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Wikileaks Julian Assange: Afghans Aiding U.S. Are Traitors (Media Ignores)
Friday, August 13, 2010 | Kristinn

Posted on 08/13/2010 9:59:12 AM PDT by kristinn

Wikileaks mastermind Julian Assange let slip his terrorist sympathies during an Internet conference held Thursday where he announced plans to release 15,000 more classified Pentagon documents on the war in Afghanistan, following on the group's previous release of 76,000 Pentagon computer files on the war.

The Australian Assange, speaking via Skype from an undisclosed location to a gathering at the Frontline Club in London, called Afghans helping the United States fight al Qaeda and the Taliban traitors who should be outed. Wikileaks has come under criticism from Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders for releasing the classified Pentagon documents without redacting the names of Afghans who have given information or worked with the U.S. in support of the war.

Assange's calling anti-al Qaeda and Taliban Afghans traitors comes after the Taliban publicly threatened those named in the Wikileaks files with 'punishment.'

Speaking by telephone from an undisclosed location, Zabihullah Mujahid told Channel 4 News that the insurgent group will investigate the named individuals before deciding on their fate.

"We are studying the report," he said, confirming that the insurgent group already has access to the 92,000 intelligence documents and field reports.

"We knew about the spies and people who collaborate with US forces. We will investigate through our own secret service whether the people mentioned are really spies working for the US. If they are US spies, then we know how to punish them."

...The Taliban regularly executes those accused of collaborating. Methods of execution include public hangings, beheadings, shootings and in one recent incident, strapping two alleged traitors to explosives before detonating them in public.

The Wall Street Journal was the only outlet to report on Assange's pro-terrorist remarks:

He expressed some ambivalence about the need to protect Afghans who have helped the U.S. military. "We are not obligated to protect other people's sources," including sources of "spy organizations or militaries," unless it is from "unjust retribution," he said, adding that the Afghan public "should know about" people who have engaged in "genuinely traitorous" acts.

Also yesterday, the Australian government revealed the Obama administration has not asked it to arrest or restrict Assange's travels abroad:

On Thursday (AEST), Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said the US administration had not asked him to consider pressing criminal charges against Assange.

"I have not had representations made to me about the matters you refer to," Mr Smith said in answer to a question at the National Press Club in Canberra.

Nor had the US asked Australia to restrict Assange's passport, he said.

The Journal also reported that Assange fears being arrested by the U.S. and appears to have taken steps to disguise himself:

Mr. Assange said he still fears that the U.S. is trying to have him arrested for publishing the classified documents. He was meant to appear in person at the panel discussion about the media at London's Frontline Club, but dialed in by Skype instead. Asked by an audience member for his current location, he said "no comment." He appeared to have dyed his trademark white hair brown, and to have cut it in a close crop.

However, Assange recently said that he has sources inside the Obama administration feeding him information to keep him safe:

"In terms of returning to the United States I don't know. Our sources advise from inside the US government that there were thoughts of whether I could be charged as a co-conspirator to espionage, which is serious.

"That doesn't seem to be the thinking within the United States any more however there is the other possibility of being detained as a material witness and being kept either in confinement or not being allowed to leave the country until the Manning case is concluded."


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: assange; espionage; hateamericaleft; julianassange; military; obama; obamunism; palin; sociopath; taliban; wikileaks; wot
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1 posted on 08/13/2010 9:59:16 AM PDT by kristinn
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To: kristinn
Gee, no surprise here. $100 to the first Marine to put a boot up this fairy's a$$.

Thanks for the kristinn.

2 posted on 08/13/2010 10:04:58 AM PDT by Eagles6 ( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck.)
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To: kristinn

He truly needs to be carbombed


3 posted on 08/13/2010 10:05:09 AM PDT by RadioCirca1970 (Victory or Death in the War on Terror)
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To: kristinn

OOPS! = Thanks for the info kristinn.


