One of two Swiss Rachid Hamdani, the other Swiss
Göldi's surrender avoided escalating a confrontation that has drawn in governments across Europe.
In Brussels, Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger said the police had threatened to storm the embassy if Tripoli's ultimatum to hand over the two men was not heeded, and many European Union ambassadors had gone to the building "to show solidarity".
There is historical precedent where Western powers respected the sanctity of a Libyan embassy even though an act of war was committed by said embassy. Even the Soviet Union respected Western Embassies.
Gaddafi is testing what he will get away with and the message we (all Western Nations) are sending him is that he will not face any sort of punishment whatever he might do. This won't end well.