Why Sweden? Why Julian Assange? Why now?

[Magda Hassan]

Over the next few days I am posing some exploratory research in to this matter. It is a collaborative effort of many thousands of hours of work by many people but the others cannot be named at this time. Just going to start putting it down while my memory is fresh and just in stream of consciousness and perhaps hopefully in a vague chronological order.

I think it worth noting that Julian Assange is not only a target in himself but also seen as a commodity by others as will become clearer. At the moment he is more valuable alive than dead, to some.

More than anything in the whole world the US wants to stop Julain Assange and make an example of him to any other potential whistle blowers, now and in the future, any where in the world to NOT even think about following in Julian's footsteps and blow the whistle on the secrets of the masters of the Universe. It can be safely assumed that the US is doing all it can to gain control of the future of Julian Assange.

First some scene setting.

Wallenberg family made their money through banking. They have since diversified into industrial areas in their investments.
In particular they made huge profits during WW2 using their bank to cover as a cloak for the Nazi regime and helped
important German corporations like Bosch, IG Farben and Krupp to hide their foreign subsidiaries in order to avoid
confiscation by the Allied governments. Also their Enskilda Bank to help the Nazis dispose of assets seized from Dutch
Jews who died in the Holocaust. It is reported that Sweden received 38 tons of gold from Nazi Germany (worth today US $430 million).

([size=12]The following article was published in "The Guardian", newspaper of the Socialist Party of Australia in its issue of Wednesday, June 19th, 1996).[/SIZE] Among the Swedish companies that grew rich by aiding the Nazis was the Enskilda bank, owned by the Wallenberg family. The Safehaven documents reveal that the US government had been tracking the pro-Nazi activities of the Wallenberg brothers, Marcus and Jacob, for some time.

In February of 1945, the Secretary of the US Treasury, Henry Morgenthau Jr., wrote to Secretary of State Edward Stettinius outlining the Wallenbergs' activities.

These included making "substantial" loans to German industry during the War without collateral and making covert investments for German capitalists in US industries. The Enskilda bank, Morgenthau reported, was "repeatedly connected with large black market operations".

Morgenthau identifies Jacob Wallenberg as "strongly pro-German" and rebuts the view, probably fostered by Wallenberg interests themselves, that Marcus was "pro-Allied".

Helping to finance Hitler's war, the Wallenbergs seem to have been playing both ends against the middle, with considerable success. The family remains prominent in Swedish business circles to this day.

Playing both ends against the middle seems to have been a Wallenberg specialty. While his family's bank was funding Hitler and helping to hide Nazi investments, Marcus and Jacob's nephew Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat in Budapest, was saving an estimated 20,000 Jews from deportation by providing them with special Swedish passports.

When the Red Army liberated Budapest in January 1945, Wallenberg was arrested as an American spy and vanished. The charge has always been pooh-poohed by Western commentators who preferred to see it as evidence of Soviet "anti-Jewish" sentiment.

However, earlier this month US News & World Report reported that a review of recently declassified documents (quite separate from Operation Safehaven) showed that Wallenberg in fact spied for the OSS, predecessor of the CIA.

Curiously, this confirmation of the Soviet charge received remarkably little publicity. One of the most tantalizing of the Safehaven documents is a 1944 account of a secret meeting in the French city of Strasbourg, at which Nazi leaders told top German industrialists that the war was lost and called on them to finance an underground network aimed at eventually restoring fascism to power in Germany.

It is not known to what extent these plans were ever carried out or what influence they had on the development of the post-war reactionary Adenhauer regime in West Germany.

What is known is that US Senator Harley M Kilgore, of the Kilgore Committee, repeatedly warned during 1945 and 46 that the German cartel apparatus, instead of being destroyed as required under the Quebec, Yalta and Potsdam agreements, was being deliberately built up.

However, in spite of the dedicated efforts of democratically-minded people like Senator Kilgore and Russell Nixon, the connections between US, British and French capitalists and their German, Swedish, Swiss and other supposedly "neutral" counterparts would ensure that the search for Nazi assets and Nazi business interests would in the long term be largely unproductive.

Another bank that got rich during the war dealing with the Nazis was Union Banking Corporation.

The grandfather of President George Walker Bush (Skull & Bones, 1968) was Prescott Bush (Skull & Bones, 1917), and his great grand father was George Herbert Walker. Prescott Bush and George Herbert (Bert) Walker were directors of the London-affiliated New York banking house of Brown Brothers-Harriman and its various fronts, which funded and directed the military-industrial complex behind Hitler and the Nazi revolution.

In 1919, George Herbert Walker had organized W.A. Harriman & Co which merged with the British Brown Brothers in 1931. In 1924, Averell Harriman (Skull & Bones, 1913) and Fritz Thyssen, the German industrialist who began funding Hitler in 1923, set up the Union Banking Corp in New York to handle funds supplied to it through Thyssen's Dutch bank for American investment. Prescott Bush, who had been an officer of the W.A. Harriman bank since 1926, was a director of the Union Banking Corp from 1934 through 1943. According to government documents, "all of the shares of the Union Banking Corp., were held for the benefit of members of the Thyssen family."

The federal government did not crack down on the Bush-Harriman/Nazi operation until 1942. After the war, Congressional investigation revealed that Fritz Thyssen's German Steel Trust, Germany's largest industrial corporation [which interlocked with Union Banking Corporation] produced a high percentage of Germany's national output of metal products and explosives. Vesting Orders signed by the Office of Alien Property Custodian, Leo T. Crowley, which were "published in obscure government record books and kept out of the news, explained nothing about the Nazis involved; only that the Union Banking Corporation was run for the 'Thyssen family' of 'Germany and/or Hungary'-- 'nationals...of a designated enemy country.'"

"In October 1942, ten months after entering World War II, America was preparing its first assault against Nazi military forces. Prescott Bush was managing partner of Brown Brothers Harriman. His 18-year-old son George, the future U.S. President, had just begun training to become a naval pilot. On Oct. 20, 1942, the U.S. government ordered the seizure of Nazi German banking operations in New York City which were being conducted by Prescott Bush.

"Under the Trading with the Enemy Act, the government took over the Union Banking Corporation, in which Bush was a director. The U.S. Alien Property Custodian seized Union Banking Corp.'s stock shares, all of which were owned by Prescott Bush, E. Roland 'Bunny' Harriman, three Nazi executives, and two other associates of Bush. 1.

