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2007-12-02 International-UN-NGOs

US says it has right to kidnap British citizens

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Posted by lotp 2007-12-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 All your dirtbags are belong to us!

Posted by Mike N. 2007-12-02 00:12|| 2007-12-02 00:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Did somebody call for Dog?

Posted by 3dc 2007-12-02 02:46|| 2007-12-02 02:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Ok, Beth, Leland and Duane Lee... remember they are not "Pommies," we simply cannot use the "P" word, in e-mail or while filming.

Posted by Duane 2007-12-02 03:33|| 2007-12-02 03:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Rendition, or kidnapping, dates back to 19th-century bounty hunting and Washington believes it is still legitimate.

Not Washington. The Supreme Court. That is to say, the United States Constitution.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-12-02 07:27|| 2007-12-02 07:27|| Front Page Top

#5 You break the law, then travel to another country that extradites, expect to be arrested. I would expect and hope the same of Britain, or any western nation.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-12-02 07:51|| 2007-12-02 07:51|| Front Page Top

#6 This coming from the country that arrested Pinochet based on a warrant from a country utterly uninvolved in any of the accusations against him?

I love ya, Britain, but in this case, fuck off.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2007-12-02 08:20|| 2007-12-02 08:20|| Front Page Top

#7 A senior lawyer for the American government has told the Court of Appeal in London that kidnapping foreign citizens is permissible under American law because the US Supreme Court has sanctioned it.

I'm sure that wasn't what he said.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2007-12-02 08:47|| 2007-12-02 08:47|| Front Page Top

#8 Only Iranian pirates can kidnap British sailors w/impunity.

Posted by regular joe 2007-12-02 11:24|| 2007-12-02 11:24|| Front Page Top

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