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Wikileaks: "siege" on Ecuadorian embassy shows Americans "gave tacit approval" to Libya attack

Whistleblowing organisation later deletes offending tweet.

By New Statesman Published 13 September 2012 8:00

The Ecuadorian embassy in London. Photo: Getty

The "siege" on the Ecuadorian embassy in London contributed to the attack on the US embassy in Libya which left the American ambassador dead, Wikileaks claimed yesterday.

Around 11pm last night, the @wikileaks account tweeted:

After the comment provoked a negative reaction, it was deleted and replaced with:

By the US accepting the UK threat to storm the Ecuadorian embassy in London it helped to normalize attacks on embassies.

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) September 12, 2012

This was followed minutes later by:

By the UK threatening to breach the Ecuadorian embassy in London it helped to normalize attacks on embassies, in general. It must retract.

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) September 12, 2012

This was followed by an explanation that the word "tacit" was "rare" and was "being misinterpreted"

We have deleted and rephrased a previous tweet with the word 'tacit' in it, since the word is rare and was being misinterpreted.

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) September 12, 2012

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6 comments

Thu, 2012-09-13 15:55 — ubicaritas (not verified)

omg - don't you ever give up?

Just what is the point of this two bit post ? Is it journalism? Is it a serious contribution to debating the weighty matters The New Statesman used to be concerned with? The header doesn't even represent the tweet correctly.

We have bought and subscribed to the (at times) wonderful NS since the 1970s, but this unbelievable tabloid personality cult obsession with the undermining of JA, WikiLeaks, and anyone who rejoices at the sign of hope they are, is, at best, downright silly and annoying, and, at worst, a frightening demonstration of how a valuable publication of dissent now swims with all the rest in that oh so narrow stream of msm consciousness.

In a week when we have had another reminder of the nastiness of the worst of them, this stuff is just shitty and stupid - please drop it!

Really a tragedy, and as a long standing reader, I regret this.

Thu, 2012-09-13 18:57 — disheartened (not verified)

Hear! Hear! If only David Allen Green and The New Statesman spent more time campaigning (say) against the crimes revealed by Wikileaks or the injustices of Guantanamo and less time on this unseemly spat with Julian Assange

Thu, 2012-09-13 18:53 — triggerfilter (not verified)

hear hear

Thu, 2012-09-13 09:06 — tim footman (not verified)

"It's not our fault, guv, it's all those thickies who don't speak Latin."

Priceless.

Thu, 2012-09-13 08:53 — Objectiviser (not verified)

A handful of other interesting wikileaks tweets can be found here: wikiwatchers.org.uk/wikitweets. Warning - extreme and graphic violence, and trigger warnings on some of the links that have been posted.