US sends pre-emptive warrant to Ireland to stop Snowden flight refuelling there

Post by tptacek » Sat, Jul 06, 2013, 5:14 AM UTC

tzs wrote: post #57

grecy wrote: post #33

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> just harboring him around at the transit zone. Russia are not harboring him because he's not in Russia, he's in an international transit lounge and therefore not actually in any country. It has always shocked me that US airports don't have this concept, it must be the only major world transport hub that doesn't.

> Russia are not harboring him because he's not in Russia, he's in an international transit lounge and therefore not actually in any country. That's a widespread myth. Russia owns, and exercises control over, the transit area. If someone inside the transit area is wanted on a Russian arrest warrant (or whatever their equivalent is), Russian authorities will go in and get them. All a transit area really is is a small…

It's a myth (I agree) that Russia is exploiting. Countries claim their "transit zones" aren't their soil when it suits them, and don't when it doesn't.

Post by Spearchucker » Sat, Jul 06, 2013, 2:22 PM UTC

hnriot wrote: post #43

Spearchucker wrote: post #32

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Serious question: just how do you figure the US can close that tax loophole (it's law, so not a scam)? Did you know that it only works when money is routed through the Netherlands? And from there to the Caribbean or elsewhere? You're stretching it, implying the US can sway lawmakers abroad.

haha, how naive.

Not so sure. Those tax breaks are designed to benefit the Irish economy. When your nation can't eat, would you side with a foreign government?

Also, if they toilet their economy, who do you think will bail them out? You're aware that they're part of the EU, right?

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