MEDLEM i riksorganisationen 38 KALENDARIUM NEJ TILL NATO! 40 KONTAKTLISTA Medlemskap: 41 Rapport från riksstyrelsen Staffan Ekbom Vuxen fr. 16 år: 100 kr/år 42 Kom med i vår namninsamling! Bli medlem i Nej till Nato! Pensionär: 50 kr/år Ungdom: 50 kr/år 43 UPPROP! Säg NEJ till NATO! Medlemsavgiften: Betala in till Swedbank bg 619-9905 Medlemskapet gäller ett kalenderår. 2 WWW.NEJTILLNATO.SE NEJ till Nato.indd 2 2017-08-30 09:42:42 Försvarsmaktsövning AURORA 17 Ett stort steg åt helt fel håll verige kommer i september 2017 genom- NATO-symboler, amerikanska vapensystem och soldater föra den största militära övning som hållits i i Sverige så är det snart också ”normalt” med parader och landet på över 20 år. Ett antal NATO-länder ceremonier tillägnade stupade svenska soldater som åter- kommer att delta i övningen och en del vänder hem från något land långt bort i en kista insvept i övningsmoment är en direkt följd av det värd- svenska flaggan. Då är det för sent att inse att det i läng- landsavtal som Sverige ingått med NATO. den inte är så roligt att leka krig, med den stora elefanten Övningen kommer att synas och höras och allmänhet- på andra sidan Atlanten, som det var under några veckor Sen i berörda områden kommer inte kunna undgå att mär- i september 2017 då allt bara var på skoj. ka av den. Deltagande länder utöver Sverige är Finland, Norge, Frankrike, Danmark, Estland och USA så som det är planerat i dagsläget. Vill man skapa stabilitet USA för med sig ett mekaniserat skyttekompani med Abramsstridsvagnar och M2 Bradley stridsfordon. Ett och långvarig fred luftvärnsförband med Patriot-system. Ett luftburet » gör man det genom diplomati kompani. Fyra attackhelikoptrar, modell AH64 Apache. Diverse örlogsfartyg och marinflyg. och regelbunden dialog. Att Sverige genomför en sådan omfattande övning i Inte genom att skramla Sverige tillsammans med flera NATO-länder skickar signaler. De signalerna kommer med all rätt uppfattas med vapen. som hotfulla av Ryssland. Sveriges agerande genom att genomföra övningen på det sätt som den är utformad kommer inte stabilisera situationen i området utan istället Låt inte propagandisterna, opinionsmakarna, krigs- öka spänningar. hökarna, vapenindustrin, giriga och korrupta politiker, Vill man skapa stabilitet och långvarig fred gör man det partiska journalister och andra som vill förvandla Sverige genom diplomati och regelbunden dialog. Inte genom till en möjlig plattform för militär aggression ostört sälja att skramla med vapen. De argument som förs fram av sin produkt till allmänheten. Uppvakta ansvariga politik- NATO-anhängare angående ryska hot mot Sverige måste er. Skicka mail, ring, besök deras arbetsplats. Ifrågasätt granskas i detalj och demonteras. De baseras nämligen på artiklar och reportage i media som försöker framställa en lögner, modifierade halvsanningar och mycket skickligt verklighet baserad på propaganda. Ge dig in i debatten genomdriven propagandaverksamhet. Först då kan man där det är möjligt. Informera vänner och bekanta om vart för en bred allmänhet presentera det faktum att värd- Sverige är på väg. Sprid information till allmänheten på landsavtalet med NATO undantagslöst försätter Sverige i alla sätt som är möjligt. en situation där hotbilden mot landets säkerhet ökar och Anslut dig till motståndet mot krigsövningar som där risken för att bidra till en väpnad konflikt i svenskt Aurora 17, emot eskalering av en redan spänd situation närområde är högst aktuellt. i svenskt närområde, emot värdlandsavtalet med NATO Så som Aurora 17 utformats utgör den övningen en som Sverige måste säga upp och emot vapenskrammel av många förändringar inom svensk försvarsverksam- som i