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		alex_hitchins on Dec 25, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Julian Assange: Why I Founded WikiLeaks So why don't they enter the embassy and extricate him forcibly then?

revscat on Dec 25, 2014 [–]

My guess is because this is a highly visible incident, and doing so would violate the deeply entrenched norms regarding the sovereignty of embassies. The blowback would be severe. Assange is also white and not a Muslim.

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