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>I think you're being a tad literal there. The last case I remember was Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr who was kidnapped in Italy and brought to Egypt by the CIA in
by mootothemax 9y ago
>I think you're being a tad literal there. The last case I remember was Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr who was kidnapped in Italy and brought to Egypt by the CIA in 2005. Italy's streets are not less intrinsically sacred than England's.
I'm being literal on purpose.
Look at the other replies to me; everyone talks about the CIA, yourself included, and ignores the fact that Italy was working hand-in-hand with the CIA:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Omar_case https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Omar_case
That's very different, and it remains absolutely disgusting nonetheless.
- scandox 9y agoOk, so is it your contention that the UK would not co-operate in similar fashion? And, if so, why? Genuine sense of political autonomy or PR?
- mootothemax 9y ago> Ok, so is it your contention that the UK would not co-operate in similar fashion? And, if so, why? Genuine sense of political autonomy or PR? My contention is that the US would not kidnap him from London's streets. Word choice is important; I'm sick to the back teeth of hyperbole backed up with "wouldn't be the first time."
- angus-prune 9y agoThere was a massive scandal over UK complicity in US extraordinary rendition over here a few years ago. The UK government was roundly condemned and the practice stopped (including refueling US rendition flights from elsewhere). This will not happen to Assange.
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