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In reply to the discussion: Context and the Assange case. [View all]AikidoSoul
(2,150 posts)Here's one of them. Revealed: Assange rape accuser linked to notorious CIA operative
http://www.rawstory.com/2010/12/assange-rape-accuser-cia-ties/
A snippet from the story:
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, FireDogLakes Kirk James Murphy observed.