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Starman
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Sweden
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 Posted - 08/23/2010 : 04:22:27
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in web furore over Swedish rape claim| The Swedish Prosecution Authority todaysaid an "on-call" prosecutor issued an arrest warrant for Assange late on Friday, only to see it revoked the next day by a higher-ranked prosecutor who found no grounds to suspect him of rape. |
Rape warrant against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange cancelledAssange wrote: "The charges are without basis and their issue at this moment is deeply disturbing."
Earlier postings on the Twitter account implied the accusations were part of a dirty tricks campaign against the Wikileaks founder, who has been strongly criticised by the Pentagon. |
Seems very convenient.
Thoughts?
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9688 Posts |
Posted - 08/23/2010 : 06:55:48 [Permalink]
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Of course it's the Pentagon behind it. The guy needs to be discredited whatever the cost.
It's not paranoia is they are really out to get you. Seriously, the fact that the arrest warrant was revoked the very next speaks volumes. We need to have an investigation into if the first prosecutor was tricked or coerced into issue that arrest in the first place. It smells fishy to high heaven.
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 08/23/2010 : 07:09:01 [Permalink]
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| Well I here assange is on "Team Edward", AKA "Team Commie Pinko Traitor"! |
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Starman
SFN Regular
Sweden
1613 Posts |
 Posted - 08/24/2010 : 07:13:43 [Permalink]
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I don't think we can call this a conspiracy at this moment. A superstar with inflated ego seems to be a better explanation at this point.
One of the accusers seems to be a Swedish politician who invited Assange to a seminar and worked pro bono for him during his visit to Sweden.
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9688 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2010 : 11:00:20 [Permalink]
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| I haven't read anything more about it in Swedish media yet. Something a coworker said about it made me think this was more a case of misunderstanding. |
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energyscholar
New Member
USA
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Posted - 10/01/2012 : 16:29:44 [Permalink]
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| Hey, if and when people on this forum (Skeptic Friends Network) want to know more about this topic (Wikileaks, Julian Assange, conspiracies to leak secrets) I would be pleased to share what I know. I have detailed first-hand knowledge of some aspects of these topics. |
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sailingsoul
SFN Addict
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Posted - 10/01/2012 : 19:42:06 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by energyscholar
Hey, if and when people on this forum (Skeptic Friends Network) want to know more about this topic (Wikileaks, Julian Assange, conspiracies to leak secrets) I would be pleased to share what I know. I have detailed first-hand knowledge of some aspects of these topics.
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What do you know your willing to share? You might want to tread lightly until you know the room, just saying. Welcome to SFN, energyscholar. |
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On fire for Christ
SFN Regular
Norway
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Posted - 10/02/2012 : 01:25:09 [Permalink]
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| What were the exact circumstances of this rape? I heard differing accounts. |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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Posted - 10/02/2012 : 12:00:51 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by On fire for Christ
What were the exact circumstances of this rape? I heard differing accounts.
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There usually are during these circumstances.
Also there are aparently two cases, but I've only read details about one of them:
Assange and Sofia (one of the women accusing him of rape) had protected sex several times before the situation where they had sex without condom. It wasn't until three days later upon insistance from her friends she decided that the last intercourse was rape.
During her statements to the police (on which the first prosecutor decided to not charge Assange), she herself describes the situation like Assange nagged her into having unprotected sex. Nowhere in the protocols does she say he forced her.
An analysis of Sofia's statements to the police can be read in this link (original in Swedish, I couldn't get a link from SFN though Google Translate, so you'll have to plug it in yourself manually. The machine translation is fair, but consistently mis-translate the Swedish word for sex as the word 'six' because they are homonyms.) |
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Dave W.
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Assange Arrest Warrant
