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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday January 13 2018, @09:15PM   Printer-friendly
from the welcome-to-Ecuador dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Sunday January 14 2018, @12:52AM (3 children)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Sunday January 14 2018, @12:52AM (#622022) Journal

    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.

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    La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 14 2018, @06:34AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 14 2018, @06:34AM (#622109)

    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

      by fustakrakich (6150) on Sunday January 14 2018, @03:10PM (#622185) Journal

      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.

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      La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 14 2018, @06:11PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 14 2018, @06:11PM (#622219)

      where not reading the op gets your commentardia modded insightful...