These facts and concerns are documented by some prominent and well-respected writers in the following articles:
Alexander Cockburn, said that the "prime accuser, Anna Ardin has, according to Israel Shamir, writing on this CounterPunch site 'ties to the US-financed anti-Castro and anti-communist groups.' ":
Julian Assange: Wanted by the Empire, Dead or Alive
http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn12032010.html
The CIA connections are examined in more depth and presented by Israel Shamir, in his article titled "Assange Beseiged - Making a Mockery of the Real Crime of Rape".
http://www.counterpunch.org/shamir09142010.html
For a most interesting "executive summary" of the explorations in this twisted realm of sexual intrigues and spy-movie stuff, please see an excellent short article by Kirk James Murphy, M.D, an activist psychiatrist who collected many of the bizzarre elements of this case from various disparate sources. His article includes quotes and references from other authors, journalists, legal and political sources creating a well-rounded composition. And he adds some of his own thoughts and argumentation that sheds more light on the case.
Please read his article titled
"Assange Accuser Worked with US-Funded, CIA-Tied Anti-Castro Group", here:
http://my.firedoglake.com/kirkmurphy/2010/12/04/assanges-chief-accuser-has-her-own-history-with-us-funded-anti-castro-groups-one-of-which-has-cia-ties/
and here:
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Assange-Accuser-Worked-wit-by-Kirk-James-Murphy_-101205-824.html
Some background information on Kirk James Murphy:
http://www.opednews.com/author/author56819.html
Like many of us who work with rape survivors, I'm horrified at how the crime of degenerate power and perverted violence that constitutes rape is now being twisted out shape, made light, trivialized and turned into soap-opera fluff in order to be utilized by the global intelligence elite working with fake feminists and fake leftists just to silence Wikileaks. How will real rape survivors be understood, acknowledged, protected and be served with justice after such a devastating blow to the definition and concept of rape construed by media, imperialist agents and fake-leftist activists?
Will the progressive community continue to be open to providing support, be accepting and receptive to the next young attractive woman who cries "rape"? How about the radical community, within which things are often harsher, and take on a crude edge? Every woman, man and child rape survivor will have to struggle even harder now to achieve credibility. Who will have the patience and care to hear out real rape survivors after these two fakes in Sweden conspired with the world's most repressive regime to gag Wikileaks?
On the tiny island of Cyprus we have plenty of experience with fake leftists who work with dedication day and night to further the cause of Imperialism. We know them well from the very top, from our Government and the ruling party's fake socialist leadership who are working to install a racist Apartheid Bizonal regime in Cyprus replete with Race Laws, all the way down to small and petty professors, union bosses, "activists", and non governmental organizations (NGOs) who dress up their authoritarian agendas in the service of Imperialism with pretty talk: feminist, ecologist and socialist slogans are constantly being used to promote their opposite, the most disgusting sort of unfreedom, slavery and exploitation possible.
We've been publishing exposes and the dirty laundry of these people for a long time, especially those who have been receiving funds from the US /CIA /USAID and other "charitable" warmongers ; still, the damage they continue to do through fake-leftist posturing and sloganeering is considerable. Some of us are used to it; some of us keep falling for the trap; and many people have become anti-leftist because of it. Whenever Leftist ideologies are used to promote oppression, the population moves to what appears to be "right wing" politics. All sorts of national-chauvinist, pro-Capitalist, anti-environment, anti-gay, and male-chauvinist sexist politics start becoming more popular when the Left appears to support oppression.
That same kind of right wing swing-back will very probably now cause new forms of harm to real rape survivors after this Wikileaks fake rape debacle. Especially if the next rape perpetrator is a well-known persona within the progressive community. It's more likely now that real rape survivors will be targeted with new forms of disbelief and with uncaring, callous treatment, or even be accused of lying, making it up, or staging the rape, as seems to have been the case in the effort to shut down Wikileaks.
Always, wherever fake-leftists are involved in political campaigns and operations, the effects on the real victims of this perversion are devastating.
Petros Evdokas, petros@cyprus-org.net
Volunteer, Cyprus IndyMedia Collective
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More Sources and Further Readings
From the Daily Mail, by By Richard Pendlebury
"A few hours after that party, [she] apparently Tweeted: ‘Sitting outside ... nearly freezing, with the world’s coolest people. It’s pretty amazing!’ She was later to try to erase this message.
During the party, Assange apparently phoned [her] and a few hours later she was boasting to friends about her flirtation with him. At that point, according to police reports, her friends advised her ‘the ball is in your court’."
Read more:
The Wikileaks sex files: How two one-night stands sparked a worldwide hunt for Julian Assange
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1336291/Wikileaks-Julian-Assanges-2-night-stands-spark-worldwide-hunt.html#ixzz17b9ELVu3
A pointed, humorous piece by Naomi Wolf, revealing the ridiculousness of it all
Naomi Wolf is the author of "The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot"
Julian Assange Captured by World's Dating Police
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/naomi-wolf/interpol-the-worlds-datin_b_793033.html
Unconfirmed: allegedly these are the photos of Sofia Wilen and Anna Ardin
http://gossip.whyfame.com/sofia-wilen-and-anna-ardin-accusing-julian-assange-of-rape-8461
Anna Ardin
http://annaardin.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/anna_ardin.jpg
Anna Ardin's thesis against Fidel Castro
http://annaardin.wordpress.com/thesis/
Governments and Corporations Attempt to Repress Wikileaks: Holding Up Mirrors
http://publish.indymedia.org/en/2010/12/943949.shtml
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