'E. Roland Harriman--3991 shares' [chairman and director of Union Banking Corp. (UBC); this is 'Bunny' Harriman, described by Prescott Bush as a place holder who didn't get much into banking affairs; Prescott managed his personal investments]

'Cornelis Lievense--4 shares' [president and director of UBC; New York resident banking functionary for the Nazis]

'Harold D. Pennington--1 share' [treasurer and director of UBC; an office manager employed by Bush at Brown Brothers Harriman]

'Ray Morris--1 share' [director of UBC; partner of Bush and the Harrimans]

'Prescott S. Bush--1 share' [director of UBC, which was co-founded and sponsored by his father-in-law George Walker; senior managing partner for E. Roland Harriman and Averell Harriman]

'H.J. Kouwenhoven--1 share' [director of UBC; organized UBC as the emissary of Fritz Thyssen in negotiations with George Walker and Averell Harriman; managing director of UBC's Netherlands affiliate under Nazi occupation; industrial executive in Nazi Germany; director and chief foreign financial executive of the German Steel Trust]

'Johann G. Groeninger--1 share' [director of UBC and of its Netherlands affiliate; industrial executive in Nazi Germany]

"all of which shares are held for the benefit of ... members of the Thyssen family, [and] is property of nationals ... of a designated enemy country...."

"By Oct. 26, 1942, U.S. troops were under way for North Africa. On Oct. 28, the government issued orders seizing two Nazi front organizations run by the Bush-Harriman bank: the Holland-American Trading Corporation and the Seamless Steel Equipment Corporation. 2.

"U.S. forces landed under fire near Algiers on Nov. 8, 1942; heavy combat raged throughout November. Nazi interests in the Silesian-American Corporation, long managed by Prescott Bush and his father-in-law George Herbert Walker, were seized under the Trading with the Enemy Act on Nov. 17, 1942. In this action, the government announced that it was seizing only the Nazi interests, leaving the Nazis' U.S. partners to carry on the business. 3.

"These and other actions taken by the U.S. government in wartime were, tragically, too little and too late. President Bush's family had already played a central role in financing and arming Adolf Hitler for his takeover of Germany; in financing and managing the buildup of Nazi war industries for the conquest of Europe and war against the U.S.A.; and in the development of Nazi genocide theories and racial propaganda, with their well-known results.

"The facts presented here must be known, and their implications reflected upon, for a proper understanding of President George Herbert Walker Bush and of the danger to mankind that he represents. The President's family fortune was largely a result of the Hitler project. The powerful Anglo-American family associations, which later boosted him into the Central Intelligence Agency and up to the White House, were his father's partners in the Hitler project." 4.

How and to what extent did the Bush family direct the Hitler Project from the 1920s until it was partially broken up in 1942? "In what way were Hitler's Nazis themselves hired, armed and instructed by the New York and London clique of which Prescott Bush was an executive manager?"

Equally germane is the question why? "How important was the Nazi enterprise for which President Bush's father was the New York banker?" What possible interest would George Herbert Walker and Prescott Bush have had in overseeing the Nazi operation?


Endnotes:

1. "The Rise of Hitler: The Reichstag Burns", The History Place: http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/ri.../burns.htm

2. The Center for Democracy and Technology:
http://www.cdt.org/security/010911response.shtml

3. Quoting Concerned Citizens Opposed to Police States; The Phase III Report Of The U.S. Commission On National Security/21st Century
http://www.rense.com/general10/roadmap.htm

4. Webster G. Tarpley and Anton Chaitkin,
George Bush: An Unauthorized Biography, Chapter II - The Hitler Project: http://www.tarpley.net/bush2.htm

Source: George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography
by Webster G. Tarpley and Anton Chaitkin
http://www.tarpley.net/bushb.htm

The Wallenbergs and Bushes are friends going back a long long time. Bushes are also friends with the House of Saud.
Close friend of the Bushes, Karl Rove, spends quite a bit of time in Sweden when not dealing with criminal charges in the US.
Some of his nearest and dearest friends in Sweden work at TIMBRO, Prime PR, oh, and one is the current Prime Minister of Sweden.
Karl Rove is known to have worked on the strategy and campaign for Prime Minister Reinfeldt.
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl...26hs%3Dj33

Here is the logo for the 'Moderate' party from an old campaign poster
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Don't look too moderate to me. It looks like it would frighten children if they saw this.


As we know from the charges that KR is on in the US his preferred strategy and tactics are not Marquis of Queensbury.

Wanna know who this is?

Billy McCormac, Karl Rove and Fredrik Andersson. AKA Karl Rove and his Swedish henchmen.
Karl Rove, as previously discussed, is paid to help the Swedish Right under Frederik Reinfeldt, win elections. His Henchmen run a PR company called Prime PR.
Prime PR has recently been caught out with Primegate..
Where members of the left wing social democrats were paid in secret to send their party more right wing.
Don't that one say 'Karl Rove' all over it?
But wait! Theres more. From Anna Ardin of all people!
http://twitter.com/#!/therealardin
18th September.. "En man utanför min toa när jag besökte Prime PR: "vi behöver nån i trafik, jag snackar med Micke"
["A man outside my bathroom when I visited Prime PR: "We need someone in traffic, I'm talking with Mike""]
Don't bother deleting it dear, theres a screenshot.

So, theres Karl Rove, up to his ears in the Bushs' dodgy dealings. Terrified of Wikileaks and called upon to win an election for Reinfeldt and the Swedish right. Which he did.
Get the picture yet?
Swedish Cabinet..
Reinfeld head of the dungheap, Beatrice Ask Minister for Justice who just happens to be Marianne Ny's boss.
And Karl Rove thinking one good deed deserves another? Or bad deed or whatever.
So how many people does it take to connect Rove to Assange?
Several routes are possible.
Assange > Ardin > Prime PR > Rove.
Assange > Ny > Beatrice Ask > Reinfeldt > Rove.
And if you credit the rumour that Thomas Bodstrom is currently negotiating to switch sides and join Reinfeldt..
Assange > Ardin > Borgstrom > Bodstrom > Reinfeldt > Rove.
Assange > Ardin > Swedish police > duty prosecutor > duty prosecutor's husband > Beatrice Ask > Reinfeldt > Rove.
The only missing piece now is Sofia Wilen.
Perhaps she turned up unexpectedly and looked, to Ardin, like a better plan than the original, which was perhaps something of a non-starter if Assange inisisted they stop at only one compromising photograph. Or perhaps the brief was to encourage him into rough sex she could later use as evidence of r*pe, and he refused?
If there was a plan, it was not executed yet as she insisted he stay when friends offered to take him in.
If something went wrong, Sofia Wilen must have looked like a gift from the gods.
And Ardin, a creature with more initiative than brains and extremely over-confident, ran with an alternative mission of her own devising, modelled on the one mentioned on her Twitter feed 18th January 2010, previously carried out on her fiance.
This would explain how you can be part of a setup and still leave that stupid blog lying round.
Which would mean she is currently in hiding on the West Bank - not from her adoring public - but from Karl Rove.
Heh.
The above from http://chillingmesoftly.com/content/six-...-karl-rove

