Thursday, February 05, 2015

UK Spent More Money 'Guarding' Assange than Iraq War Inquiry


U.K. taxpayers have now forked out US$15 million on a two-year-old siege of the Ecuadorean embassy.

The price tag for the United Kingdom's siege of the Ecuadorean embassy in London hit £10 million (US$15 million) Thursday.

A WikiLeaks spokesperson pointed out the cost of the controversial police operation has now exceeded the budget of the country’s Iraq War inquiry. The inquiry was established in 2009 to critique the U.K.'s role in the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. The broad public inquiry is expected to have a final cost of roughly £10 million .... http://www.telesurtv.net