From: William Gladys <william.gladys@tiscali.co.uk>
Date: Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 5:07 PM
Subject: Fw: WikiLeaks: net closes on Julian Assange as Scotland Yard receive full arrest papers
To: world_Politics@googlegroups.com
Cc: Al-Hilal <Al-Hilal@sky.com>
Wikileaks
WikiLeaks: net closes on Julian Assange as Scotland Yard receive full arrest papers
Scotland Yard has received the paperwork required to arrest Julian Assange as the net tightens on the WikiLeaks founder.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange Photo: EPA
4:07PM GMT 06 Dec 2010
A fresh European Arrest Warrant has been issued by the authorities in Sweden where he is wanted for questioning over claims of sexual assault.
Mark Stephens, who represents the 39-year-old Australian former computer hacker, said he would fight any move to extradite his client.
But the move means there is no longer any legal impediment to holding Mr Assange and making him appear before City of Westminster Magistrates' Court.
Mr Assange is believed to be in hiding in south-east England as the latest WikiLeaks publications fuel global uproar.
Prosecutors in Sweden issued a warrant for his arrest last month but it could not be enforced because of a technical blunder.
The Australian's details were also added to Interpol's most wanted website after a red notice was issued, alerting police worldwide to his outlaw status.
Detectives in Sweden want to question Mr Assange after two women claimed they were sexually attacked when he visited the country in August.
The country's Supreme Court upheld a court order to detain Mr Assange for questioning after he appealed against two lower court rulings.
Mr Stephens has denounced the move in Sweden as a "political stunt" and said he would fight extradition on the grounds that Mr Assange could then be handed to the US.
He said police know where his client is and should arrange for an interview by consent instead of a "show trial".
The solicitor added: "I am rather worried by the political motivations that appear to be behind this.
"It doesn't escape me that Sweden was one of those lick-spittle states which used its resources and facilities for rendition flights."
The sex case is Mr Assange's most pressing legal issue, but may not be his last as several countries chew over the impact of his diplomatic cable disclosures.
He has come under growing pressure after his WikiLeaks site started publishing excerpts from a cache of 250,000 secret messages.
Former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has described him as "an anti-American operative with blood on his hands". (Blood on his hands? That's rich coming from a US politician who supports America's bloody Imperial aggression world wide.William Gladys.)
Senior Republican Mike Huckabee said that "anything less than execution is too kind a penalty". (Typical example of yet more Yankie extremism.William Gladys.)
Meanwhile WikiLeaks has been forced to move to a Swiss host after being dumped by US internet companies as it comes under siege from a series of cyber attacks.
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