“We are not a British colony.”

Stacy Summary: It seems pretty clear what is happening. And I can’t believe 99% don’t see it. Nevertheless, Ecuador says they will announce tomorrow whether they have granted Assange asylum. Whatever the decision, I have a feeling things are going to get ugly.

**UPDATES:

“If the measure announced in the British official communication is enacted, it will be interpreted by Ecuador as an unacceptable, unfriendly and hostile act and as an attempt against our sovereignty. It would force us to respond,” he said.

“We are not a British colony”.

47 thoughts on ““We are not a British colony.””

  2. Mark Lytle

    Though perhaps not likely, or even possible, it would still be nice if one of the players in the recent Tehran conference would stand behind little Ecuador in this. When I look at those countries in that conference, they could do worse then remember what Ben Franklin once said, “Gentlemen, we can either hang together, or hang separately.”

  3. Carlos

    Assange is a CIA stooge. And Ecuador would be well advised to throw his pro anglo-american propaganda BS ass out. If he was truly a threat to the empire he would have been thrown out of a helicopter long ago. Assange is a limited hang-out operation that in reality serves the global banking cartel.

  4. Mark Lytle

    One thing little Ecuador should do is squeak as loud as possible about these threats. force the main media to cover it, no matter how it plays out.

    Even the MSM would have some problems justifying a raid on the Ecuadorian embassy, as an outpost of a sovereign nation, just to ‘get’ Assange. That does look really ugly, even to a dumbed down populace. At least some would notice a problem.

  5. Mark Lytle

    @ Carlos
    I thought that in the beginning, a couple of years ago, but changed my mind. Assange does not have his freedom, and I don’t think it makes sense to think of him as working for the CIA, and be treated this way. It is possible he was fed some dis-information, that he accepted, but I doubt there’s anyone on this website that hasn’t been duped by the establishment or MSM at one point or another.

  6. sam

    this is getting interesting.

    personally I think Assange should just drop the bank data he’s always talking about.

    I think Ecuador could make him an Ambassador or something like that, then he can claim diplomatic immunity and get out to somewhere safer. Also, Ecuador could be bluffing and fly him straight to the US. How much could they get for him 1 billion?

  7. Aziz

    Whatever happens, I think future whistleblowers and such will choose to seek asylum in the embassy of a state with nuclear submarines. Assange chose Ecuador because he likes Correa’s administration. I respect that; but Correa’s administration does not, I think, have the might to sufficiently protect him.

  8. Flopot

    Ah, British hypocrisy. We in the north of Ireland know all about that. The Brits are reasonable chaps until you stand up to them and quite ferocious when you highlight their hypocrisy.

  9. Flopot

    @Sam or release the real 9/11 data. I know it is just a wild conspiracy theory that Wikilieaks has anything of substance but can you imagine…

  11. sam

    @flopot. maybe, but the bank data would hurry up this depression and we can start fixing our societies. I’m not aware of 9/11 data he could be holding and it would just be forever debated and nothing would really happen.

  12. SilverPorno

    @Stacy

    “you’re obviously the CIA stooge”

    Well said. Assange is true.

    And he’s in big trouble now. I saw this Assange news item being discussed on BBC News24 earlier and apparently there’s a law that allows British police to enter any embassy in the UK to make an arrest, regardless of international laws that should uphold an embassy’s independence from that.

  14. Flopot

    UK doesn’t extradite Pinochet. UK does it’s damnedest to extradite Assange. UK keeps a straight face.

    @SilverPorno

    Oh dear. It is like a lame magic trick – now you see diplomatic status, now you don’t.

  15. SilverPorno

    @Flopot

    We are forced to abide by the law.

    The gov’t and TPTB can do whatever they want. Laws don’t apply.

    Sooooo, anyone got any news then?

    No, thought not. Corruption is old news, and that’s all the news there is now.

  17. tsuki

    It is amazing to me how the UK worked to protect Pinochet from extradition to Spain to answer for crimes against humanity, including rape. throwing people out of airplanes over the Pacific, enriching himself with the wealth of Chile, being part of the illegal gun and drug trafficing. He killed over 3000 people and tortured more than 10 times that amount.

    But, that was A-Okay with the UK. With the US.

    They let him go.

    Hypocrites, all.

  18. Al Kyder

    @ ECUADOR

    “We are not a British colony” …Oh yeh!, this is going to be interesting, We may be witnessing the birth of the first Mango republic.

    New Cocktail to be served for free at the Embassy. The Assangadora 1/3 mango Juice, 1/3 pineapple juice, 1/3 white rum, with a twist of grenadine garnish with cocktail umbrella;

  21. Robert Mockan

    A sovereign nation having its embassy attacked, for whatever reason, is an act of war if intentional. Of course there could be an “accident”, like when Clinton bombed the Chinese embassy in Iraq, killing embassy personal. Or if Assange is granted asylum, getting him out of the country alive might be a problem. Once he leaves the embassy he is is an easy target.

    My best guess? Assange is already good as dead. TPTB are going to make an example of him, and if any body protests much, they will follow him 6 feet under.

  22. evolutis

    Exposing government fronted, privatized profit centers … leaves us all feeling irrational as hell for believing in such an obviously stupid system . The message is simple … most of us will deny, some us will check out and reset.

    Assange?? what the hell category do we put you in?

  27. harry

    If they grant him asylum, then how do they get him out of that embassy to Ecuador?
    Nationalize him, make him a diplomat?

