Julian Assange
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Swedish rape warrant for Wikileaks’ Assange withdrawn
21 August, 2010 – BBC News Sweden has cancelled an arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on accusations of rape and molestation. The Swedish Prosecution Authority website said the chief prosecutor had come to the decision that Mr Assange was not suspected of rape but did not give any further explanation. The warrant was… Continue reading
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BBC News – Wikileaks founder Julian Assange accused of rape
wedish authorities say they have issued an arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, on accusations of rape and molestation. Wikileaks, criticised for leaking Afghan war documents, quoted him saying the charges were ‘without basis’. Continue reading
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BBC News – Wikileaks founder Julian Assange accused of rape
wedish authorities say they have issued an arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, on accusations of rape and molestation. Wikileaks, criticised for leaking Afghan war documents, quoted him saying the charges were ‘without basis’. Continue reading
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BBC News – Filmmaker Moore gives to fund for Wikileaks accused
Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore has donated $5,000 (£3,900) to help defend Army Spc Bradley Manning, the man suspected of giving classified documents to the website Wikileaks. Continue reading
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Why Wikileaks Must Be Protected By John Pilger
Wikileaks released thousands of secret US military files on the war in Afghanistan. Cover-ups, a secret assassination unit and the killing of civilians are documented. In file after file, the brutalities echo the colonial past. From Malaya and Vietnam to Bloody Sunday and Basra, little has changed. Continue reading
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Hidden Intelligence Operation Behind the Wikileaks Release of “Secret” Documents? F. William Engdahl
The naming of Gul today as a key liaison to the Afghan ‘Taliban’ forms part of a larger pattern of US and British recent efforts to demonize the current Pakistan regime as a key part of the problems in Afghanistan. Such a demonization greatly boosts the position of recent US military ally, India. Furthermore, Pakistan… Continue reading
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On Wikileaks (III): “We’d like his cooperation…” By Arthur Silber
1 August, 2010 — Once Upon a Time… Within the next few days, I will publish a detailed analysis of the criticisms of Wikileaks and the latest release of Afghanistan documents offered, not by conservative/rightwing bastards like Varadarajan (discussed in the last section of this article), but by what we might call the “radical left.”… Continue reading
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Wikileaks, Resistance, Genuine Heroes, and Breaking the Goddamned Rules (I) By Arthur Silber
27 July, 2010 — Once Upon a Time… The other day, I offered some observations about the Wikileaks story and the latest release of a huge number of documents. My comments were focused very narrowly: I wanted to highlight the great heroism of those who run Wikileaks and are otherwise involved in these continuing leaks… Continue reading
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Wikileaks Afghanistan Latest Stories 28 July – 2 August, 2010
A digest of stories on the Wikileaks Afghanistan documents Continue reading
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Wikileaks Afghanistan Latest Stories 27-28 July, 2010
28 July, 2010 Oil leaks = wikileaks by Roxanne Amico WikiLeaks Documents Expose Obama’s Brutal Afghan War, White House Blames the Messengers Comment on More of Lara Logan’s Media Criticism by Tweets that mention FAIR Blog » Blog Archive » More of Lara Logan’s Media Criticism — Topsy.com Afghanistan war experts re-up strategy for war… Continue reading
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Wikileaks Files raise questions over civilian casualties
As news emerges of 45 civilians killed in a rocket attack by Nato-led forces last week, Channel 4 News investigates Wikileaks US military “secret” reports which suggest a disparity between UN and US civilian casualty figures. Continue reading
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An aggregation of stories on the Wikileaks Afghanistan Exposé 27 July, 2010
Massive leak of secret files exposes truth of occupation + Interviews with Julian Assange an aggregation of links 25-27 July, 2010 Continue reading
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TRUTH RISES AGAIN: WIKILEAKS SHREDS SECRECY OF THE AFGHAN WAR
This unprecedented challenge to the Pentagon and the war us much bigger, more inportant and deeper than the Pentagon Papers which was a secret history of the Vietnam war. Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg was one of their influences and supporters. (I see this release also a tribute to the life and work of journalist… Continue reading
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Frontline Club, London: Afghan leak: Wikileaks Julian Assange tells all
Following the release of more than 90,000 classified military documents on the Wikileaks whistle-blowing site the Frontline Club is delighted to announce that the site’s founder Julian Assange will be taking part in a special event at the Frontline Club this Tuesday evening. Continue reading
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Afghan leak: Wikileaks Julian Assange tells all
It is one of the biggest security breaches in US military history. As 200,000 secret US military documents go public, Channel 4 News speaks exclusively to founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange about the Afghan war logs. Continue reading
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Secret files: Wikileaks reveals ‘unseen war’
The extraordinary leak made public by whistleblowers’ website Wikileaks has lifted the lid on more than 90,000 US military documents involving classified information direct from the battlefield in Afghanistan. It is the US army’s secret war diary – 200,000 pages of it – written by soldiers on the frontline. Continue reading