Wikileaks releases the cables. The cables as they relate to Sweden and the US can be broken down to the following:

[B]Cable Reference Number: 07STOCKHOLM506
[/B] Cable Date: May 4, 2007
WikiLeaks Published Date: December 5, 2010

SWEDEN WANTS: Prime Minister Reinfeldt and his ministers want to work with the United States and want to understand the need for technology-based solutions to energy needs, and recognize that important new opportunities exist for Swedish business which is on the cutting edge of alternative energy technology and research. The Swedes hope to usher in a post-2012 agreement during their 2009 Presidency of the European Union. Prime Minister Reinfeldt will want to discuss his plans with President Bush.

SWEDEN WANTS: to see the Development negotiations at World Trade Organization round finalized during the German presidency of the European Union.

UNITED STATES WANTS: Business and research in Sweden to flourish in alternative energy.

UNITED STATES WANTS: Heavy duty Hybrid Trucks.

UNITED STATES WANTS: Matching funding for promising initiatives in alternative energy investments by 18 United States venture capital firms.

UNITED STATES WANTS: Jet fuel made from bio-fuel, agreement between Swedish Energy Agency and United States Department of Energy on second generation bio-fuels.


Cable Reference Number: 07STOCKHOLM696
Cable Date: June 8, 2007
WikiLeaks Published Date: December 5, 2010

UNITED STATES WANTS: To give Sweden two Uzbek nationals for resettlement.

UNITED STATES DOESN'T WANT: To keep Uzbek Nationals: Samadov and Ysupov.

SWEDEN WANTS: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to be involved
in the placement of Samadov and Ysupov.

SWEDEN DOESN'T WANT: Counterterrorism Coordinator Ambassador Cecilia Ruthstrom-Ruin doesn't want Yusupov and Samadov, Uzbek Nationals from the United States Department of Justice.


Cable Ref# Title: 07STOCKHOLM1055
Cable Date: August 29, 2007
Wikileaks Published Date: December 5, 2010

SWEDEN WANTS: To keep diplomatic pressure on related to the Georgia missile incident and Kosovo.

SWEDEN WANTS: In regards to Kosovo, Carl Bildt wants a period of quiet even from the United States.

SWEDEN WANTS: The process to be allowed to work it's way through undisturbed.

SWEDEN DOESN'T WANT: Croatian diplomat Miomir Zuzul to be the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe"s representative to Georgia.


Cable Reference Number: 07STOCKHOLM990
Cable Date: August 14, 2007
WikiLeaks Published Date: December 5, 2010

SWEDEN WANTS: Logistical support in Baghdad for a secretive visit by Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt.

UNITED STATES WANTS: Sweden to become more involved in United States mission in Iraq. Carl Bildt visit seen as "positive change in Sweden's attitude towards Iraq."


Cable Reference Number: 08STOCKHOLM51
Cable Date: January 22, 2008
Wikileaks Published Date: December 5, 2010

UNITED STATES WANTS: Continued Swedish role in Afghanistan.

SWEDEN WANTS: United States to provide Afghan testimony as to Sweden's humanitarian role in Afghanistan, plus legal clarification of Serbian sovereignty and Kosovo's independence.


Cable Reference Number: 08STOCKHOLM257
Cable Date: 2 April 2008
Wikileaks Published Date: December 5, 2010

SWEDEN WANTS: information from the United States about financial institutions that would assist non-specified military products and export/anti-terrorist objectives.


Cable Reference Number: 08STOCKHOLM272
Cable Date: April 11, 2008
WikiLeaks Published Date: December 2, 2010

SWEDEN WANTS: Swedish Armed Forces has indicated its desire on several occasions to deploy Medevac helicopters, JAS-39 Gripen aircraft and possibly additional soldiers in its Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan.

SWEDEN WANTS: On the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Sweden's Ministry of Defense wants to participate in the January-July 2010 North Atlantic Treaty Organization Response Force (possibly with land forces), however, the county's government is arguing about this within the parties.

SWEDEN DOESN"T WANT: to lose their independence by joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and have long resisted doing so.

UNITED STATES WANTS: To thank Sweden for hosting the upcoming International Compact with Iraq Conference.

UNITED STATES WANTS: Swedish Armed Forces to deploy a Battalion-level Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team to Afghanistan.

UNITED STATES WANTS: Sweden to participation in the January-July 2010 North Atlantic Treaty Organization Response Force.


Cable Reference Number: 08STOCKHOLM494
Cable Date: July 9, 2008
WikiLeaks Publication Date: December 3, 2010

SWEDEN WANTS: America to grant export licenses for Advanced Electronically Scanned Array Radar to be installed on SAAB Gripen fighter planes. This would make Gripen attractive to the Norwegian air force.

UNITED STATES WANTS: To support Swedish proposals for enhanced Nordic cooperation. This is a cookie to get Sweden to back off of its request for the release of Advanced Electronically Scanned Array Radar.

UNITED STATES DOESN'T WANT: To release Advanced Electronically Scanned Array Radar to the Swedes at this time due to competition with United States companies bidding for sales of fighter jets in Norway and Denmark.


Cable Reference Number: 08Stockholm722
Cable Date: October 29, 2008
WikiLeaks Published Date: December 5, 2010

UNITED STATES WANTS: Sweden to accept a Palestinian Guantanamo refugee.


Cable Reference Number: 08STOCKHOLM748
Cable Date: November 7, 2008
WikiLeaks Publication Date: 2008-11-07

SWEDEN WANTS: To continue using the United States Enhanced Visa Waiver Program.

SWEDEN DOESN'T WANT: To make the agreement to comply with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6 formal.

UNITED STATES WANTS: To formalize Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6 in Sweden.

SWEDEN WANTS: To meet United States requirements to continue to participate in the enhanced Visa Waiver Program which is for its nationals to be able to travel freely to the United States.

SWEDEN DOESN'T WANT: A formal bilateral arrangement for sharing information it holds on terrorist suspects that it has to present to the Swedish Parliament. "The current Swedish political climate makes any formal terrorist screening information agreement highly difficult". This is a particularly sensitive time politically in Sweden for issues involving government surveillance and affecting personal privacy".

SWEDEN DOESN'T WANT: To participate directly via access to the United States Terrorist Suspect Database.

