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pinto

(106,886 posts)
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 12:00 PM Sep 2012

I may be mistaken, but doesn't embassy territory, security oversight, etc. end at the boundary?

i.e.the physical boundary of the embassy proper. Beyond that, isn't it the host country's territory and their responsibility to provide security?

Seems to be a long-standing, legally established standard, no? And a distinction that's being overlooked, imo.

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