Greens call for expulsion of US troops following abduction
Responding to reports that the US ignored a Scottish court order and “abducted two people from Scotland”, the Scottish Greens have called for the expulsion of US troops from their de-facto base at Scottish Government-owned Prestwick airport.
The party’s co-leader, Ross Greer, said:
“It very much looks like the US Government has abducted two people from Scotland in the middle of the night, hours after our highest court ordered that they not be removed.
“This is a grave violation of our sovereignty. Foreign militaries cannot be allowed to kidnap people from Scottish territory.
“Trump’s US is a rogue state with a contempt for international law. It is not our ally and cannot be trusted.
“It's time for John Swinney to evict American troops from their de-facto base at Scottish Government-owned Prestwick airport and block them from using any publicly owned assets in Scotland.”