[GPSCC-chat] Breaking--Ecaudor Says British Police Threaten to Seize Assange

[Gerry Gras]

Here's what Wikileaks has to say:
http://wikileaks.org/Statement-on-UK-threat-to-storm.html

Also, I have tried to contact the UK and Ecuadorean
governments by email and contact forms, so far no
luck.

Gerry


Brian Good wrote:
>
> I had the same understanding.  Looks like the Brits, along with the US,
> are trying to
> rewrite the rules of diplomacy and war to fit the wishes of the global
> dominators.
>
> The Esquire article about Obama's Lethal Presidency concluded by
> asking--if it's
> OK for Obama to fire hellfire missiles at anyone he wants, then isn't it
> okay for
> anyone to fire missiles at him?
>
> These are interesting times.  Too bad so few recognize it.
>
>
>
>  > Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:34:59 -0700
>  > From: gerrygras at earthlink.net
>  > To: snug.bug at hotmail.com
>  > CC: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
>  > Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Breaking--Ecaudor Says British Police
> Threaten to Seize Assange
>  >
>  >
>  > This is a very strange story. I thought that an embassy
>  > was considered to be part of the country it represents,
>  > so if the police were to enter the embassy and do anything
>  > not acceptable, it would be considered like an invasion,
>  > a very serious matter. I don't recall any other occasion
>  > of invasion of embassy, other than the Iranian invasion
>  > of the U.S. Embassy in 1978, which was a very serious matter.
>  >
>  > What have I misunderstood?
>  >
>  > Gerry
>  >
>  >
>  > Brian Good wrote:
>  > >
> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-16/ecuador-says-u-k-threatens-embassy-assault-to-seize-assange.html
>  > >
>  > > OccupyNewsNetwork says that 10 officers went inside the embassy and
> have
>  > > not left yet. It's early in
>  > > the morning in London. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/occupynewsnetwork
>  > >
>  > >
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