"Mohamed Orahhou, a Norwegian, who was arrested in November, collected and leaked sensitive information about the employees of Norway's intelligence services and the U.S. Embassy..."

Any of you who believe all Norwegian dudes have names like "Oyvind", "Vidkun" & "Kjetil" are racists.


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/world/europe/norway-spying-russia-iran.html

Never change NY Times

"Norwegian "

Unforgiven94 said:

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"Norwegian "

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He's not Eurpean nor Wegian

Did he transmit the data in Norse Code?

I am sure if they release a picture of him he will have blonde hair and blue eyes.

Don't go and rune this thread.

Ah yes, named after the Great Viking Mohamed the Red.

Scandalnavians.

A simple surname search says it's likely Moroccan. He must be one of those Moors that immigrated in the middle ages.

Now he's a Moroccan't.

Native Norwegian? Viking?

This guy's lineage goes way back

You don't say.

Funny, he doesn't look Nornish.

I for one am ok with calling him Norwegian, for the same reason I'm ok with calling many of the perpetrators in the UK rape gangs Brits - we need to call it out as often as possible until the natives have enough. Or if they don't figure it out, we just learn to avoid all Norwegians and Brits. Win win!

His ancestor was Ahmad ibn Fadlan

12th Man said:

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Norwegian spying on US Embassy
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"Mohamed Orahhou, a Norwegian, who was arrested in November, collected and leaked sensitive information about the employees of Norway's intelligence services and the U.S. Embassy..."

Any of you who believe all Norwegian dudes have names like "Oyvind", "Vidkun" & "Kjetil" are racists.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/world/europe/norway-spying-russia-iran.html

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Caught spying for Russia and Iran would normally be a TD and extra point conversion, but I'm not sure that works in Norway. Regardless its not something we should encourage in our Norwegian help at the US embassy.

The Jerusalem Post claims the erstwhile US guard received 10k Euros from Russia and .017 bitcoin ($10k equivalent) from Iran.

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-862042

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. . . The indictment states that Russian authorities paid Orahhou 10,000 euros, while Iranian officials provided 0.17 bitcoin, valued at approximately $10,000. Prosecutors argue that Orahhou's actions directly compromised Norway's national interests and endangered the safety of embassy staff.

Defense attorney Inger Zadig [Norwegian for concerned moderate], speaking to NYT, acknowledged that her client accepted the facts of the indictment but contests their classification under Norwegian espionage law. Zadig emphasized that Orahhou lacked a security clearance and had no access to materials capable of endangering national security. "If not, then sharing the information is not a criminal offense," she stated via text message to the paper.
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The charges come amid heightened concern over foreign espionage activities across Europe. A recent study by the International Institute for Strategic Studies indicated a near quadrupling of Russian sabotage operations in Europe from 2023 to 2024. . . .

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You'd think Iran and Russia could have split it for $5k a piece, but Allahu Akbar to Mohamed for doubling up to a complete stack of high society. [/rounders]

IIIHorn said:

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Did he transmit the data in Norse Code?

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I'm Rollover in laughter!

Classic Viking name.