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boxed 27 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Iceland votes on whether to restart talks on joini...

Nah, that wasn't it. It was done by Iceland having shorter supply lines and both sides not willing to start killing each other. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cod_Wars

Symbiote 26 days ago [–]

The page you cite says it was due to the threat of Iceland leaving NATO etc.

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