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Sweden spurns offer to quiz Assange

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Ecuador's foreign minister says Swedish officials have refused to accept his country's offer to let them question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Ricardo Patino said Sweden declined the offer to question Mr Assange in person or via video conference at Ecuador's embassy in London.

Mr Assange, 41, took refuge in the embassy on June 19 to avoid extradition to Sweden to face questioning for alleged sexual misconduct.

He claims the accusations are a pretext to extradite him to the United States, which he claims wants to prosecute him for publishing secret US documents.

Ecuador says it will not announce a decision on Mr Assange's asylum request until after the Olympics.

Mr Assange's mother Christine met Ecuador's president Rafael Correa in the capital Quito yesterday.

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Robert Callus

Aug 3rd 2012, 10:42

I completely disagree on this.

What Assange is doing is in the best interest of US citizens. The taxpayers who are funding these senseless wars, while they beg for free healthcare. The ones who funded the Iraq invasion because of WMD's that weren't there - while they can't afford housing.

They have a right to know where their money is going.

PS: Assange has exposed a lot of governmental scandals. Not only of that of the US. If I remember well, the first massive exposure in Wikileaks was that of the Kenyan government stacking billions of dollars that were supposed to be used for combating Malaria.

Bill Khan

Aug 3rd 2012, 13:17

@ Joseph N. Attard

You would be kindly differentiate the people of united States from the administration which is completely in the control of the Rothchild Banks. The general public in teh States is the victim of the Military-Banking Complex. The people shot in a cinema are having tro foot their own medical bills. You have accused the contributors on this forum of being Anti-or hating America. Do you often wonder as to why more than 70 % of people across the world hate America. Your comments,.The bottom line is as I said , Assange will soon get his comeuppance', really epitomises the rendering of justice in America where people have ben kept in custody without trail for years. What Assange has done is to expose millions of facts which the US administration did not want the world to know. He merely exposed the hypocrisy of the Us and its allies.
Any thing wrong with that? Would you rather not know the truth whether you are communist, a facist or conservative or a socialist or a liberal. I know i would no matter where it comes from. What purpose would it serve to send Assange to the gallows? Who will be the Pontius Pilate, to say in the end 'I wash my hands off this'?


Bill Jensen

Aug 17th 2012, 11:18

Joseph, your spot on with this. Often people use this forum ( Bill Khan), to 'bash' the West and in particular America. - 'Do you often wonder as to why more than 70 % of people across the world hate America.?' -
- Lies, More Lies and Statistics - Benjamin Disraeli
Assange I just have one thing to say.....
Beware of the SAS!!!!!, history says that they have a lot of experience when it comes to embassies.

Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti

Aug 3rd 2012, 03:49

Like most other countries, the US has its good and bad points. What I can say about Americans is that they are proud of their country, and very proud indeed. Pity we Maltese don't have the same pride towards our country as they do towards theirs. And yes they have religious nuts because of their puritan tradition. Like most great empires, the USA has a shame file. Do we not have our own shame file in Malta? Yes, we may not have invaded other countries (we can't even reach Filfla yet!) but how tolerant are we towards minorities? I can tell you one thing about American clients that I see. They are always polite and a pleasure to deal with.

A. MICALLEF

Aug 2nd 2012, 13:37

Assange is a hero, he uncovered the way the warmongers and imperialists rule the world
nowadays, and cause pain and misery to so many people. US, the British and French are
warmongers and state terrorists. In fact these copuntries are always at war with different
with different countries the same time. They are always after oil, iron ore, uranium etc.,

D Borg

Aug 2nd 2012, 17:59

Well said Micallef

Joseph N. Attard

Aug 2nd 2012, 12:01

@Daniel Borg. You call it a network of corruption. Others call it state secrets. Assage endangered world security. He will never be off the hook for the rest of his life. Sooner or later he will have to pay.

Charles Attard

Aug 2nd 2012, 13:24

It is perfectly OK to create the Taliban as long as they were fighting the Russians ..but not OK when they had to fight them themselves, was OK to lie about Vietnam and start a war, was OK to Lie about Iraq WMDs which never existed..and destroy the Cradle of civilization ..and so many are still dying. Joseph N Attar world Security is being threatened by no one, more the American and Israeli Zionists themselves!! Joseph's World security is nothing other than controlling the World by ravaging and murdering innocent civilians in order to control Oil assets and stop the rise of China and her allies!! Blackwater (mercenaries) are also a tool of this so called World security just like Mossad and the CIA!!

henry caruana

Aug 2nd 2012, 11:00

Joseph
In your naivety you think ASSANGE should be punished for showing to PEACEFUL WORLD
the american warmongers HYPOCRECY
It's unbelievable for a MALTESE to side with hypocrecy unless he / she on usa payroll
ASSANGE defied no one, but ONLY brought to your masters attention the HYPOCRECY
played by americans against your and the world security and safety and for such good deed he deserve the FREE from usa zionism influence PEACEFUL WORLD highest honours
Soon this episode is cleared, he may settle in ECUADOR or may take our invitation and settle in
our island MALTA where we will be honoured and proud to accommodate him

Joseph N. Attard

Aug 2nd 2012, 11:57

@henry caruana. You have your way of looking at things, I have mine. We will not convert each other. Nothing is perfect in this world. But people of your ilk areconveniently forgetful that were it not for the USA, the world would have been taken over by dictators of the worst kind long ago. Any country that welcomes Assange will pay the penalty. Assage in Malta? By all means, he will find an easier passage to the USA from here. Maybe his supporters would then like to accompany him.

Charles Attard

Aug 2nd 2012, 13:02

Deserves the Death Penalty for exposing the murders carried out in the name of democracy?? For the thousands of innocent Babies who are being bornwtih extreme birth defects..thanks to the likes of you and the US / Israhell mentality??? Sure many belong to the Satanist sect, called Zionism ..they all speak with one voice ..Lies and Hatred to Hide the TRUTH!!

D Borg

Aug 2nd 2012, 17:58

Oh really...

If he was a Chinese or Russian dissident, he will be hailed as a martyr
and we will be having clinton and co talking tough

the americans deem themselves to be policing the world - but who is policing the self appointed police?

Joseph Aquilina

Aug 2nd 2012, 09:52

With all the media attention that will hardly ever happen! If Assange is so sure of his innocence then why not go to court and prove it?

C Cassar

Aug 2nd 2012, 11:12

because he clearly isn't.

Charles Attard

Aug 2nd 2012, 12:58

Assange can never prove his innocence against the zionists ..they torture a confession out of him in Guantanamo the land of the free!!! Therefore cannot go to courts to prove your innocence.. as they are manipulated by the zionists who exist everywhere ...just by reading the venom spat out by the likes of Joseph N Attard, Joseph Aquilina and c. Cassar is proof in itself!! They are in Malta too regretably...Perhaps sheer ignorance and still Brainwashed. No point in debating with J N Attard ..I can read him like a book ..Zionist all over his face!!

D Borg

Aug 2nd 2012, 17:55

As much as Bradley Manning is being afforded a fair and transparent trial or any shred of justice!

The Americans are showing their true colours - and their hollow interpretation of freedom...

Equador on the other hand are giving them a lesson, notwithstanding the armtwisiting 'initiatives' the Americans are up to.

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