16-08-2012, 05:38 AM
(This post was last modified: 16-08-2012, 06:18 AM by Peter Lemkin.)
Under US pressure or 'solidarity' the UK is going to try something illegal - thst could start a war on UK citizens around the world and certainly point out the double-standards the UK and US and their gang work on. How about the bind Chinese dissident who was in the US Embassy. Would the US have tolerated the Chinese breading in or arresting him upon leaving?
I just heard an international law professor say all the UK had to do was 'relocate' the Ecuadorian Embassy - which would force those inside to move to the new location - giving them the opportunity to arrest any inside they wanted. They could also start a fire or declare the building unfit for human habitation etc.
All is quiet now at the Embassy and I expect it will until after Ecuador announces they have given Assange asylum. That's the easy part. After that, getting him out now seems an impossible task. Ordinarily the host nation will grant 'safe passage'; but you can bet your bippie in this case unless Ecuador had something to trade [I fear they do not] the UK will do no such thing and the enhanced presence of 50+ Police in and out of three police vans around the Embassy [and no doubt others hidden and waiting nearby] shows thug UK's intentions. Any such move, however, would forever end all nation's ability to grant asylum - a tradition that dates back centuries and has saved many lives and served much justice.
I'm with you Magda, and find it a bit upsetting that there are not more people surrounding the Embassy...a public outcry from UK citizens is likely the ONLY way he'll ever make it to Ecuador...or some extraordinary vote in the UN General Assembly
Now ther are two British Police ON the steps of the Embassy - not in front, as they should be. The tension seems to be building. Also the police are not the special Diplomatic Police of the UK, but criminal officers - that handle crime cases. Now there are starting to be a few people there...but few is the operative word. The camerman for Ustream just asked a police officer what his orders were, to which the policeman gave a glib reply of 'keeping the peace'. The streamer just gave a summary in Portuguese, but I can't discern if he is from Portugal or Brazil.
A Diplomatic Police van just arrived and is talking to the two officers on the steps of the Embassy. And thank goodness a small group is starting to form at 4:30am London time...I hope it grows to hundreds or even thousands by day's end and remains! Tahrir around the Ecuadorian Embassy. Not only is Assange imporant in and of himself; but symbolically, this is crucial to if the 'West' becomes a Police State or not. IMHO.
The livestreamers seem to be associated with the Occupy Movement. The Portugese or Brazilian just left to recharge his batteries and now a woman with strong London accent is livestreaming. Of course, the MSM is NOT there at all.
Three persons on the top of the Harrads nearby....not sure if citizens or Police snipers.
I just heard an international law professor say all the UK had to do was 'relocate' the Ecuadorian Embassy - which would force those inside to move to the new location - giving them the opportunity to arrest any inside they wanted. They could also start a fire or declare the building unfit for human habitation etc.
All is quiet now at the Embassy and I expect it will until after Ecuador announces they have given Assange asylum. That's the easy part. After that, getting him out now seems an impossible task. Ordinarily the host nation will grant 'safe passage'; but you can bet your bippie in this case unless Ecuador had something to trade [I fear they do not] the UK will do no such thing and the enhanced presence of 50+ Police in and out of three police vans around the Embassy [and no doubt others hidden and waiting nearby] shows thug UK's intentions. Any such move, however, would forever end all nation's ability to grant asylum - a tradition that dates back centuries and has saved many lives and served much justice.
I'm with you Magda, and find it a bit upsetting that there are not more people surrounding the Embassy...a public outcry from UK citizens is likely the ONLY way he'll ever make it to Ecuador...or some extraordinary vote in the UN General Assembly
Now ther are two British Police ON the steps of the Embassy - not in front, as they should be. The tension seems to be building. Also the police are not the special Diplomatic Police of the UK, but criminal officers - that handle crime cases. Now there are starting to be a few people there...but few is the operative word. The camerman for Ustream just asked a police officer what his orders were, to which the policeman gave a glib reply of 'keeping the peace'. The streamer just gave a summary in Portuguese, but I can't discern if he is from Portugal or Brazil.
A Diplomatic Police van just arrived and is talking to the two officers on the steps of the Embassy. And thank goodness a small group is starting to form at 4:30am London time...I hope it grows to hundreds or even thousands by day's end and remains! Tahrir around the Ecuadorian Embassy. Not only is Assange imporant in and of himself; but symbolically, this is crucial to if the 'West' becomes a Police State or not. IMHO.
The livestreamers seem to be associated with the Occupy Movement. The Portugese or Brazilian just left to recharge his batteries and now a woman with strong London accent is livestreaming. Of course, the MSM is NOT there at all.
Three persons on the top of the Harrads nearby....not sure if citizens or Police snipers.
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"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass