USA - Invasions

USA - INVASIONS Note:  Unclear to me re who did what WWII Will probably update correctly, eventually Just wanted an overall view Also note:  list not checked against other lists source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_invasions ************************************ Invasions of United States 1814 United States by United Kingdom 1863 United States the Confederate States 1814 United States by United Kingdom Invasions by United States Post WWII 2003 Iraq (2) US + UK 2001 Afghanistan US + UK 1994 Haiti US 1991 Iraq (1) US + Saudi Arabia 1989 Panama US 1983 Grenada US 1965 Dominican Republic US 1961 Cuba US 1951 North Korea US 1950 North Korea US Invasions by United States World War II (1939–1945) Occupied Asia 1945 Manchuria US Occupied Europe - +UK 1945 Italy US Mainland US +UK Occupied Europe - +UK, +Canada, +Soviet Union 1945 Western Germany US “ “ Occupied France US ? “ “ Occupied Ukraine + SU “ “ Occupied Belgium ? “ “ Occupied Netherlands ? “ “ Occupied Luxembourg ? The Pacific (versus Japan) 1944 Guam US Philippines US Marshall Islands US Occupied Europe – US, UK, Canada 1943 Italy Mainland Sicily North Africa - US + UK 1942 Solomon Islands 1942 Solomon Islands US +Australia Greenland 1941 Greenland US Invasions by United States all against Russian SFSR 1918 Russia US + UK + Canada + Japan + Czechosl. + Greece + Poland + France + Australia + India + Romania + Serbia + Italy + China Invasions by United States World War I (1914–1918) No - United States invasion(s) Invasions by United States 1800–1915 1915 Haiti 1900 China US + UK + Russia + Japan + France + Germany + Italy + Austria-Hungary 1898 Philippines US 1898 Spain US 1898 Puerto Rico US 1898 Cuba US 1893 Hawaii US 1871 Korea US 1861–1865 Confederate States US 1846 Mexico US 1813 Canada US 1812 Canada US Battle of Derne (now Libya) First recorded LAND battle US overseas 1805 Tripoli US + mercenaries Invasions by United States 1700s 1775 Canada US

Sweden Turns Blind Eye to: SÄPO Agent Alleged Killer of PM Olof Palme / Meanwhile ... Assange Banged Up In Britain 5 Years, No Charge, Bogus Sweden Police Allegations

SOURCE http://www.svd.se/bertil-wedin-i-am-not-the-murderer Bertil Wedin: ”I am not the murderer” Av Ola Billger 25 feb, 2014 Stieg Larsson gave the police a tip about him [ie Bertil Wedin] and South African agents named [ie Bertil Wedin] after the murder of Prime Minister Olof Palme. Still the Swedish investigators have not been able to arrange a formal interview with him in 27 years. The alleged go-between Bertil Wedin is today talking to SvD about the accusations. “After the murder I thought: will I be a suspect?” Constantly under investigation, several times pointed out. But never properly interviewed by the Police. The elegant and nowadays 73 years old Bertil Wedin came to the surface in the Palme inquiry almost immediately after the murder on February 28th interest because of his connections with Security Service of the South African Apartheid regime. Today SvD could reveal that the world-famous crime writer and journalist Stieg Larsson named Bertil Wedin in the autumn of 1987 as a possible go-between in the murder of Palme. Stieg Larsson had come across extensive documentation on Bertil Wedin which he compiled and sent to the Police in a memorandum. His partner Eva Gabrielsson says to SvD that all the time up to his death in 2004 Stieg Larsson had suspicions about Bertil Wedin. Other persons have also pointed at Wedin as a go-between, as the one planting the false trail about Kurdish PKK and for spreading negative propaganda about Palme for a long time after the murder. Since November 1985 he lives in north Cyprus, a nation recognised by nobody and who lacks extradition treaties with everyone. “Well, I disliked Olof Palme quite a lot, but I did not hate him”, he says. SvD is meeting with Bertil Wedin close to his home in Kyrenia. We are sitting in the elegant but slightly worn-down Dome Hotel, the same place where Wedin was interviewed by the world press in 1996 when he and the super spy Craig Williamson were alleged to be involved in the murder of Palme. The waiter is wearing a black tie, worn to a shine, and is chatting in a familiar tone with the guests. A mild breeze is sweeping in from the Mediterranean. Bertil Wedin’s eyes are ice-blue , cold and vigilant. “I have nothing to lose from the truth coming out since i am luckily enough not the murderer and had nothing to do with it all.” In spite of the fact that he has appeared in inquiries for 28 years, no formal interview has ever been conducted by Swedish Police. A telephone call is the closest the investigators have been. “A policeman called in 1996 after I had appeared in the press in connection with South Africa. He was a bit loud and easy-going and talked about a permit. I said ‘you don’t need a permit, just come.’ But they never came.” SvD is talking to him for three days going through Stieg Larsson’s memo page by page. In the document it is stated that Bertil Wedin had been a mercenary, had worked for BOSS, the South African Security Service since the 70’s and for was one of the “top pro killers” in Europe. “All these pieces of information are false…except then one about me living with my wife in Cyprus. OK?” One of the sources says that Wedin is “one of the nastiest persons” he has met in his many years working against right wing extremism. That he was supposed to have murdered several people, among them the anti-Apartheid activist Ruth First, one of Olof Palme’s friends, who was killed by a bomb. “I have heard about the letter bomb, of course, but it was completely unknown to me. And I think it is a terrible thing.” Wedin goes on reading, sniffing at the content and commenting some statements. I am aware of my reputation; right wing man and Conservative, not liking Palme and more, but I have done nothing of all this. “They say ‘no smoke without fire’ but there is nothing in this. I am aware of my reputation; right wing man and Conservative, not liking Palme and more, but I have done nothing of all this. Not a single thing. And no one has asked me to do anything either.” Stieg Larsson was not alone in his suspicions: there were several tips directly after the murder and ten years later South African security agents pointed a finger at Wedin as involved in the murder. Bertil Wedin left Sweden in 1975 and moved to Great Britain. He worked among other things as a journalist but was also paid by the South African Security Service. He was charged, accused of breaking into the office of an anti-Apartheid movement in London, but was later acquitted. Three months ahead of the murder of Olof Palme he moved with his family to northern Cyprus. “I wanted to lead another life. Many people I know in this sphere have sooner or later grown tired of it, wanted to do something else.” He says that he tried several times to give Swedish authorities a tip on who was behind the murder. He contacted embassies and the Palme inquiry, but nobody wanted to receive his information. “I had names that I believed were the [gunmen] or the name of the Master Mind”, Bertil Wedin says. However he does not want to disclose those names today. In the memo from Stieg Larsson it is stated that Bertil Wedin went to South Africa in February 1986, shortly before the murder of Olof Palme. Were you in South Africa at the time? “I was not.” He says he was in Cyprus when he heard the news from the BBC World Service on March 1st. “Later I thought: will I be a suspect?” The reason was that he was “a little anti-Palme”. Today, 28 years on, he is no longer particularly interested in talking to the Police, neither to offer tips, nor to straighten out question marks. “I would prefer not to. But I would consider it, of course, but it seems so meaningless. SOURCE http://www.svd.se/bertil-wedin-i-am-not-the-murderer --------------------- COMMENT Came across this Swedish Sapo agent, South African apartheid government spy fellow, Bertil Wedin, when I ran into an article about about star South African spy recruit / alleged NCA defector Olivia Forsyth (mentioned below). So, if I have this straight, there's a Swedish fellow (Bertil Wedin), that's been linked to a notorious South African spymaster (Craig Williamson), whose South African government spy outfit was involved in violent acts of terrorism; and this Swedish guy's been fingered by a renown Swedish crime writer and journalist (Stieg Larsson), as allegedly having been involved in the assassination of Olof Palme (Swedish Prime Minister); and this Bertil Wedin guy has also been implicated as party to the crime of assassination by members of the South African government spying outfit. Yet Wedin, alleged mercenary, South African spy and alleged party to the assassination of a Swedish national icon, has never been formally interviewed by Swedish police. Odd, one would think, particularly given Sweden's zeal in conducting the international legal assault on WikiLeaks' publisher, Julian Assange, the subject of Swedish police allegations of 'sexual misconduct'. Since 1985, Wedin has retreated to the delights of Greek island life (where nobody has an extradition treaty with the unrecognised, North Cyprus, self-declared state). All that lovely Greek island sunshine would at least be a rather therapeutic consolation, when enduring something like 27 years of repeat investigations into one's tangled affairs. Except in Sweden. Sweden's not interested. That's the same sunshine that publisher/journalist Julian Assange, has now been deprived of for 3 years under siege at the Ecuador Embassy in London, pinned in place by Sweden's political and legal manoeuvres and Sweden's inaction.  