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The Icelanders are pissed off that the UK has labelled them terrorists, and opened up the web page indefence.is where cute babies, old grannies, cheeky redheads and icelanders of all ages pose with cards stating that they are not terrorists. See, Gordon Brown used the Anti-Terrorism Act to freeze the assets of an Icelandic bank after Rekyavik failed to guarantee British deposits, sending the vikings into a rage. Since that raping and pillaging stuff is so passé, icelanders built a website instead of a longboat to protest.

On Wednesday October 8th, the British Government invoked Anti-terrorist legislation, which was in effect aimed at the people of Iceland. This devastating attack on our society was received with disbelief here in Iceland. The people of Iceland have always considered themselves great friends of the United Kingdom. Our nations have a long history of mutually beneficial trade and have been close allies in NATO and Europe.
Hour by hour and day by day the actions of the British government are indiscriminately obliterating Icelandic interests all over the world and, in so doing, diminishing the assets that could be used to reimburse depositors with Icelandic banks in the United Kingdom and Iceland. The government’s actions are also endangering the future of nearly all Icelandic companies and of the entire nation, in addition to over 100,000 employees of British companies with Icelandic connections. In this regard we would like to stress that the Icelandic authorities have always maintained their intention to honour their obligations in this matter, contrary to claims made by Chancellor Alistair Darling and Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

So far, 56.953 people have signed the petition.
(The only thing I know how to say in Icelandic is “einn fleiri bjór þóknast” which keeps me too tanked to learn anything else. All hail the drink known as the submarine!)

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