  28. Doug G.

    The thing to do is have a plane stand by, pack Assange into a box, with airholes and stamp it as Ecuadorian Diplomatic pouch. Fly him to some other European state first, then fast track him to South America. How can America using the private jet belonging to the owner of the Red Sox, lend his jet to fly some poor bastard to Saudi Arabia for rendering. The longer Assange stays in Britain the more he is at risk for a similar trip to Andrews, and Guantanamo. Put him in a coffin with airholes and announce one of their staff suffered a heart attack and is being flown home for burial. Seems to me if you put a bottle of Glenlivet in with Assange he will be all the happier.

  30. manko rhemmers

    Assange is wanted by the US and the British government are doing their bidding. Good doggy.

  31. Ted

    So let me get this straight. PC Yvonne Fletcher is shot and killed by an individual wielding an Ak47 in the Libyan Embassy whilst she was policing a protest outside the Libyan embassy in the 1980s. Her killer was free to leave these shores and was not challenged when leaving the embassy.

    Fast forward to an Australian who faces what appear to be dubious charges in another country, not even our own. Even if these charges were serious, using the above example then he should be able to walk free under the same cloak of diplomatic immunity as the killer of PC Yvonne Fletcher.
    Except something is different this time, there’s someone else who wants Assange, and what they want they get, and they’re prepared to trample over anyone, and anything, to get what they want. Go USA!
    I should add that this is not a hate post against the USA- I love the place and go there regularly. The people do NOT reflect their political masters and the 1% who run it, the same can be said here in the UK as well. The world is getting ugly-who knew that a middle class forex trader like myself is actually starting to believe that violent revolution seems to be the only option….

  32. gold bullet

    @Robert Mockan – ”Of course there could be an “accident”, like when Clinton bombed the Chinese embassy in Iraq, killing embassy personal.” Actually, it was the embassy in Belgrade, Serbia that Clinton ”accidentally” bombed in 1999.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._bombing_of_the_Chinese_embassy_in_Belgrade

    This threat by the government of the United fascist Kingdom is truly sickening and if carried out would be the most flagrant violation of international law. I hope Ecuador grants Assange asylum and declare him a member of their diplomatic mission in London so that he could have diplomatic immunity and could walk out freely out of the embassy in front of all of the Met. Police Force, if for nothing else, just for the lulz!

  33. Ditto

    @ Ted

    You will want to give this a watch, your understanding of the Fletcher / Libya incident will be challenged and I dare say changed by doing so.

    It’s a CH4 Dispatches production, it was broadcast only once, you’ll see why when you watch it.

    Dispatches – Murder In St. James’
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l1J11WNQAs

  34. John

    Personally I don’t think Assange is actually in the Ecuadorian Embassy. Has anyone seen him in there? I bet he made his escape a long time ago.

  35. TJ

    Ass ange is merely an ‘actor’, you people won’t let that fact penetrate your entertainment zone.

    He’s not CIA, try Central Casting, Hic ;-)

  36. alan

    The British must be under huge pressure from the USA.
    The sexual assult charges are dodgy at best. Sweeden would not be in a position to presuure the UK government over dodgy charges. (I say dodgy because both females involved consented to sex. Then felt they had been hard done by.) The government of Sweeden must be under enormous pressure from someone still be following up on this.
    After the latest threats from Britain to a foreign embassy, it is obvious the USA wants to make an example of Julian for helping to high light their Bull shit.
    In Australia at the moment ex politicians and public servants are pushing for an enquiry into Australia’s involvement in the invasion of Iraq. Carn’t live with it I suppose, pity they would not sacrifice their careers at the time for the truth.
    Truth is very dangerous, obviously

  37. Robert Mockan

    Gold Bullet,

    Thanks for correction. And the US “apologized” for an accident that was not an accident, but intentional. And the Chinese let it stand because otherwise they would have had internal unrest if the people had known it was not an accident, and the Chinese authority did nothing about it except complain over diplomatic channels. None of these governments are trustworthy are they?

    Assange is as good as dead. And after he is killed people will just go along with it because they would be afraid to do anything about it. But a civilized moral society would not let him be killed.

    We will know soon enough how it will happen, because we KNOW people will not stop it from happening.

  38. Alf

    I just can’t see the Ecuadorian Embassy being raided simply because this
    would set an extremely dangerous precedent for British Embassies around
    the world.

  42. SiriusBlack

    The “sexual assault” charges in Sweden — essentially, possession of a penis without a license — were dropped there. But the charade continues. And the sheeple sleep on.

  43. Ted

    @ Ditto – thanks for the link-watching now.
    Even if this is true (have seen first few minutes), if UK is still peddling the Libyan gunman story then Assange must still be allowed to leave.

  45. Ditto

    @ Ted

    Yes, I’m all for Assange staying out of the clutches of the US. As Alf points out above raiding the embassy will create a bad precedent, I think its just a way of turning up the heat. Question still remains how to get him out of the UK safely.

    The documentary is excellent I thought, I only got to see it for the first time this year. It left no doubt in my mind about what didn’t happen, hope you enjoy it to.

  46. Carlos

    @ at Stacy, I am no CIA stooge.

    You guys just need a couple of months (weeks maybe) before you realize the obvious about Assange…

  47. DickTracy

    @AK47 i expected a little more from you, time for a break.
    TJ has a right to his opinion.
    And i do agree with him.
    So lets agree to disagree and let the conversation continue.
    If i am wrong then i will admit it.
    For me actions speak louder then words, so far all assange has done is run and hide.
    Its time he released the keys to the vault of information, because as Not Spock said he is already dead if he is legit.
    love and gratitude

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