Inaction seems bizarre at first - but it makes perfect and rather perverse sense, when you consider that inaction has been Sweden's legal and political strategy for blockading Assange in place for almost a 5 years stretch now, pending delivering him up to the US superpower by extradition. Detaining a journalist for 5 years pursuant to flimsy police allegations, with aid of a rubber-stamp European Arrest Warrant, is becoming internationally embarrassing and difficult to explain away. Just when you think there couldn't be anything more humiliating for Swedish justice (and the Swedish 'humanitarian' state) to explain, than nearly 5 years of Sweden doing its utmost to contravene international law (and, inexplicably, even basic, common sense), by blocking the passage of an individual granted political asylum (via the inaction / stalemate MO, by refusing to interview), we find yet more embarrassing, dirt under Sweden's jolly Ikea rug, just begging to be explained. More Swedish government dirt in the story of a Swedish Greek island expatriate, who has gone some 27 years - yes, folks, that's 27 years - without so much as a formal police interview, having been accused of being involved in the killing of a Swedish Prime Minister.  And accused by some of being the shooter. So, ... I take it we can't expect an international arrest warrant on the pretext of some kind any time soon, for immediate apprehension of a Sapo agent, foreign government spy, alleged mercenary, and an alleged assassin of Sweden's much-loved Prime Minister?  Don't suppose there'll be a Sapo or CIA kidnapping either? Yet, at breakneck speed in 2010, during the bombshell WikiLeaks publication of US secrets, Sweden obtained a European Arrest Warrant and Interpol Red Notice for Assange, on the strength of what sure sounds like nothing but, remarkably convenient, Swedish police allegations of 'sexual misconduct.' And before you could say 'Abba', Julian Assange was banged up in Britain - and has been since: for around 2 years under house arrest pursuant to a European Arrest Warrant; for 3 years under siege in the Ecuadorian Embassy; for about a total of 5 years effective detention without charge or interview; on trumped up police allegations of 'sexual misconduct', based on what amounts to 'alleged interviews' that weren't even properly carried out or properly recorded by Swedish law enforcement authorities. Meanwhile, an obliging UK (which has made a legal exception of Assange) has now incurred a cost of £11,884,830.00 British pounds (and counting). The British government's payrolled police-enforcer, brute footsoldiers, stand guard inside and outside the Ecuadorian Embassy, London, where Julian Assange has sought (and was granted) political asylum, in view of (a) political persecution and (b) threat to his life should he be apprehended and extradited to USA, by way of an extradition to Sweden. Please, remind me again what this is about?  'Sexual misconduct?'  Condoms? The UK crown prosecution service has also refused a request under the Freedom of Information Act in relation to communications over potential extradition arrangements, stating that it would affect Great Britain’s diplomatic relations with other countries. In the middle of last year, the UK’s extradition reform panel, which was appointed by the home secretary, met with Eric Holder, the US attorney general, and a number of members of the Defence Department in the United States. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/03/jass-m16.html The facts surrounding this legal and political assault on Assange and on WikiLeaks, and a number of suspicious violations, irregularities, and anomalies in the Swedish police investigation and government handling of such assault on publisher Assange speak for themselves. Yet, Sweden, the US and UK, would have you believe, it's 'nothing' at all to do with the release of: the Collateral Murder video on 5th April 2010 (depicting US war crimes); or the release of the Afghan War Logs: 2004-2010 (comprising 91,000 US reports), on 25 July 2010); and, really - no really - nothing at all to do with an enraged US political and military establishment, which deployed its resources, agents and influence to decommission Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, by any means whatsoever.  