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2023-06-30 Iraq

Iraq protesters briefly breach Swedish embassy over Quran burning

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Posted by trailing wife 2023-06-30 00:01|| || Front Page|| [22 views ] Top
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#1 Embassies are by millennia-long practice inviolate, and it is the job of the local government to protect the sanctity if the embassies in its midst. The Ummah, however, believes itself exempt from such practices because they are the beloved of Allah, and the rest of us are not.

TW,

Well put, ma'am. Before the Barbary Wars of the early 1800s, the various Sultans, Beys. Deys, and assorted Satraps in the area overran US embassies and consulates on a regular basis, and on one memorable occasion hijacked a US Navy ship to ferry a menagerie to Turkey.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-06-30 11:47|| 2023-06-30 11:47|| Front Page Top

#2 *blush*

Posted by trailing wife 2023-06-30 12:40|| 2023-06-30 12:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Quid Pro Quo - failure to protect the sovereign territory of an Embassy by the host nation should be immediately met with occupation of its' site in the affected nation. Weakness never ends well!

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-06-30 12:48|| 2023-06-30 12:48|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-06-30 17:29|| 2023-06-30 17:29|| Front Page Top

#5 Generally, the embassy is sovereign territory, but drawing blood to defend the territory is better avoided. That is best done through design. Embassies in Turkey may need a security refresh for all secular countries. Turkey is not the country that it was when most of the embassies were established.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-06-30 18:05|| 2023-06-30 18:05|| Front Page Top

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