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2013-08-03 Africa Subsaharan

American diplomat kills man in car crash in Kenya, flees country

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-08-03 01:39|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Don't bother, it's dead.

Joshua Walde | LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com/pub/joshua-walde/10/673/3a7Information Management Officer at U.S. · Government Administration · Kenya
Joshua Walde. Experience: Information Management Officer, Embassy of the United States, Zagreb, Croatia; Information Management Officer for EUR-IO/EX, U.S.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-08-03 03:51|| 2013-08-03 03:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Another model DoS career diplomatic service worker that endears Kenyans to the US. Great work.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2013-08-03 04:01|| 2013-08-03 04:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Perhaps he can also get a job at Russia Social Media firm VK.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-08-03 04:10|| 2013-08-03 04:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Next time a drunken foreign diplo kills here just shrug it off or prepare to respect reciprocity. Lot more opportunity here for offing citizens. Oops, that terms banned in Seattle. My bad.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-08-03 09:40|| 2013-08-03 09:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Why the need to apply diplomatic immunity in this case?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2013-08-03 10:52|| 2013-08-03 10:52|| Front Page Top

#6 Dip Immunity is not limited to .... Dips.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-08-03 10:58|| 2013-08-03 10:58|| Front Page Top

#7 This is bad business.

Posted by newc 2013-08-03 16:37|| 2013-08-03 16:37|| Front Page Top

#8 This is how we do business, leaving everyone out on the cold. I've personally experienced it, but not to this level, of course. There should be no immunity for reckless behavior, and at least we should pay the family's way until this is sorted out. Probably more.

Posted by gorb 2013-08-03 17:29|| 2013-08-03 17:29|| Front Page Top

#9 There was a case a few years ago here where a diplomat hit and killed someone while drunk. The US requested that his host country revoke his diplomatic immunity, which they did.

We should do the same, if asked. Diplomatic immunity is supposed to be so that diplomats aren't arrested on trumped up charges, not so actual offenders can escape consequences.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2013-08-03 19:22|| 2013-08-03 19:22|| Front Page Top

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