Legion Wasa was a Swedish

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organisation founded in 1999. The members of Legion Wasa have reportedly been preparing for

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, and once made preparations for helping out

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in the

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against the invading

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. The offer was however turned down by the Iraqi embassy in Sweden. Led by Curt Linusson, a former UN soldier and

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officer, the group has conducted field practice in the forests of

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. The organisation is said to have between 25 and 30 members. In 2004 four members of the organisation were arrested, charged with plotting mass murders of political opponents, and of forming a terrorist cell inspired by the novel '' The Turner Diaries''. All four were acquitted for terrorism charges, although three of the charged were convicted for violence and drug charges, with sentences ranging from one to two years imprisonment. The organisation has been inactive since around 2010.

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