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Title: Title: Revealed: Assange ‘Rape’ Accuser Linked to Notorious CIA Operative
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Raw Story
URL Source: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/assange-rape-accuser-cia-ties/
Published: Dec 7, 2010
Author: David Edwards
Post Date: 2010-12-07 18:30:23 by Murron
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Views: 19151
Comments: 37
Title: Revealed: Assange ‘Rape’ Accuser Linked to Notorious CIA Operative One of the women accusing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of sex crimes appears to have worked with a group that has connections to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). James D. Catlin, a lawyer who recently represented Assange, said the sex assault investigation into the WikiLeaks founder is based on claims he didn't use condoms during sex with two Swedish women. Swedish prosecutors told AOL News last week that Assange was not wanted for rape as has been reported, but for something called "sex by surprise" or "unexpected sex." One accuser, Anna Ardin, may have "ties to the US-financed anti-Castro and anti-communist groups," according to Israel Shamir and Paul Bennett, writing for CounterPunch. While in Cuba, Ardin worked with the Las damas de blanco (the Ladies in White), a feminist anti-Castro group. Professor Michael Seltzer pointed out that the group is led by Carlos Alberto Montaner who is reportedly connected to the CIA. Shamir and Bennett also describe Ardin as a "leftist" who "published her anti-Castro diatribes (see here and here) in the Swedish-language publication Revista de Asignaturas Cubanas put out by Misceláneas de Cuba." Shamir and Bennett noted that Las damas de blanco is partially funded by the US government and also counts Luis Posada Carriles as a supporter. A declassified 1976 document (.pdf) revealed Posada to be a CIA agent. He has been convicted of terrorist attacks that killed hundreds of people. Ardin is "a gender equity officer at Uppsula University – who chose to associate with a US funded group openly supported by a convicted terrorist and mass murderer," FireDogLake's Kirk James Murphy observed. In August, Assange told Al-Jazeera that the accusations were "clearly a smear campaign." "We have been warned that, for example, the Pentagon is planning on using dirty tricks to destroy our work," Assange told the Swedish daily newspaper Aftonbladet. The WikiLeaks founder said he was told to be careful of "sex traps." Had Assange fallen for one of those traps? "Maybe. Maybe not," he said. Catlin observed that both Ardin and Sofia Wilén, the second accuser, sent SMS messages and tweets boasting of their conquests following the alleged "rapes." "In the case of Ardin it is clear that she has thrown a party in Assange's honour at her flat after the 'crime' and tweeted to her followers that she is with the 'the world’s coolest smartest people, it’s amazing!'" he wrote. "The exact content of Wilén’s mobile phone texts is not yet known but their bragging and exculpatory character has been confirmed by Swedish prosecutors. Niether Wilén’s nor Ardin’s texts complain of rape," Catlin said. Ardin has also published a seven step guide on how to get revenge on cheating boyfriends. When the charges were first leveled in August, Gawker that Ardin was working for the CIA. "If anything, Ardin's outing tends to undercut Assange's conspiracy theory that one of his accusers is a major figure on Sweden's left fringe, freewheelingly indiscreet on her personal blog and, until her charges, an enthusiastic promoter of Assange's visit to the country," Gawker wrote. After Interpol issued a digital "wanted" poster for Assange on Monday morning, an unnamed Scotland Yard source reportedly told Press Association it had been given the documents needed for the arrest. Police would not comment on the report publicly. Several British news outlets speculated that Assange could be arrested as early as Tuesday. On Monday evening, Mark Stephens, Assange's London lawyer, was negotiating with British authorities over an arrest warrant they'd received from their Swedish counterparts. Assange has vowed to fight extradition. 
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Julian Assange & Anna Ardin The person behind the police complaint identified. STOCKHOLM (Rixstep) — The person behind the police complaint against Julian Assange has now been identified. She is Anna Ardin of Gotland, working at the University of Uppsala and residing on Södermalm in Stockholm. Radical Feminist Ardin is a notorious radical feminist - but in a sense not necessarily known much outside Sweden. Feminism in some circles focuses on how men achieve social dominance through sex. Many of these Swedish radical feminists are militant lesbians who use fabricated stories of sexual harassment in an attempt to 'transform' society. Invite to Stockholm It was Ardin who according to her Twitter feed invited Assange to Stockholm. She was briefly appointed his press secretary during his visit. Her name was originally included on the press releases about the WikiLeaks agreement with the Pirate Party but it has since been removed. Ardin has also been busy pruning her Twitter feed and closing down and/or locking her websites and blogs. 'Kräftskiva' The weekend of 15 August starts the season of the crayfish in Sweden. Evidently Julian wanted to attend a Swedish 'kräftskiva' (crayfish party). Ardin purportedly helped with the arrangements. Unlucky Friday 13th for Julian. Newzglobe.com Newzglobe.com claim to have been in contact with the people around Anna Ardin whose name has spread like wildfire in the Swedish blogosphere the past few days. They specifically identify Ardin as the one who filed the police complaint, describing her as the political secretary of the Swedish 'Brotherhood Movement', a fringe group around Sweden's social democrats with decidedly 'cultish' leanings. Newzglobe.com contacted Peter Weiderud, chairman of the 'movement'. 'She's on sick leave', he told Newzglobe.com. Weiderud continues. 'This is all a police matter and it happened in her leisure time. I'm responsible for her health.' Seven Steps to Legal Revenge Ardin is known to have been infatuated with (and have translated) the infamous 'Seven Steps to Legal Revenge' which details how to inflict pain on enemies by getting people to stalk them and by using other nefarious tricks. Ardin ardently believes the patriarchal aspect of Western society is only held in place by the male's ability to rape women.
I think this whole WikiLeaks game is Intel ops related.
I think it all smells to high heaven! It's like a huge diversion, to keep us from focusing on something more sinister that's about to happen....a slight of the hands, we watch the one, while forgetting to keep our eyes on both... LOL...does that make any sense?
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Sure. I think its object is to censor the Internet. The far right is screaming for this puppet's head. If it were real, Assange would have been arrested within 24 hours of the first Wiki posting. The 'case' is being made to censor free speech in this country and I think this is the gambit.
Everything but your spelling of "sleight" Mammy.
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I think this whole WikiLeaks game is Intel ops related.
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...does that make any sense?
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