UNITED STATES WANTS: Access to information about terrorist suspects, asylum seekers held by other governments, whether that bypasses these countries' own political processes or not. Continued Swedish participation in the enhanced Visa Waiver Program (easy travel to the United States for Swedish citizens) dependent on such access to information held by Sweden being provided.

UNITED STATES DOESN'T WANT: To negotiate any such formal arrangements European Union-wide. The United States interprets these matters as "third pillar", which means falling under the remit of individual member states.


Cable Reference Number: 08Stockholm781
Cable Date November 20, 2008
WikiLeaks Published Date: 5th December 2010

UNITED STATES WANTS: Sweden to accept Guantanamo refugees, both directly and via a European multi-country initiative.


Cable Reference Number: 09Stockholm31
Cable Date: January 15, 2009
WikiLeaks Published Date: December 5, 2010

UNITED STATES WANTS: Sweden to accept Guantanamo refugees.

SWEDEN DOESN'T WANT: To upset China by accepting native Uighurs, or to accept refugees that would become "instant heroes" in certain minority communities in Sweden because of their status as former Guantanamo detainees,(for example, ethnic Somalis).


Cable Reference Number: 09STOCKHOLM63
Cable Date: January 30 2009
Wikileaks Published Date : December 5, 2010

NO WANTS/DOESN'T WANT


Cable Reference Number 09STOCKHOLM64
Cable Date: January 30, 2009
WikiLeaks Published Date: December 5, 2010

NOTE Cables 63 & 64 have been reviewed three times and the text is mostly the same in both. We assume that the message in the Reference Telegram that was distributed and to be shared with others and "individuals" are in regard to a Guantanamo detainee to be transferred somewhere or that something happened to them.


Cable Reference Number: 09 Stockholm 66
Cable Date: January 30, 2009
WikiLeaks Published Date: December 5, 2010

SWEDEN WANTS: To expand its international military presence, particularly within the context of the Nordic Defense Cooperation.

SWEDEN WANTS: To have military "support" from the United States via United States Military Command in Europe.

SWEDEN WANTS: To purchase the American Active Electronically Scanned Array radar system, which the American side advises is now cleared for export.

SWEDEN WANTS: More support from the European Union for its mission in Kosovo, particularly for economic development.

SWEDEN WANTS: More military capacity building with North Atlantic Treaty Organization such as existing aircraft sharing deal, similar military-capacity building with European Union. Americans noted that such enthusiasm may be linked to deals for own national arms industry.

SWEDEN DOESN'T WANT: Security threats to its Provincial Reconstruction Team in Mazar-e-Sharif as a result of new United States military supply routes in Northern Afghanistan.

SWEDEN DOESN'T WANT: To have a military "policing" presence in the Baltic. It would be politically problematic.


Cable Reference Number: 09STOCKHOLM194
Cable Date: March 20, 2009
WikiLeaks Published Date: December 5, 2010

UNITED STATES WANTS: To note Swedish facilities/resources that are of strategic interest to it. These are termed "critical intelligence/key resources".

UNITED STATES WANTS: to add Sweden's communications infrastructure to the critical intelligence/key resources list.

UNITED STATES WANTS: to keep Swedish pharmaceutical manufacturing company Recip AB on the critical intelligence/key resources list for its production of "ThyroSafe". A Swedish factory is the only FDA-approved manufacturer of "ThyroSafe" or potassium thyroid, the "antidote" or "treatment" for nuclear exposure by humans.

UNITED STATES WANTS: to know where other countries security weak spots are.


Cable Reference Number: 09STOCKHOLM237
Cable Date: April 8, 2009
WikiLeaks Published Date: December 5, 2010

SWEDEN WANTS: "Quality branding" for individual asylum seekers.

SWEDEN WANTS: Senior United States government officials that are responsible for Guantanamo issues to visit Sweden in coming weeks and possibly bring representatives from United nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

SWEDEN WANTS: Swedish administration procedures followed precisely.

SWEDEN WANTS: Sweden would need to hear directly from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees if they were willing to go ahead. Then Sweden would consider the issue of accepting detainees.


Cable Reference Number: 09STOCKHOLM266
Cable Date: April 29, 2009
WikiLeaks Publication Date: December 5, 2010

SWEDEN WANTS: More security for its Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan.

SWEDEN WANTS: To play a mediating role with Iran and may thus be trying to keep relations with Tehran warm.

SWEDEN WANTS: To compare views on threat analysis on Russia, engaging Russia militarily and the Medvedev security proposal.

SWEDEN WANTS: Turkey to become a member of the European Union.

SWEDEN WANTS: The United States to put more pressure on Ankara to allow Greek Cypriot fishing vessels into Turkish ports.

SWEDEN WANTS: More International Monetary Fund loans to keep Ukraine and the Baltic's economies afloat.

SWEDEN WANTS: To push the European Unon for closer ties with Syria.

SWEDEN WANTS: To publicly push for humanitarian efforts in Palestine.

SWEDEN WANTS: Gaza border crossings open immediately.

SWEDEN DOESN'T WANT: Sanctions on Iran. Sweden is generally skeptical about the effectiveness of sanctions and in particular with Iran, where Ericsson and Volvo Trucks, among other Swedish companies, have significant exports.

SWEDEN DOESN'T WANT: The Baltic currency to devalue as it could bankrupt Swedish banks.

SWEDEN DOESN'T WANT: The Baltics to slip back into the Russian economic sphere. Sweden just concluded a deal to build an undersea electrical cable to Lithuania, called Swedlink that will provide 700-1,000 megawatts to the Baltics by 2016.

UNITED STATES WANTS: To ask Sweden to use some of its foreign aid money to fund Afghanistan National Army training.

UNITED STATES WANTS: Sweden to do more on the civilian side in Afghanistan through European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan.

UNITED STATES WANTS: Sweden to take a leadership role in Europe by taking more Guantanamo detainees.

UNITED STATES WANTS: The Swedes to focus on the existing United Nations Security Resolution 1803 regarding Iran.

UNITED STATES WANTS: Sweden to continue supporting the European Union Police Mission /Althea mission in Bosnia.


Cable Reference Number: 09STOCKHOLM355
Cable Date: June 10 2009
Wikileaks Published Date: December 15, 2010

SWEDEN WANTS: The larger Swedish political parties want to woo the youth back to mainstream political parties.


Cable Reference Number: 09Stockholm384
Cable Date: June 24, 2009
WikiLeaks published Date: December 5, 2010

SWEDEN WANTS: Sweden wants close association with President Obama.

UNITED STATES WANTS: Sweden to accept detainees for resettlement from Guantanamo.