värsta fall mynnar ut i krig. Det finns fortfarande het som skickar helt fel signaler. Man vill normalisera tid till att dra i nödbromsen och vända på utvecklingen. en militarisering där det svenska folket skall se inslag av Men den börjar rinna ut. • utländsk krigsmakt på svenskt territorium som normalt. Man får inte låta det ske. Skulle det bli ”normalt” med TEXT: Jake Kayzer WWW.NEJTILLNATO.SE 3 NEJ till Nato.indd 3 2017-08-30 09:42:42 Bild: Wikipedia, public domain Krigsövningen Aurora 17 i Göteborg bidrar till det försämrade säkerhetsläget Göteborg har Kampanjen mot Krigsövningen det som ingår i värdlandsstödsavtalet kommer att övas Aurora 17 bildats, www.stoppaaurora.se. Ett antal praktiskt som särskilda övningsmoment i Göteborgs- organisationer står bakom, också Nej till Nato. området. Dock ej tillsammans med Nato. Endast några få Övningen Aurora 17 kommer att ske från den förband av samtliga inbjudna deltagande länder kommer 11 september 3 veckor framåt. De första dagar- att delta i övningsmoment VLS. Bilaterala överenskom- na i Göteborg. Därefter fortsätter övningen på melser (Technical Arrangements) med samtliga inbjudna IGotland och i Stockholmstrakten. 19 000 svenska soldater deltagande länder tecknas för att dom ska delta med och hemvärnsmän ska delta samt ungefär 1 000 från USA förband i övningen utifrån rätt förutsättningar, enligt gäl- (marin, flyg, luftvärns- och pansarförband). Även Frank- lande regelverk och därigenom erhålla begärt stöd. Detta rike, Estland, Danmark, Norge och Finland deltar. kallar vi Host Nation Support (HNS)”. Nato är inte inbjuden som organisation, det har man Det verkar som om det inte är meningen att man ska poängterat från regeringen, men Försvarsmakten har av kunna genomskåda och förutse vad som kommer att ske. regeringen bemyndigats att förhandla och sluta nödvänd- iga avtal! Betyder det att Försvarsmakten kan ändra öv- Stoppa Krigsövningen Aurora 17 ningen till en Nato-övning? I Värdlandsavtalet kan man ▶ för att den bidrar till det försämrade säkerhetsläget läsa att militära övningar är Nato-ledda. Befälhavaren är kring Östersjön Natos. ▶ för att den innebär ett ytterligare närmande till kärn- Då blir det intressant om det kan bli en Natoledd vapenalliansen Nato övning i det fördolda. Har någon ställt frågan? ▶ för att freden bevaras genom diplomati, samverkan I en fotnot (sid. 25, Övningsinstruktion, Försvars- och samtal. maktsöving Aurora 17) reder Försvarsmakten ut VLS, Dessa tre paroller vidareutvecklas på hemsidan värdlandsstöd och HNS, Host Nation Support: ”Delar av www.stoppaaurora.se. Där finns också program för aktivi- 4 WWW.NEJTILLNATO.SE NEJ till Nato.indd 4 2017-08-30 09:42:47 teter i Göteborg, Fredsaktion den15–18 september. Det Idag tänker man kommer att bli en långhelg med föreläsningar, aktions- träning, samtal, möten och aktioner. Programmet är ännu på vapen först, ej helt klart men finns på hemsidan i preliminärt skick. » inte hur man ska skapa Det kommer också att bli en demonstration anordnad av för närvarande 27 organisationer. Sök efter eventet goda grannförhållanden Demonstration mot krigsövningen Aurora 17 på Face- book. Till skillnad från kampanjen, som är partipolitiskt obunden, anordnas demonstrationen av en blandning av Innan det är för sent. Resurser behövs till så mycket. partier och föreningar. Att näst intill dagligen kalla Ryssland för aggressivt Fredsaktionen, eller lägret, kommer att kosta 100 kr för leder till fiendskap och upptrappning och ökar verkligen alla dagarna men resa, husrum och mat måste deltagar- krigsrisken. Tvärsemot löften givna till Gorbatjov (här na själva betala. Gemensamma
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