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Ecuador does not discard asylum for Syrian president Bashsar al Asad

Tuesday, December 11th 2012 - 06:01 UTC
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Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa does not discard granting political asylum to Syrian president Bahsar al Asad and confirmed that a diplomatic envoy from that government recently visited Quito, according to an interview with the Brazilian media. Read full article

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  • bushpilot

    Pssst! Julian. How's it going in there? Ecuador is really making things happen for you, aren't they?

    Dec 11th, 2012 - 10:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • GALlamosa

    How much dosh does Assad have to prove his worthiness.

    Dec 11th, 2012 - 11:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Captain Poppy

    Ecuador....where all criminals eventually go

    Dec 11th, 2012 - 11:14 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • briton

    you just could not make it up,

    it seems ecuador is fast becomeing haven for all unwanteds in this world,

    but,,lolol
    will he take in CFK when the argies kick her out .??

    Dec 11th, 2012 - 11:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Pirate Love

    nothing like a vote of confidence for asad from “The Latam Warden”, just make sure you bring your wallet asad you will need it to keep your beautiful wife safe.

    What is ecuador trying to prove? they have influence? hahahaha or they need money regardless how they get it? or as i suspect they are showing off to other backward banana republics by acting important and thinking they are sticking it to the west again.

    Ecuador you are nothing on the world stage other than a huge prison, never have been anything, and will remain so!

    Good news crustina? Ecuador are taking criminals and they arent fussy either.

    Dec 11th, 2012 - 12:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • andy65

    Dirty Cristina Kirchner must be feeling a little happier knowing there is a bolt hole for her WHEN not IF shes booted out-MAXIMO to

    Dec 11th, 2012 - 12:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Idlehands

    This would have been a laudable idea to prevent a civil war.....over a year ago.

    Now it is just offering to harbour a mass murderer that has lost the battle. It's far too late for amnesty for Assad.

    Dec 11th, 2012 - 01:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conqueror

    @1 Things aren't going well for Julian. There was a piece in the Guardian the other day. He came over as a real nutter. Not that he didn't before. Isn't it strange to think that, if he hadn't run into the Ecuadorian flat, it could all be over now?

    Dec 11th, 2012 - 01:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Shed-time

    Julian Assange is a concretisation of the idiom 'making one's own bed'.

    Dec 11th, 2012 - 02:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Britworker

    South America maintaining the tradition of providing safe refuge for the worlds dirt bags.

    Dec 11th, 2012 - 02:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Shed-time

    @10
    ∂Sh!t + Sh1t ≈ Sh|t.

    Dec 11th, 2012 - 03:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Captain Poppy

    We have quite a few prisoners that would love to make equador there new home.
    How about presidente corrupto......want a population increase?

    julian assange....the unsong hero.....lol. His 15 minutes of fame has long ended and the world long forgot him.

    Dec 11th, 2012 - 03:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conqueror

    @12 I hope not. We don't want him. We shouldn't have to suffer his presence. He contaminates our air. Why don't the Australians want him?

    Dec 11th, 2012 - 03:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conor J

    Is this guy a retard or is it just me?

    Dec 11th, 2012 - 04:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • reality check

    Extract from Metpol Police Log
    Ucuadorian Emabassy Tuesday 11th Dececember, 1012.

    0900hrs. removal van arrives outside premises, two males seen to unload a large box marked “Bunk Beds” and convey them iside. Empty packaging ackaging searched on leaving premises, no sign of suspect found, one male reports suspect seen using laptop, apparently learning Arabic. NFA taken.

    Dec 11th, 2012 - 04:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • GFace

    @11, Oh, I think we can dispense with limit theory, derivatives and partials to describe the Assad or any flirtations they may have with Ecuador... We're at brute force wet beer napkin capital Delta's! Even Winokur is trying to deny her drooling over Asma (who is so noxious even my autocorrect feature doesn't want to spell her name!). But seriously though I suspect the question hit him out of the blue, is it me or is Correa trying to become the poster child for visibility=validation fallacy? As as the saying goes, “all we're gonna see is your a$$h0le.”

    @1/@8/@9/@12 Australia at one point mentioned that they were resigned to his eventual extradition “their” Julian to Sweden and even went I think as far as accepting that he may be extradited to the US. But all in all, I think the Ecuadorian consular staff is probably trying to find ways to trick him to run to the corner store to run a couple errands for them the next time he leaves his deoderant on the kitchen-galley sink or plays “cool jazz” without headphones, a la the way-long Penn Gillette skit.

    Dec 11th, 2012 - 05:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Gordo1

    @14 Yes, he is a retard!

    Dec 11th, 2012 - 08:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Mendoza Canadian

    Once they are all in one place, it will be easier to just “remove” them...

    Dec 12th, 2012 - 10:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0

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