the embassy. However, the Metropolitan Police may be preparing to deal with angry supporters if Assange emerges and is arrested. @Grassy Noel: Libya under Gaddafi had shown its willingness to commit acts of international terrorism. The risks of pissing them off were judged to be too great. Ecuador is a peaceful nation that can safely be trodden on. . There is a clear analogy with the incentives created by the invasion of Iraq here. Don't want to get invaded by the likes of the USA and UK? Don't get caught napping like relatively unarmed Iraq! Get yourself some real weapons of mass destruction so the imperial powers won't risk attacking you. . If a bully is allowed to stroll around the playground beating up the weak kids, everyone will come to school carrying a knife. 'I hope to have more information soon on the threats used by the US administration.' 'more' ? You have yet to provide us with any. If you are going to engage in conspiracy theories -- that could indeed be credible -- then provide some evidence. . It's you who's being witless Esfandiah.Read again what Craig wrote."More information" is simply that:relating to the threats mentioned without necessarily defining them one can still employ the term "more" in a general sense.You're simply selectively mis-interpreting the semantics to suit your own skewed interpretation. Dear Sir, The British government has chosen a psychotic cowboy government as its friend. Keep in mind, it was the British colonists in America kicking