UK threaten to enter Ecuadorian embassy and arrest Julian Assange

Re:UK threaten to enter Ecuadorian embassy and arrest Julian... by cjensen on Wednesday August 15, 2012 @07:05PM (#4388822)

If Ecuador did that, the British would simply leave peaceably. I'm not understanding the risk you refer to -- would not Ecuadorians be equally hindered by the lack of a British Embassy as the British?

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Re:UK threaten to enter Ecuadorian embassy and arrest Julian... by Old_Faithful on Friday August 17, 2012 @01:16PM (#4397522)

Well then, if that was the case then Assange could just as well peacefully with the rest of the Ecuadorian delegation.

Don't forget that Assange is not and asylum "seeker" anymore, but that he has in fact been granted asylum. In other words, under international law, he is and Ecuadorian Citizen and unless Britain decides to transgress International Law and effectively declare war on Ecuador, no amount of sabre rattling will amount to anything at all.

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