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seems disproportional, as the plot was to blow up the Saudi ambassador, not a US target.

Posted by znufrii Oct 12 '11, 12:23

But I'll admit I'm not entirely clear on how the issues of sovreignity would work in that case.

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In a DC restaurant with hundreds as collateral damage, plus the embasies - OAE Oct 12, 12:24 2
- I can see that being cause for us to be really *really* pissed off, and it certainly being an act of war against our allies. - znufrii Oct 12, 12:38 1
  - a bomb on our sovereign territory, yes. -- nm - loosilu Oct 12, 12:41
in the US. -- nm - loosilu Oct 12, 12:24 7
- hence my unsureness in the IM regarding issues of sovreignity - znufrii Oct 12, 12:31 6
  - Ont the grounds of the embassy would likely be an attack on the country of the embassy. - Mel Profit Oct 12, 12:38
  - Contrary to popular belief, embassies are not foreign soil. They are the sovereign territory of the host country. -- nm - loosilu Oct 12, 12:37 4
    - I did not know that. - znufrii Oct 12, 12:40 1
      - See article 22. Local law enforcement forswears the right to enter. Diplomats are protected. That's all. The ground is not transmuted into - loosilu Oct 12, 12:42
    - I sit corrected again! -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 12, 12:38 1
      - There are restrictions, such as law enforcement cannot enter the grounds without permission. -- nm - loosilu Oct 12, 12:39

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