Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, wanted by police on rape charges [update - warrant withdrawn]

Expressen (Swedish daily) ^ | 21 August, 2010 | Diamant Salihu and Niklas Svensson

[ScaniaBoy]

(The article and other links, see below, are all in Swedish. So far international media has not reacted. But it will not be long....)

Julian Assange is wanted by Swedish police on probable grounds suspected of rape. Two women 20 and 30 years old contacted the police on Friday.

[grey_whiskers]

Whoopi Goldberg was unavailable for comment.

[grey_whiskers]

He does look "deeply saddened".

Cheers!

[crosslink]

The new CIA both male and female spooks, this is hilarious. Good work

[Darkwolf377]

I noticed Italy and Russia are rather large in those maps—what gives? Anti-Australian bias? :P

[WaterBoard]

1st the lie about the charges on the Wikileaks twitter feed but now they admit they exist:

“Julian Assange: the charges are without basis and their issue at this moment is deeply disturbing. about 1 hour ago via bitly”

http://twitter.com/wikileaks

[Candor7]

2 women, they know each other, connected through Wiki assignments to the perp, seperate alleged incidents in womens apartments, complaints separately lodged with police, arrest warrant issued.

[cmj328]

What nationality?

[crosslink]

The twin honey pot to establish patten, brilliant especially in a country like this as you always get one strike but then they hammer you if they can prove a pattern. I am smiling with pride.

[anniegetyourgun]

I hope he rots in wiki-jail.

[Candor7]

He will not be a fugitie unless he returns to Sweden. For him to be a fugitive in Europe, Sweden has to have his arrest warrant sent to Interpol.

The grils can sue in his country of principle residence for a civil remedy.

[synbad600]

Another view point:

I read that re: rape, sex is the weapon. Something like that.

(((shrug)))

[Ronbo1948]

YOU GOT IT! This from today’s UK Telegraph:

“Supporters of Mr Assange believe he has been the victim of a smear campaign to discredit him. The Wikileaks Twitter page dismissed the assault claims, which first appeared in Sweden’s Expressen newspaper, as “dirty tricks”.”

Leftard reactions are so easy to predict :-)

[Candor7]

I do not know his nationality. Its a bit dicey in Europe.He might have several.

[cmj328]

Not his, the women’s.

[Ronbo1948]

Indeed! Most leftists are psychopaths.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

Although it is an “enjoyable” headline to wake up to. It is a little to “convenient” for me. I smell “setup” especially with the “reaction” of the news media.

[jiggyboy]

Yes? And?

BTW, “joined-on” policing is the stupidest and possibly the most juvenile fakery on FR.

[Enchante]

I’ve seen him referred to as Australian several times

Of course he might have found a way to have more than one passport

The timing does seem incredible but we’ll have to see how this plays out

We already knew he’s a scumbag - just didn’t know that he would be raping women while in the midst of his anti-American, anti-civilization campaign..... but it shouldn’t really surprise

[mainsail that]

"Assange spent time with one of the women at an apartment in Södermalm in Stockholm on Saturday night, while he met the other women in the nearby town of Enköping, according to Expressen."

[manc]

he’s a homosexual right?

Either way the charges are big coincidence and I prefer to not play the homosexuals/far left word game, they’re not gay they’re homosexuals