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merraksh
on July 1, 2013
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Statement from Edward Snowden in Moscow
If anything, some Western European country (Germany the clearest candidate) might offer Snowden asylum. Unlikely though.
sneak
on July 1, 2013
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Germany might not be the best choice:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_El-Masri
merraksh
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I don't understand. It seems Khalid was arrested (for having the same name as an al Qaeda trainer) while in Macedonia, then tortured by the CIA in Afghanistan. From the Wikipedia article, it seems Germany was not involved in the abduction.
blkhawk
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the main problem was that german politicans refused to help him in a timely fashion. The german interior minister was informed about his abduction.
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