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In reply to the discussion: UK 'threatens' to raid Ecuador embassy over Assange [View all]mitchtv
(17,718 posts)168. and none of this has anything to do with Ecuador's tenacious lawsuit
against Chevron, nothing whatsoever
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Four hundred years of diplomatic law on Line One for you, Mr. Prime Minister.. (nt)
Posteritatis
Aug 2012
#1
... Ecuador's minister for foreign affairs, Ricardo Patino, on Wednesday released details
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#3
Why did UK whine about Iran allowing civilians overrun embassy in Tehran?
HooptieWagon
Aug 2012
#126
As far as I can tell, no UK authorities have entered the Ecuadorian embassy without permission
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#140
No: Ecuador says the UK threatened to invade. That's different. Pay attention
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#154
No, Ecuador merely indicated what it thought the letter said. The British Foreign Office
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#162
Such brilliance! I think Assange ought to be handed over to Sweden, to honor a
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#167
... As we have previously set out, we must meet our legal obligations
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#166
London's harboring an Icelandic banker fugitive right now, the guy who crashed their economy
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#172
Former Chair of Iceland’s Kaupthing Arrested in London (09.03.2011 | 14:16)
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#173
So 17+ months of harboring a fugitive and you never posted once in poutrage
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#174
... Britain's Foreign Office said in a statement late Wednesday that it had "drawn the Ecuadorians'
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#5
... "Throughout this process have we have drawn the Ecuadorians' attention to relevant provisions
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#6
Oh, please, you think the CIA couldn't take him out in an 'accident' at any time?
randome
Aug 2012
#65
If he's so unimportant than the CIA isn't even wasting any resources "taking him out"
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#124
The UK, of course, has no stake, one way or another, in the Swedish allegations
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#21
Is this sarcasm? The UK (cough*US* cough) has no "stake" in Assange's arrest?
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#24
What 'embarrassment' are you talking about? What has changed because of Assange?
randome
Aug 2012
#25
If you haven't been following Wikileaks, Bradley Manning, the release of video of war crimes
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#30
We don't know exactly. So my question still stands, why are the Brits taking this unprecedented
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#40
The UK isn't storming the embassy. The Ecuadorians misrepresented the UK stand.
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#45
They threatened to forcibly enter the Ecuadorean embassy and make arrests therein!
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#48
... "We need to reiterate that we consider the continued use of the diplomatic premises in this way
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#8
I suspect that the UK has thoughtfully pointed out to Ecuador, not that
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#23
The UK will not act in great haste here. It values its relations with the great nation of Ecuador,
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#98
... CBS News correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports the British Foreign Office merely reminded
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#11
Perhaps you are not a fan of diplomacy: the UK has not attacked the Ecuadorian embassy
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#100
I'm sure that behi.d the scenes, the Ecuadoreans are quietly reminding the Brits...
HooptieWagon
Aug 2012
#106
I don't think that recognizing a quid-pro-quo action could quite possibly happen necessarily makes o
LanternWaste
Aug 2012
#160
The UK's "reminder" is unprecedented. Even in war the UK has never threatened another embassy
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#123
The UK has certainly withdrawn diplomatic recognition from some countries
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#155
Please give me ONE example of the UK telling an embassy they were going to revoke
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#157
I imagine the UK is displeased to see Ecuador harbor a fugitive in its embassy
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#103
There is a lawful UK court order, directing Assange to surrender for extradition,
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#34
So we circle back to the crux of it. That the US has long planned to extradite him from Sweden nt
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#61
Assange's paranoid hallucinations, contagious as they seem to be, nevertheless
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#66
International machinations designed to eliminate war crimes whistleblowers
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#74
i don't see any 'International machinations designed to eliminate war crimes whistleblowers'
Bodhi BloodWave
Aug 2012
#142
For Christ's sake, what government in its right 'mind' would 'promise' to protect...
randome
Aug 2012
#138
Assange and his lawyers were free to argue re-extradition to the US timely during their contest
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#139
No. Not arguing the point doesn't mean theyVe waived the right to argue at a later date.
HooptieWagon
Aug 2012
#150
Can they give him citizenship and appoint him as diplomat with such immunity to arrest?
jerseyjack
Aug 2012
#27
The UK would not be obliged to accept any credentials offered by Assange
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#36
I have a feeling that would generate FAR more collateral damage than even the Brits
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#41
Nope. No country is ever required to accept the credentials of a potential ambassador
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#101
Oh, I should hope they do "expel" him, and usher him out of the country
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#125
Just like they "recognized" the outstanding warrant for Pinochet perhaps?
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#132
Desperate criminals after one of the greatest men of the 21st Century. nt
Comrade_McKenzie
Aug 2012
#32
Bottom line: the Ecuadorians have shown themselves neophytes at diplomacy
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#43
LOL! What do you call forcibly entering a diplomatic embassy and arresting people therein?
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#46
But it would be so unprecedented as to set off a firestorm of outrage globally imho
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#77
A guy who isn't even a criminal constitutes "extraordinary circumstances"?
GliderGuider
Aug 2012
#72
warrant for fleeing a country day before an interview and dna test in regards to rape charges and
Bodhi BloodWave
Aug 2012
#76
"Extraordinary" enough to provoke an international diplomatic incident? nt
GliderGuider
Aug 2012
#78
Still doesn't make it "extraordinary"...this is, after all, supposedly only about a rape case..
truebrit71
Aug 2012
#143
What's really weird is that the Brits have engendered a LOT of international hostility
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#94
Ecuador, with its Pacific coast, is not terribly close to the South Atlantic archipelago
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#99
... British Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokesman contradicted the letters apparent threat.
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#81
Very unlikely. The UK probably deployed police because Assange supporters
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#97
You are mistaken: Ecuador's embassy in London is quite definitely UK territory
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#113
Horse pucks. You haven't read the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#122
... As Thursday dawned in London, there was no sign police might try to enter the embassy.
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#108
... Analysts in Ecuador expressed doubts that Britain would raid the embassy.
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#109
The CIA forced Assange to have unprotected sex in Sweden to get back at Ecuador for suing Chevron!
struggle4progress
Aug 2012
#169
Yes, gosh, how DARE mitchtv suggest there may be other geopolitical reasons
riderinthestorm
Aug 2012
#170