UNITED STATES WANTS: Sweden to join in announcing "crippling sanctions", if Iran does not cease its enrichment activities.

UNITED STATES WANTS: Sweden to deploy additional police trainers to European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan as part of its effort to spur a stronger response from other European Union Member States.

UNITED STATES WANTS: European Union to assure Israelis and build relationships with key Arab countries, of particular interest is the plan supported by Sweden to sign an European Union -Syria partnership agreement during the Swedish Presidency.


Cable Reference Number 09STOCKHOLM418
Cable Date: July 9, 2009
WikiLeaks Publication Date: December 9, 2010

EUROPEAN UNION WANTS: To stop Iran's nuclear enrichment program.

EUROPEAN UNION WANTS: To continue Middle East peace talks.

UNITED STATES WANTS: To stop Iran's nuclear enrichment program.

UNITED STATES WANTS: To work cooperatively with the European Union because Europe is the most important natural foreign policy partner and the United States cannot handle global issues on their own.

UNITED STATES DOESN'T WANT: to comprise when dealing with Russia in dealing with Abkhazia and South Ossetia on their choice of alliances and European security.

SWEDEN DOESN'T WANT: to place sanctions on Iran.


Cable Reference Number: 09STOCKHOLM425
Cable Date Date: July 14, 2009
WikiLeaks Published Date: December 5, 2010

SWEDEN WANTS: To go along with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874.

FRANCE WANTS: To target the personal finances of North Korean leaders and impose some sort of visa ban for their travel to the European Union.

GERMANY WANTS: To call for additional European Union sanctions on luxury goods being sent to North Korea.

SWEDEN DOESN'T WANT: To jeopardize its relationship and its protective power of the United States in North Korea.


Cable Reference Number: 09STOCKHOLM557
Cable Date August 31, 2009
WikiLeaks Publication Date: December 5, 2010

SWEDEN WANTS: The international community to influence the Afghan political community in "the right way" or the Afghan political system will fracture and the outcome will be worse than under the Taliban system.

SWEDEN WANTS: Carl Bildt, Sweden"s Minister of Foreign Affairs and former Prime Minister, wants to involve the Turks and Iranians in Afghanistan because they have the true knowledge of the country.

SWEDEN WANTS: Carl Bildt wants the international community to make use of the people who really know Afghanistan.

SWEDEN WANTS: Carl Bildt wants to update Sweden's Information Technology.

SWEDEN DOESN'T WANT: Carl Bildt will not get involved with Guantanamo and defers the United States to the United Nations and the Swedish Migration Board, the independent agency tasked with refugee decisions.

UNITED STATES WANTS: Turkey to become a member of the European Union.

UNITED STATES WANTS: Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt's help on Guantanamo.


Cable Reference Number: 09STOCKHOLM569
Cable Date: September 8, 2009
Wikileaks Publication Date: December 15, 2010

SWEDEN WANTS: Sweden's Deputy Prime Minister Maud Olofsson wants United States.-Sweden cooperation in alternative technology ;"The One Big Thing" to show result.

SWEDEN WANTS: to find proactive cooperation between United States and Swedish businesses on concrete projects in the United States and Europe.

SWEDEN WANTS: ministerial-level United States official to attend October informal meeting of European Union competitiveness ministers to present United States efforts toward becoming an eco-efficient economy.

SWEDEN WANTS: to expand the United States-European Union alternative energy partnership to the European Union level, to launch "The Next Big Thing" at the United States- European Union summit in November.

SWEDEN DOESN'T WANT: Sweden "does not want to see alternative technology efforts bogged down by geo-political discussions of the security side of the energy issue.
United States Wants Next Big Thing distilled so that it could be incorporated into other countries' systems.
United States Embassy Wants to comply with Swedish request for United States representation at European Union meetings.

UNITED STATES DOESN'T WANT: to comply with Sweden by attending the Alternative Energy conference. Invitations to attend declined by: Secretary of Energy, Chu; Deputy Secretary of Energy, Poneman; Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, Browner; Secretary of Labor, Solis; Secretary of Health, Sebelius; Secretary of Homeland Security, Napolitano. Invitations still pending: Secretary Clinton; Deputy Secretary, Lew; Special Envoy, Stern.


Cable Reference Number: 09STOCKHOLM585
Cable Date: September 11, 2009
WikiLeaks Published Date: December 5, 2010

SWEDEN WANTS: Swedish Minister of Defense Tolgfors invites General McChrystal to attend a working dinner in Afghanistan on September 15, 2009.

SWEDEN WANTS: to be seen with key Afghan actors (the European Union and United States) in order to garner more Swedish public credibility regarding their mission in Afghanistan.


Cable Reference Number: 09STOCKHOLM599
Cable Date: September 21, 2009
WikiLeaks Publication Date: December 5. 2010

SWEDEN WANTS: In order to justify stronger Iran sanctions: Information on companies in key industries where European goods cannot easily be replaced.

SWEDEN WANTS: Evidence that sanctions will affect leaders, not the general population.

SWEDEN WANTS: United States. to demonstrate that Europe will lose credibility if it allows Tehran to manipulate the West.

SWEDEN WANTS: Assurances that the United States is pressuring other European Union nations as well as Sweden.

SWEDEN'S Carl Bildt WANTS: To maintain a good working relationship with Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki.

SWEDEN'S Carl Bildt WANTS: To establish an internationally monitored organization to provide peaceful nuclear technology to regimes, as an alternative to sanctions.

SWEDEN'S Carl Bildt WANTS: Increased civilian involvement in Afghanistan. Though it's not clear as to whether Swedish or Afghan.

SWEDEN WANTS: A civilian-military plan for Afghanistan as an outcome of an upcoming defense ministers' meeting.

UNITED STATES WANTS: Stronger European Union sanctions on Iran.

UNITED STATES WANTS: Future additional Swedish troop deployments to Afghanistan.

UNITED STATES WANTS: To help Carl Bildt help Prime Minister Reinfeldt achieve his goals, so that Bildt will have more clout "to lobby for United States priorities."


Cable Reference Number: 09STOCKHOLM615
Cable Date: September 25, 2009
WikiLeaks Published Date: 12 05 2010 / December 5, 2010

SWEDEN WANTS: to respond in other ways to objectionable, heinous statements rather then walking out of United nations general Assembly meetings.

SWEDEN DOESN'T WANT: to be embarrassed or look like they can't coordinate anything.


Cable Reference Number: 09STOCKHOLM677
Cable Date: October 28, 2009
WikiLeaks Publication Date: December 5, 2010

SWEDEN WANTS: Stronger ties with the United States.