4 posted on 08/13/2010 10:07:17 AM PDT by Eagles6 ( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck.)
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To: RadioCirca1970

CIA SOG/SAG needs to be en route to this asswipe RFN.


5 posted on 08/13/2010 10:07:51 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (FORGET the lawyers...first kill the "journalists". (Die Ritter der Kokosnuss))
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To: RadioCirca1970

CIA SOG/SAG needs to be en route to this asswipe RFN.


6 posted on 08/13/2010 10:07:51 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (FORGET the lawyers...first kill the "journalists". (Die Ritter der Kokosnuss))
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To: kristinn

Surely someone in our DOD can take this pipsqueak out. We have killed better men for less in the past.

Don’t be surprised if this clown expires during an auto-erotic suffocation incident.


7 posted on 08/13/2010 10:08:02 AM PDT by Truth is a Weapon (If I weren't afraid of the feds, I would refer to Obama as our "undocumented POTUS")
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To: naturalman1975
A couple Good Mates need to pay Julian Assange a visit and treat him to some Outback Counseling.
8 posted on 08/13/2010 10:08:42 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: kristinn

How long will it take before Oz deals with their own?


9 posted on 08/13/2010 10:09:27 AM PDT by Franklin Wright (In the spirit of "Restoring Honor" I'm now posting under my real name.)
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To: RadioCirca1970

Even though the Obama administration isn’t interested in doing what is necessary, Afghan tribes whose members are harmed by Wikileaks may mete out justice to Assange by long distance.


10 posted on 08/13/2010 10:10:14 AM PDT by kristinn (Since Jul 31, 1998)
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Huh. Now that he’s officially, publicly allied himself with a political/military faction, and has undertaken espionage operations to aid that faction and do harm to his enemy ... can we declare him a combatant? The Geneva Conventions may permit this. Even if they do not, perhaps there is customary law enabling retaliation?


11 posted on 08/13/2010 10:14:39 AM PDT by Caesar Soze
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To: kristinn

He should be declared a terrorist and his name put on the list for targeted strike. A bounty on his head might also make him sleep a little better at night also. And where the hell is the pentagon’s cyberwarfare unit on this. Can’t they just take his website down or even the ISP that allows it to be running.


12 posted on 08/13/2010 10:16:18 AM PDT by Always Independent
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To: Eagles6

Doctor D1’s diagnosis:

Nothing wrong with this guy a little tap, from a thousand yards by a national security representative, couldn’t cure.

He just needs a little TLC.


13 posted on 08/13/2010 10:18:31 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (It's not Rs vs Ds you dimwits. It's Cs vs Ls. Cut the crap & lets build for success, not failure.)
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To: Always Independent

How about tracing his Skype call from yesterday?


14 posted on 08/13/2010 10:19:39 AM PDT by Dacula (So long and thanks for all fish.)
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To: Always Independent
No, you cannot "just take his website down." Any attack on WL's primary server just means traffic will go to the mirrors instead, more mirrors will be created (cf. Streisand effect), and Assange will release the key to his "insurance" ciphertext.
15 posted on 08/13/2010 10:19:56 AM PDT by Caesar Soze
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To: Caesar Soze

He will do it anyway. How many can he afford to put up?


16 posted on 08/13/2010 10:24:09 AM PDT by Always Independent
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To: kristinn
Put a 10m bounty on his head or for information leading to his arrest.
17 posted on 08/13/2010 10:25:11 AM PDT by Vision ("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)
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To: kristinn
I wonder if the Afghans have their own version of Jack Bauer. We don't.
18 posted on 08/13/2010 10:27:11 AM PDT by McGruff (How's that Hopey Changey thingy workin for ya?)
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To: Vision

This country has too many freedoms.


19 posted on 08/13/2010 10:27:23 AM PDT by Stayfrosty
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To: kristinn

Collusion at the highest levels of gubamint?

He says he has a duty to release this info.

Apparently some in the WH agree..


20 posted on 08/13/2010 10:27:28 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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