Ecuador has said Britain threatened to send police into the embassy

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6. You're about three weeks behind on your news reading, Zorra:

It's true that Ecuador at one time did accuse the UK of threatening to raid their embassy. But the UK said Ecuador had misunderstood. A few days of diplomatic excitement followed

But about three weeks ago, Correa said "We consider this unfortunate incident over" -- which simply means that Ecuador will not be making the claim again

So you're flogging a corpse

Britain has withdrawn a threat to enter Ecuador's embassy in London to arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange who has taken refuge there, President Rafael Correa said on Saturday, taking the heat out of the diplomatic standoff.

"We consider this unfortunate incident over, after a grave diplomatic error by the British in which they said they would enter our embassy," Correa said in a weekly media address.

In a statement, Ecuador's government said it had received "a communication from the British Foreign Office which said that there was no threat to enter the embassy" ...

Ecuador says Britain withdraws threat to raid embassy in Assange standoff
Source: Reuters
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/08/25/uk-wikileaks-assange-ecuador-idUKBRE87O0EV20120825
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