SWEDEN WANTS: A strong European Union observer mission for the Afghan election.

SWEDEN WANTS: To strengthen the European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan, with greater participation by other European Union members.

SWEDEN WANTS: Better coordination of European Union missions in Afghanistan.

SWEDEN WANTS: To strengthen Afghan capacity for self-governance.

SWEDEN WANTS: Stronger European Union ties with former Soviet states.

SWEDEN WANTS: Russia to take part in European policy, but Sweden is suspicious of Russia's intentions.

SWEDEN WANTS: Western Balkan states integrated into the European Union.

SWEDEN WANTS: An end to the civilian peace agency in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

SWEDEN WANTS: Bosnian cooperation with reforms necessary to be integrated into the European Union.

SWEDEN WANTS: European Union membership for Turkey.

SWEDEN WANTS: More Turkish progress on meeting Ankara Protocol requirements.

SWEDEN WANTS: A unified European Union approach to opposing Iranian nuclear programs.

SWEDEN WANTS: The use of sanctions on Iran to support diplomatic dialogue.

SWEDEN WANTS: Successful outcome of Copenhagen climate negotiations in December.

SWEDEN WANTS: United States climate legislation, to make possible a comprehensive climate agreement.

SWEDEN WANTS: A United States commitment to a comprehensive climate treaty with emission targets, in early 2010.

SWEDEN WANTS: Greater United States leadership in pressing Brazil, South Africa, Russia, China, and India to discuss climate change financing.

SWEDEN WANTS: To work with the United States to narrow the gap between the United States and Chinese positions in the climate change negotiations.

SWEDEN WANTS: A successful European Union presidency, which Swedish voters will judge largely on the outcome of the Copenhagen talks.

SWEDEN WANTS: Approval of the European Council's Capital Regulatory Directive, which aims to control executive compensation to reduce risk.

SWEDEN WANTS: To coordinate with the United States on financial reform, but only as much as allowed by European Union members.

SWEDEN WANTS: To use a United Nations referral as cover for accepting Guantanamo detainees.

SWEDEN DOESN'T WANT: Additional European Union sanctions on Iran without a United Nations Security Council resolution.

SWEDEN DOESN'T WANT: Two different financial systems, as will happen if the United States and Europe do not coordinate financial reform.

UNITED STATES WANTS: Sweden to accept Guantanamo detainees.

UNITED STATES WANTS: Additional European Union sanctions on Iran.

UNITED STATES WANTS: Sweden to increase its Afghanistan commitment.

UNITED STATES WANTS: To coordinate climate change messages with Sweden for European Union summits in India and China.

UNITED STATES WANTS: Executive compensation and bonuses to remain variable.

UNITED STATES WANTS: An end to the civilian peace agency in Bosnia-Herzegovina.


Cable Reference Number: 09Stockholm679
Cable Date: October 30, 2009
Wikileaks Published date: December 5, 2010

SWEDEN WANTS: The Swedish European Union Presidency has compelled Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt to take a stance on European Union related issues. Particulary on climate change and The Lisbon Treaty.


Cable Reference Number: 09STOCKHOLM707
Cable Date: November 10,2009
Wikileaks publication date: December 5,2010

SWEDEN WANTS: Sweden's Social Democratic Party wants to strengthen United States and Swedish relations through cooperation on climate change and shared cultural values. Sweden's Social Democratic Party supports Sweden's continued mission in Afghanistan. Social Democratic Party leader Mona Sahlin says Europe is awaiting Obama's new Afghanistan/Pakistan strategy.

United States doesn't Want: "Sahlin explained that three years ago the Swedish public's anti-United States sentiments were strong, but a big shift has occurred. President Obama's election was one
factor; the other is a better understanding by Swedes of how to deal with the United States."


Cable Reference Number: 09STOCKHOLM779
CableDate: December 15, 2009
WikiLeaks Published Date: December 5, 2010

SWEDEN WANTS: Basic overview of Muslim demographics in Sweden. "The tremendous diversity of fast-growing Muslim communities in Sweden provides unique opportunities for outreach and engagement to Muslim individuals with social and economic ties to the Middle East, Africa, and South Central Asia."


Cable Reference Number: 09STOCKHOLM787
Cable Date: December 18, 2009
WikiLeaks Published Date: December 5, 2010

SWEDEN WANTS: The Swedish government is debating proposed laws to curb terrorist recruiting and financing in Sweden.

SWEDEN DOESN'T WANT: Sweden remains reluctant to discuss Muslim immigrant integration because of the potential to inflame xenophobic viewpoints.

UNITED STATES WANTS: Sweden to ramp up its program of preventing Islamic radicalization and extremism. United States Muslim engagement plan calls for strengthening ties with faith-based institutions as well as civic leaders.

n in the above cables the Wallenberg behemoth (and all who travel in her) have much to gain from closer ties to the US and the US has much to gain from a compliant Sweden in furthering its interests too.
AB Investor :
Main Share holders: Wallenberg family members
Main industries:
Core

Investor held shares in the following companies as of 31 December 2009:[1]

* ABB - power and automation technology (7.3% stake, 7.3% voting rights)
* Atlas Copco - industrial tooling and equipment (16.6% stake, 22.3% voting rights)
* Astra Zeneca - pharmaceuticals (3.6% stake, 3.6% voting rights)
* Electrolux - consumer appliances (12.7% stake, 28.8% voting rights)
* Ericsson - telecommunications (5.0% stake, 19.3% voting rights)
* Husqvarna - auto, chainsaw and sewing machine manufacturer (15.6% stake, 28.9% voting rights)
* Saab - aviation and military technology (19.8% stake, 38.0% voting rights)
* SEB - banking (20.8% stake, 20.9% voting rights)

Operating investments

Investor's other investments include:[1]

* 3 Scandinavia - (3rd Generation mobile phone services) (40% stake)
* Biovitrum - a Stockholm based specialty biopharma company (23% stake)
* CaridianBCT - developing and commercializing technology that serves customers in the blood banking and transfusion medicine industries (49% stake)
* Gambro - medical technology (49% stake)
* Mölnlycke Health Care - medical technology (62% stake)
* IBX - provider of efficient purchasing solutions and services
* Novare - recruitment firm (50% stake)
* Grand Hôtel, Stockholm - five star hotel (100%)
* Lindorff - a credit management company in the Nordic region with a growing European presence. (57% stake)
* Investor Growth Capital - venture capital firm, exceeds $1 billion in venture capital (100%)
* EQT Partners - private equity firm, €11 billion in equity capital (Investor participation varies from fund to fund)