Perhaps even by way of 'allegations' put forward by the same Swedish law enforcement establishment, that is answerable to Swedish politicians who, in turn, have made a habit of answering to America and assisting the CIA behind closed doors, against Swedish law and the constitution. Sweden's unusually laissez fair attitude in respect of the accused Sweden Prime Minister Olof Palme alleged assassin (mercenary/Sapo agent), enjoying a peaceful Greek decades-long 'extended holiday' without so much as a formal Swedish police interview, stands in stark contrast to the legal, financial and personal nightmare (and grave threat to life and well-being) that WikiLeaks publisher, Julian Assange, faces. Author/Journalist Stieg Larsson's Memo detailing the connections he found between Bertil Wedin & the murder of Prime Minister Olof Palme Stieg Larssons PM om Palmemordet Här kan du klicka dig igenom det PM där succéförfattaren Stieg Larsson detaljerat beskriver de kopplingar han hittat mellan Bertil Wedin och mordet på Olof Palme. http://www.svd.se/stieg-larssons-pm_8988874 [Swedish] ------- Assange FAQ ------- https://justice4assange.com/ --------------------- MORE SouthAfrica / Book  Olivia Forsyth spy of apartheid era imprisoned by ANC in Angola escaped to British Embassy recruited by 'notorious' Craig Williamson infiltration of ANC supporters spying on lefties defection to ANC journalist One of the most notorious of the Eastern Cape spies was Agent RS407 Olivia Forsyth - code name "Lara" - who infiltrated activist groups at Rhodes University as a student and sang freedom songs while passing on information to the security police. In 1988 her cover was blown and she was detained and tortured in an ANC prison camp in Angola, from which she escaped. [iol] Craig Williamson former South African Police major / spy exposure 1980 /state-sponsored overseas bombings, killings etc = named in a South African court for Olof Palme's assassination https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Williamson SAPO connection journalist Bertil Wedin agent of Swedish secret service (SÄPO) / involved South Africa spy outfit Bertil Wedin Since 1985 been living North Cyprus North Cyprus not recognised by anyone but Turkey = has NO EXTRADITION TREATIES http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/13573083.Former_Padgate_high_school_teacher_reveals_life_as_a_spy/ Bertil Wedin: contacts with SÄPO, South Africa, & the Turkish secret service A number of sources within the former South African secret services are now pointing out Bertil Wedin, the Swede who worked for Craig Williamson in London, as the man who actually shot Palme. Mr Wedin has a remarkable profile: He is a notorious right-wing extremist and professional soldier with a past as a Congo mercenary and an officer of the Swedish Army. He also worked as an informer for SÄPO (the Swedish state security police) in the 1970. In the 1980s, Wedin was recruited by the South African secret services and was eventually stationed in London as one of Craig Williamson’s men in the "Long Reach" operation. Since 1985 Wedin has lived in the Turkish part of Cyprus. He has worked for, among others the Turkish Ministry of Information and is said to have excellent contacts with the Turkish secret service MIT. Last, not least, Wedin is also a member of WAcl. [here] Craig Williamson infiltrated Swedish anti-apartheid agency In the 1970s, Craig Williamson, posing as a South African student opposed to apartheid, managed to get himself employed by the International University Exchange Fund (IUEF) in Geneva. The real purpose of this organisation, set up by the Swedish Social Democrats, was actually to channel secret Swedish financial assistance to the anti-apartheid movement, in particular to the ANC. In the Palme era, Sweden was the only Western country providing generous support to the ANC and Palme was an outspoken enemy of the Apartheid regime. In 1980, it came to light that Williamson was spying for the South African secret service and had managed to divert considerable sums destined for anti-apartheid groups to none other than the hit squads of the South African secret service. Through his infiltration of IUEF Williamson acquired excellent insider knowledge of Swedish politics and, above all, of some of Palme’s closest collaborators. He must also have understood Palme’s instrumental role in the fight against South African apartheid. [here] The Swedish connection In Sweden, speculation about possible involvement of extreme-right circles within the police and the military in Palme’s murder have flourished for ten years. The recent allegations made by a number of former members of the South African secret services have given rise to new questions in Sweden about this "police link". The number of hints pointing in this direction is alarming. [here]

