Rape charges land WikiLeaks, Assange on Interpol list

[Jeffersons Ghost]

Rape charges land Assange on Interpol list
The Associated Press

PARIS -- Interpol has placed the Australian-born founder of WikiLeaks on its most-wanted list after Sweden issued an arrest warrant against him as part of a drawn-out rape investigation.

The Lyon, France-based international police organization has issued a "red notice" for 39-year old Julian Assange - the equivalent of putting him on its most wanted list.

The issuance by Interpol was expected after a Swedish court in mid-November approved a motion to have Assange brought in for questioning. The notice, posted on Interpol's site Tuesday, is likely to make international travel more difficult for him.

Assange, whose whereabouts are unknown, is suspected of rape, sexual molestation and unlawful coercion. He has denied the allegations, which stem from his encounters with two women during a visit to Sweden in August.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/30/AR2010113005613.html?hpid=topnews

[wtmusic]

1. Why, what a coinky-dink. nt

[ChazII]

2. That was my first thought. n/t

[niyad]

5. as church lady says, "how conveeeeenient"

[davidinalameda]

3. how many people are on the "most wanted list"?

I highly doubt that we're talking about a handful of people

why won't he go back to Sweden to answer questions about the rape allegations?

[niyad]

6. here you go:

interpol wanted list:

http://www.interpol.int/public/wanted/search/recent.asp

[davidinalameda]

7. 292 on the list

[laughingliberal]

4. They'll be going to Defcon IV when he announces he's ready to release BofA's file. nt

[TheWatcher]

8. Expose the Oligarchs, get framed or Killed.

Pretty Standard, actually.

Ask Wellstone and Kennedy how Standing Up worked for them.

Nothing to see here.

[happi1]

9. lol

Oldguard new him better.

Aus/shocked