See also
Factory 1b.svg Companies portal
Some former holdings

* WM-data - IT services (sold in August, 2006)[2]
* Saab Automobile - acquired by General Motors
* Scania - sold part of its stake to Volkswagen AG in 2000, selling the remainder to the German car-maker in March 2008. [1]
* Bredbandsbolaget - (BBB) a broadband and telecoms provider. This was initially in difficulty but was sold 2005 to Telenor for a profit.[3]
* OMX - financial services company (sold in May, 2007 to Nasdaq)

Other Swedish investment companies

* Ratos
* Investment AB Kinnevik
* Investment AB Latour
* L E Lundbergföretagen AB

Operating Investments are medium to large-size companies with attractive growth potential, international operations, strong profitability and cash generating capability. Investments are made in both unlisted and listed companies. The business area consists of the following holdings: 3 Scandinavia, Aleris, Swedish Orphan Biovitrum, CaridianBCT, Gambro, Grand Hôtel, Kunskapsskolan, Lindorff, Mölnlycke Health Care and Novare Group.
http://www.investorab.com/en/AboutInvest...tments.htm

Private Equity Investments consists of two separate activities. Our wholly-owned Investor Growth Capital makes expansion stage venture capital investments in promising growth companies. The independent EQT funds, in which we are the sponsor and the largest investor, invest in larger companies. Investments are made in Northern Europe, the U.S. and Asia.
http://www.investorab.com/en/AboutInvest...tments.htm

Chairman
Jacob Wallenberg since 2005.
http://www.investorab.com/en/AboutInvest...efault.htm

President and CEO
Börje Ekholm since 2005.

Offices and employees
Our 156 employees are based at offices in Stockholm, Amsterdam, Beijing, Hong Kong, Menlo Park and New York City.


Time line of events happening to Asange
[QUOTE]April 5, 2010 - Internet group WikiLeaks releases a video showing a 2007 U.S. helicopter attack that killed a dozen people in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, including two Reuters news staff.


-- Eight days later U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates criticizes WikiLeaks, saying it released the video without providing any context explaining the situation.


June 7 - The U.S. military says that Army Specialist Bradley Manning, who was deployed to Baghdad, has been arrested in connection with the release of the classified video.


July 25 - More than 91,000 documents, most of which are secret U.S. military reports about the war in Afghanistan, are released by WikiLeaks.org.
-- The "Afghan War Diary" is a compilation of documents and reports, covering the war in Afghanistan back to 2004.

In early August, Julian Assange, WikiLeaks editor-in-chief, goes to Sweden, possibly to explore basing the organisation there. Sweden has very good journalistic shield and media protection laws. Iceland had been the previous base  and a WikiLeaks holding company, Sunshine Press, is still based there. By Assange's account, the sway of the US over Iceland's politics made the country unsuitable for the organisation.

In early August, 31-year-old Anna Ardin, a political officer with the "Brotherhood", a leftish Christian faction of the Social Democratic Party, invites Assange to speak at a "Brotherhood" function in Stockholm, which she organised. She also offers him accommodation, and Assange moves into her Stockholm apartment on August 13. The sexual encounter that will later form the basis of Ardin's complaint takes place either that night or Saturday. (Unconfirmed: It is often reported that Assange came to Sweden at the invitation of Ardin, which may be significant if true. However, this cannot be fully verified. WikiLeaks has used Swedish servers as hosts for the site, and the possibility of basing the organisation there had been suggested previously).
Assange addresses the meeting on Saturday August 14. Also in attendance was 26-year-old photographer Sofia Wilen. She also attended the lunch after the event, where, reportedly, she and Assange flirted, and spent the afternoon together, seeing a movie. (Unconfirmed: Assange's and Wilen's sexual relationship begins at this stage) Meanwhile, Ardin sends a tweet: "Julian really wants to attend a crayfish party, anyone got two spare places"?*(*crayfish parties are a traditional summer activity in Sweden, less formal than usual, but more formal than, say, a barbecue. You can't just turn up with extra guests. There being none going, it appears that Ardin arranges an impromptu one at her apartment.)
In the evening, Assange returns to the crayfish party. In attendance are several members of Sweden's libertarian "Pirate Party", some journalists and others. From the party Ardin tweets, "i'm with the most important, exciting people in the world". Assange texts Wilen from the party.
On Monday August 16, Assange goes on the train with Wilen to her apartment in Enkoping (Ardin is out of Stockholm during the week), and stays the night. It is the events of this night that will form the basis of the complaint to the police in Wilen's name. Wilen will later tell police that Assange spent most of the train trip ignoring her and checking his computer.

On Wednesday August 18, Ardin tells Assange that he is no longer welcome to stay in her apartment. Assange refuses to leave and does not depart until Friday August 20.

On Wednesday August 18 or the 19th, Ardin and Wilen exchanged texts and arrange to meet. (Unconfirmed: tweets from Wilen are made at this time regarding the events of the previous days. Wilen's internet presence later disappears so completely that Swedish hacker sites conclude that a professional clean-up job has been performed).

On Friday August 20, Ardin and Wilen go to Klara police station in Stockholm to make inquiries about the possibility of forcing Assange to take an STI test. From the interview, the duty officer concludes that there may be grounds for charges. The on-duty prosecutor (a junior fill-in prosecutor, during the Swedish summer holidays) agrees and issues charges  one for rape/sexual assault for matters concerning Wilen, the other for "ofredande" (o-freda, unfreedom) a misdemeanour best translated as "annoyance", applying to sexual and non-sexual crimes, in matters concerning Ardin.(Note: there is no equivalent to ofredande in English law, in terms of its reach across private and public life in Sweden. The charge applies equally to bothering someone repeatedly in the street, to the sexual conduct cited in this case. The usual translation of "molestation" is quite misleading in terms of the word's connotations in Swedish).
The details of the charges are immediately leaked to Espressen, the Stockholm tabloid comparable to the Herald-Sun, in style and politics. The leaks come either from the complainants, or the police. Contacted by the paper, the duty prosecutor confirms the charges, an act which is illegal under Swedish law.The duty prosecutor is later quoted as not being aware that it was illegal to do this.
Eva Finne, the chief prosecutor for the Stockholm region, hears of the charges in the news, and has the case file couriered to her holiday house. On Saturday

August 21, she rescinds the rape charge, but allows the ofredande charge to stand. On the basis of the police interview with Wilen, Finne says that she does not dispute her story, but sees no description of rape within the statements.