ASSANGE - Sweden Legal Experts: Crime not substantiated / "How Sweden Collaborated With CIA on Renditions and Framing of Assange"

GOOGLE TRANSLATION [+ Bing Translate / EDITS as marked] [For discussion purposes only.  For quotes, refer to the original Swedish article.] SOURCE http://www.magasinetparagraf.se/bilden/forundersokningen-avseende-assange Now we publish the preliminary investigation of Julian Assange When I read the preliminary investigation of Assange's "sex crimes" I understand why police and prosecutors do not go to London and interrogate him. [Had they done so,] the investigation would be closed down with [a] clear [explanation]:  Crime not substantiated. The picture illustrating this article shows how in much of the world sees the State [of] Sweden's actions against Julian Assange. I have recently had access to the entire Swedish preliminary investigation of Julian Assange's alleged sex crimes. [We have] been hesitant [as to] if we would publish it or not. Not because it is confidential. There is often need for us [at] Paragraf [to] publish documents [leaders] of various kinds hide, but because it deals with intimate sexual details. And the two women who reported Assange thus, to some extent, [would] be hung out. But [as] the dirty games [have] now lasted month after month, [we have chosen to] publish it. Questions and answers A few short questions and answers describe what it is about: Assange picked up these two women? No, they picked him up and invited him to stay in their apartments. Did they come from if they do not want to sleep with him? No not at all. He used violence to have sex with them? No. Did he prefer to have sex without a condom? Yes, but it is not illegal. Had he deliberately broke a condom? It is a claim which he rejects, and how it was with the matter can not be demonstrated by the investigation. Became one of the women pregnant or infected by any disease? No. Why was it even a police investigation of sex crimes? Because the two women wanted to know if through police Assange could be compelled to get tested for HIV. The situation was not one to assert some form of sex crimes, let alone rape. But various police officers, attorneys / courtroom advocates and their employees convinced the women to [report] Assange [in respect] of sex crimes, including rape. Probably the women regret this today, when they reasonably understand in which power games they have fallen - and how they have been exploited by various forces.  Like a rock idol As we have seen Assange in TV reports from different parts of the world it is always at least one woman at his side, looking admiringly at him. He treated a bit like a rock idol and surrounded consequently of groupies. In this case the intelligence groupies. The problem is that he also appears as a moment celebrated rock star in his relationships with women he ends up in bed with. The investigation shows that he is far from being a fine courting gentleman. The women have to pay his food and travel. And his attitude and approach regarding the erotic can probably be best described in the words: - Well, are we going to f*ck or how do you want it? He thus shows clearly that he is currently sharing a bed with, definitely not the woman of his life. Moreover, it seems to be so and so with the cleanliness. In short, might not be the most fun to have remained in his apartment after the first night's adventure. But there is nothing new under the sun. Who has not experienced it, whether we are men or women? The situation may be more or less unpleasant or even a bit unpleasant. But it has not happened anything illegal, however much we may regret at the erotic adventure. Warned Assange One of the journalists who heard the preliminary investigation tells how he warned Assange for what may result in him being honey trapped, thus ends up in a sexfälla [ie sex trap].  