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Ecuador has granted citizenship to Julian Assange as its government attempts to find creative ways of getting Assange out of the Ecuadorean embassy in London:
Ecuador says it has granted citizenship to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, as officials try to find a way for him to leave the Ecuadorean embassy in London without risking legal action.
Assange, who is Australian, first sought refuge at the embassy more than five years ago to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he faced an investigation over rape allegations. He was granted asylum, and has been holed up in the embassy ever since.
The original case against him has been dropped, but Assange remains inside the embassy. "He is still subject to arrest in Britain for jumping bail," The Associated Press notes. "He also fears a possible U.S. extradition request based on his leaking of classified State Department documents."
"Earlier this week, Ecuador said the situation was unsustainable and requested diplomatic status for Assange in hopes of springing him," NPR's Frank Langfitt reports from London. "A British government spokesman responded: 'Ecuador knows that the way to resolve this issue is for Julian Assange to leave the embassy to face justice.'"
Also at The Guardian.
(Score: 5, Informative) by beckett on Saturday January 13 2018, @11:28PM (8 children)
Manning's leak occurred in 2013.
ISIS was founded in 1999, when Manning was 12 years old.
And the 'major factor' in the 'rise of ISIS' was the 2003 invasion of Iraq by US Forces and the toppling of Saddam Hussein regime.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 14 2018, @12:21AM (2 children)
ISIS couldn't control massive amounts of territory in Syria until the legit government found itself in trouble due to riots and rebels... that were set off by Bradley Manning's leak of the embassy cables to wikileaks.
I don't deny that the situation in Iraq was also a major factor. We also shouldn't deny that a certain religion is prone to such things. There can be multiple factors.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by beckett on Sunday January 14 2018, @08:05AM
...the Saddam Husein regime was toppled by US forces in and a power vacuum formed in Iraq.
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 14 2018, @06:08PM
idk what stupid fuck is modding this brainwashed bastard as a troll but you are a dumb ass. the op is obviously not trolling.
(Score: 5, Informative) by Thexalon on Sunday January 14 2018, @12:23AM
Specifically, that invasion put most of the surviving military personnel in Iraq out of work. Who then proceeded across the border into Syria and into the waiting arms of ISIS. Which might be the reason ISIS was as successful militarily as they were - they had people who knew what they were doing, as opposed to the usual incompetence seen from terrorist groups trying to do larger-scale operations. It would not be unreasonable to see the ISIS invasion of Iraq as an attempted reconquest by the people who had been beaten by the US.
The good news now is that ISIS is pretty close to finished as an actual military threat: They've lost most of their former territory in both Iraq and Syria, and basically consist of a few pockets in places where the government control is lacking.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Sunday January 14 2018, @12:52AM (3 children)
And the 'major factor' in the 'rise of ISIS' was the 2003 invasion of Iraq by US Forces and the toppling of Saddam Hussein regime.
And their financing and arming through Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Libya (the real Benghazi story). Make no mistake, all of ISIS and Al Qaeda arose from outside funding for other objectives. And I have to admit, they have been very successful so far. Business is booming, so to speak.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 14 2018, @06:34AM (2 children)
You seem to have missed out America from your funded by list. I'm sure that it is just a clerical error and will be corrected later.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Sunday January 14 2018, @03:10PM
Goes without mentioning. Yes, 115 bil ain't chump change [reuters.com] (guess who is taking credit for that now [brookings.edu]) It's already understood that the US and Europe, and Russia, and China are the major players, and Brazil, India, Pakistan, etc certainly have a small piece of the action. But, if you read my post, it said that the terrorists are being funded through the Saudis, Turkey, Libya, Egypt (which I also left out), etc. Sorry if I can't remember them all.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 14 2018, @06:11PM
where not reading the op gets your commentardia modded insightful...