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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange accused of rape in Stockholm
and I just heard this on the BBC 6music as well
article here
http://www.thelocal.se/28496/20100821/
this is VERY suspicious
Swedish press & Police NEVER go public with names of accused - it's actually a rather frustrating feature of Swedish life
eg, last week the Police were calling on public help to track down an escaped peadophile murderer who was serving life for raping then strangling an 8 year old boy and yet, in line with protocol, they refused to declare the man's name, release a photograph or even a photofit.
Seems like a stitch up, especially when you read this;
"The release of over 91,000 classified documents, the so-called Afghan War Diary, on July 25th has led to US military and government officials to argue that the organization is a danger to the Afghanistan mission and to the safety of US troops and Afghan civilians.
On Thursday afternoon Pentagon spokesperson Geoff Morell called on WikiLeaks to return all of the classified documents in their possession and permanently delete them from the website.
"If doing the right thing is not good enough for them them we will figure out other alternatives we have to compel them to do the right thing," Morell said, but did not specify what these alternatives may be. "