On Saturday August 21 (published August 22), Ardin gives an anonymous interview to Aftonbladet, the Stockholm broadsheet. In this Ardin remarked that: "The other woman wanted to report a rape. I gave my story as testimony to her story and to support her. / I immediately believed her account because I had an experience similar to hers. /It is quite untrue that we are afraid of Assange and and therefore didn't want to report him. He is not violent and I do not feel threatened by him./ The charges against Assange are of course not orchestrated by either the Pentagon or anyone else. The responsibility for what happened to me and the other girl is with a man with a warped attitude to women and a problem with taking no for an answer." (Ardin's remarks appear to be responses to several questions by the reporter, so I've separated them with slashes).

On Monday August 23 or the 24th, lawyer Claes Borgstrom becomes involved in the case. It is unclear whether the complainants approached him or vice versa. Borgstrom is a former minister in the Social Democratic Party, and was a for a time the "gender equality ombudsman", a civil service post.

On Tuesday August 24, Swedish feminist blog Rebella, which is run by Ardin and others, posts a long article by Sara Gunnerud entitled "even WikiLeaks heroes can do crappy things", which gives one account of what happened. This alleged that Assange had continued sex after a condom had broken, despite the complainant's wish to discontinue. It also mentioned the women's desire that Assange take an STI test. The posting was later removed from the Rebella website, and is also retrieved from the Google cache.
About this time, two tweets are deleted from Ardin's twitter account  one organising the crayfish party on August 14, and one from the crayfish party announcing that she is with the most exciting people in the world. The tweets are retrieved from the Google cache by a libertarian website.
During this week, there is a great deal of blogosphere attention to an item on Ardin's blog, a "7-step guide to revenge on ex-lovers". This item, posted on January 19, 2010, a translation of joke material on a US website, features a detailed list of ways to hurt ex-lovers. On September 1, in the comments string, one commenter chides her for being "obsessed with revenge". Ardin denies the charge, going on to say: "Even though I right now have kind of a strong feeling of punching you in the face … Sometimes it is difficult to go on without some kind of payback. As a human being you should be able to understand that. In this case I was very upset with a former fiancé who betrayed me for a long time. My revenge at that point consisted in posting this translation."

On August 30, Borgstrom approached Marianne Ny, who is the head of a special unit in Gothenburg, Sweden's second city, 200 kilometres from Stockholm. Ny heads a special "crime development unit" and is a specialist in the development of sex crime law. Sweden's state system allows for different departments to act "entrepreneurially"  thus, one can apply to multiple agencies (especially in the area of ombudsmen) for similar services.

On August 31, Assange is interviewed by the prosecutor's office. However, this interview concerns only the "ofredande" accusations. Assange tells Swedish TV that he rejects all the accusations, that he does not engage in non-consensual sex, and declines to answer questions about any relationship to the complainants. Asked to respond to the charges he replies that he "does not criticise women", but is losing faith in the Swedish justice system.
Also on August 31, Assange applies for a work and residency permit in Sweden. The permit would be essential to his plan to found WikiLeaks as a media company in Sweden, with full protection of media shield laws.

On September 1, Ny re-opened the investigation into r-pe. There were now three "pre-charges"  one of rape of Ardin, one of misconduct against Ardin, one of rape against Wilen.
At some point in September, Ardin deleted from her blog the seven-step guide to revenge, which features on Ardin's blog. This is a translation of a US joke website item, which details ways in which to get revenge on ex-lovers. This too is retrieved from the Google cache by others. No other items are deleted from Ardin's blog.


On October 22, WikiLeaks releases the "Iraq War logs" 300,000 documents from the Iraq War, after weeks of pre-publicity, and warnings by the US government not to do so.Accounts now vary concerning events. Assange's Swedish lawyer, Bjorn Hurtig, says that he made repeated attempts to arrange for Assange to answer questions from Ny. Ny's Gothenburg office claims no approach was made.


On October 30, Assange's request for a work and residence permit in Sweden is refused.


November 18 - A Swedish court orders Assange's detention as a result of an investigation begun in September by the prosecutor's office into allegations of rape, sexual molestation and unlawful coercion.


On November 20, the Swedish courts issued an arrest warrant for Assange, to appear to answer questions from the prosecutor's office. No charges had been laid, nor accusations specified by the office.


November 28 - WikiLeaks releases more than 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables that include candid views of foreign leaders and blunt assessments of security threats.

On November 28, the first of the Cablegate logs were released in major parts of the world's press, prompting calls in the US for the assassination or arrest of Assange.

On November 30, Interpol issued a "red notice" on the basis of the Swedish warrant, advising that Assange was a person to be detained by police authorities across the world.
Assange's lawyer, Bjorn Hurtig, lodges an appeal against an arrest order with Sweden's High Court. Sweden's court refuses permission to Assange to appeal on December 2.


December 7 - Assange is arrested by British police on a European warrant issued by Sweden and held in jail after a judge refuses to grant bail to the 39-year-old.
-- Swedish prosecutor Marianne Ny says the sexual misconduct case against Assange is a personal matter and not connected with his work releasing secret U.S. diplomatic cables.
- as pre-arranged, Assange surrendered himself to UK police, and appeared in court on a bail hearing ahead of a battle over extradition. At this point, the Crown Prosecution Service, acting for the Swedish Prosecutors Office, read out four "charges": rape charge: that Assange had held Ardin down, forcibly parted her legs, and had sex with her ofredande charge: that Assange had had unsafe sex with her, despite her earlier statement that she was most opposed to the practice, thereby violating her sexual integrity ofredande charge: that Assange had pushed his erect penis into Ardin's back, thereby violating her sexual integrity sexual assault charge: that Assange had had unsafe sex with Wilen while she was sleeping.
Assange was remanded in custody due to his lack of ties to UK community, and permanent residency, with a new hearing set for December 14.

December 14 - The world media and protesters besiege the road outside City of Westminster Magistrates' Court where Assange is appearing on an extradition warrant. :: He is granted conditional bail but must provide a security of £200,000 to the court and guarantee two sureties, each of £20,000.
:: The court's decision is welcomed by high profile supporters Jemima Khan, Tariq Ali and John Pilger.
:: Two hours later, the Swedish authorities challenge the decision to grant bail and the Australian is kept behind bars until a more senior judge can hear the appeal.


December 16 - Assange is granted conditional bail at the High Court in London after his supporters pay £240,000 in cash and sureties.
:: In court, the judge rules that supporters and journalists should not use the micro-blogging site Twitter to give instant coverage.
:: Assange makes a statement on the court steps whilst his mother Christine says she is ''very, very happy'' with the decision.


[FONT=Verdana][size=12]December 17 - Assange claim...

[Magda Hassan]

Bump. More information added. And more coming.

[Magda Hassan]

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