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Originally Posted by Nickatilynx

Well , we knew there were no WMDs...

Yet, your intelligence community has no clue that the Canadian Flag on Hans Island is no more...

'Peace in our time' is the message Foreign Minister Per Stig Møller is taking with him to negotiations with Canada over disputed Hans Island.

A peaceful solution to the dispute with Canada over Arctic island Hans Island is a realistic expectation, reported Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Møller to the parliament's foreign policy committee on Tuesday.

Møller informed the committee that a Canadian delegation is currently in Copenhagen in order to prepare for a meeting between himself and Canadian Foreign Minister Pierre Pettigrew. The two will meet in New York in conjunction with the opening of the UN General Assembly.

'There has been a conflict with the Canadian defence minister, but now I am meeting with the Canadian foreign minister in order to get negotiations started,' said Møller.

The conflict between Canada and Denmark over Hans Island flared up this summer after Canadian defence minister Bill Graham made an unannounced visit to the island, located 1500 km north of the Polar Circle.
During the visit the minister raised a Canadian flag as a gesture of the country's sovereignty over the island, but Møller reported that the bitter winds blowing over the island had made short work of the flag.

'How do I know that? We're monitoring the island, of course. It's a part of Danish territory,' said Møller.

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