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Sweden is not stronger than the U.S: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_rendition#Sweden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_rendition#Sweden
by acqq 7y ago
Sweden is not stronger than the U.S:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_rendition#Sweden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_rendition#Sweden
- TazeTSchnitzel 7y agoAnd they'd get Sweden (at risk of egregious violation of EU law) instead of the UK (steadfast US ally, in NATO, Iraq War) to do this, why?
- mantap 7y agoUK courts are fiercely independent and wouldn't be swayed by domestic or international pressure. There's zero chance the UK govt will prevent his extradition but he has a reasonably good chance the courts will stop it on human rights grounds, it does appear to be a political extradition.