That time when Wikileaks met with Assad
WikiLeaks party meeting with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad condemned by Federal Government
Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop has condemned the WikiLeaks party for sending a delegation to meet with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian president released a Twitter photo on December 23 appearing to show the meeting.
The WikiLeaks delegation reportedly included John Shipton, the father of founder Julian Assange, who is currently the chairman of the WikiLeaks party. Ms Bishop said WikiLeaks' actions were "excessively reckless" and risked involving Australia in the conflict.
"It's an extraordinarily reckless thing for an organisation registered as a political party in Australia to try and insert itself in the appalling conflict in Syria for their own political ends," he said.
"It's certainly counter-productive. It is not in support of the sanctions regime that Australia has in place, in fact it risks undermining the sanctions regime we have in place, and it risks aligning Australia with one side of the conflict in Syria, which is something we would not do."
In a statement posted on the WikiLeaks party website in the lead up to the meeting, a spokesman said the aim of the trip was to show solidarity with the Syrian people and to voice its opposition to western military intervention.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-01/julie-bishop-condemns-wikileaks-meeting-with-bashar-al-assad/5180768
Along with Ukraine and the TPP, it's interesting how many of Wikileak's goals align perfectly with Moscow's...
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