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Entry from May 27, 2021
North Atlantic Terrorist Organization (North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO nickname)

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 European and North American countries. One unflattering NATO nickname is “North Atlantic Terrorist Organization.”
     
“Canada is a member of a megamurder club, a North Atlantic terrorist organization” was printed in the Windsor (ON) Star on December 21, 1970. “The Workers World Party accused the North Atlantic Terrorist Organization (NATO) of several ‘crimes against humanity’” was printed in the i>New Journal and Guide (Norfolk, VA) on April 27, 1979. “It has also been called the North Atlantic Terrorist Organization” was printed in the New Journal and Guide (Norfolk, VA) on April 16, 1980.
     
The nickname became popular during the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. “North Atlantic Terrorist Organization” was posted on the newsgroup soc.culture.chinese on March 29, 1999.
     
“North American Terrorist Organization” is a similar NATO nickname.
   
       
Wikipedia: NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, /ˈneɪtoʊ/; French: Organisation du traité de l’Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 European and North American countries. The organization implements the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949. NATO constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its independent member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party. NATO’s Headquarters are located in Haren, Brussels, Belgium, while the headquarters of Allied Command Operations is near Mons, Belgium.
           
Wiktionary: North American Terrorist Organization
Etymology
A backronym of NATO, substituting the T word to make the negative point.
Proper noun
North Atlantic Terrorist Organization

1. (geopolitics, derogatory) NATO
   
Newspapers.com
21 December 1970, Windsor (ON) Star, “Canada supports a megamurder club: NSG” by James Eayrs (Professor of International Relations, University of Toronto), pg. 17, cols. 4-5:
Canada is a member of a megamurder club, a North Atlantic terrorist organization. NATO deploys weaponry, holding not just individuals but whole societies as hostages. hreatening violence on such a scale is not good for the international system. It is not good for our social system.
 
27 April 1979, New Journal and Guide (Norfolk, VA), “Tribunal Arrives At Verdict: NATO Powers Guilty Of Illegal, Racist Criminal Acts In Africa Jury Finds” by Maravia Reid, pg. 14, col. 3:
The Workers World Party accused the North Atlantic Terrorist Organization (NATO) of several “crimes against humanity.”
   
16 April 1980, New Journal and Guide (Norfolk, VA), “A Word to the Wise,” pg. 6:
If it is true that a word to the wise is sufficient, let us leave you with this reminder. The Azalea Festival is once again approaching, and it is still representative of a racist organization called NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It has also been called the North Atlantic Terrorist Organization.
   
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25 March 1999, “NATO bombing divides ethnic Albanians, Serbians living in Ohio” (AP), pg. 6B, col. 6:
Radakovich, 46, also criticized NATO, describing it as the “North Atlantic Terrorist Organization.”
 
Google Groups: soc.culture.chinese
North Atlantic Terrorist Organization
theo kol
Mar 29, 1999, 3:00:00 AM
Nato is showing it’s real face now.
Their real target are not military positions.
In Pristina their bombing innocent people NOW.
Wake up before it’s too late.
 
Twitter
Товарищ Х
@tovX
U.S. and its North Atlantic Terrorist Organization occupiers withdraw from Korengal http://bit.ly/9hMV5a
3:08 PM · Apr 27, 2010·Twitter Web Client
 
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Poliantea
@f_ed_b
OTAN / NATO Organización Terrorista del Atlántico Norte. North Atlantic Terrorist Organization.
3:38 PM · Aug 26, 2011·Twitter Web Client
 
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Gonzalo Castro (Sick World Order)
@castrogo
#NATO: North Atlantic Terrorist Organization
#OTAN: Organización Terrorista del Atlántico Norte
#OTAN es #ISIS
12:04 PM · Nov 24, 2015·TweetDeck
 
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Sergio Caldieri
@SCaldieri
NATO = North Atlantic Terrorist Organization
OTAN = Organização Terrorista do Atlântico Norte
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Russia Insider
@RussiaInsider
· Oct 3, 2016
NATO’s War On Russia: The Winds Howl Before The Storm http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/natos-war-russia-winds-howl-storm/ri16782?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
1:08 PM · Oct 3, 2016·Twitter Web Client
 
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Duende Aлфа
@AlphaGoblin
¿Que significa #OTAN?
Organización
Terrorista del
Atlántico
Norte.
Now in English (#NATO):
North
Atlantic
Terrorist
Organization.
11:09 PM · Apr 4, 2019·Twitter for Android