He does so because he sees how women swarming around Assange, and he responds specifically to how one of these women act. Now I do not believe a second that these women are part of a conspiracy against Assange. But it may be incredibly naive if you do not realize that different forces have taken advantage of the situation - and therefore these women. Should be closed down I have asked four experienced court lawyers to read the preliminary investigation and assess whether they can see no basis for prosecution. None of them is a lawyer. One could possibly consider a prosecution for assault, but was doubtful as to whether it would hold. The other three were unanimous in that the whole thing should be closed. So the same thing as the highly respected chief prosecutor Eva Finné reached when the case ended up on her table. Julian Assange may be a clumsy lover and sometimes behave arrogantly. He undeniably uses his stardom - but none of it is illegal. And one need not be specially conspiratorially inclined to realize that the current situation is the absolute best for the CIA and the US: He [has taken refuge] in an embassy of a state that stands for all that he opposed. And he refuses to go to Sweden for questioning about sex crimes he is suspected of. For the US, it could obviously not be better. That there he would be sentenced to life imprisonment or the like would put the US in a very difficult situation, both at home and internationally. The last thing that Julian Assange says when he is questioned in the investigation in Sweden: We can always continue if necessary. He has subsequently held on to. He has always been available for questioning in London - and it still is today. When I read the preliminary investigation I realize why there have been no more questioning. Why not some police officers and prosecutors have made their way to London and passed it out here: It would have resulted in the full closed. Or, expressed more legally and formally: Crime not substantiated. For some reason, do not want the State Sweden contribute to it. Published December 6, 2012 12:00 Dick Sundvall Below we publish the full investigation of Assange as a separate file. Previous article about the Assange case is available here: High time to interrogate Assange. Bifogade filer [attachments] AssangeSexAllegations.pdf (4.2 MB) SOURCE http://www.magasinetparagraf.se/bilden/forundersokningen-avseende-assange SEE ALSO Google Translate Link: https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&u=http://www.magasinetparagraf.se/bilden/forundersokningen-avseende-assange&prev=search OTHER Dick Sundvall, editor born in 1946 in Uppsala, Sweden Swedish journalist, author and social commentator - here Father of:  Carl M. Sundvall Swedish journalist and former restaurant owner - here 'domstolsjurister'  - translates to 'court lawyers' or 'judiciary', depending on where you look.  'knulla' - is 'f*ck' or other variations / checked because I couldn't believe it was in the article.  Thought someone had been vandalising Google translate.  lol   --------------------- COMMENT Took the liberty of doing some of my own edits of the Google translation of the Swedish article (above), in the hope of getting something that reads more fluidly.  But after my initial enthusiasm, I got over attempting to minimally restructure without the requisite Swedish, and have let the garbled Google stand as is.  However, there's a link to the original Swedish and a link to the Google translation for further reference. Kind of weird revisiting a subject matter this personal.  Awkward.  Like maybe surreptitiously going through someone's personal effects, or ferreting through a person's garbage bin.  Setting aside the weirdness of the subject matter up for public scrutiny, it's rather an exciting article because (a) it appears in the Swedish press and (b) it would appear to indicate just how flimsy a legal file the Swedish prosecution has relied upon in this Clayton's 'investigation' / non-investigation of almost 5 years detention without charge - or even preliminary interview. The article's raw, Google translation's a scream. The translation comes out like maybe a 1950s Mills & Boon gone rock mag / tabloid: "rock idol and surrounded consequently of groupies" ... "always at least one woman at his side, looking admiringly at him" From what I've previously read, Assange can't have been too bad a house-guest (as the article above seems to read), as his hostess (a woman involved in the police allegations) clearly declined an offer for Assange to continue his stay at another residence in Sweden: " ... crayfish party in Assange’s honour. Alternative lodgings are offered to Assange, but [AA] invites him to continue residing at her flat. A guest at the party stated: "It was a very hearty evening" and when he offered for Assange to stay at his apartment, [AA] replied, "he can stay with me."  [here] Some of what stood out for me is this: Of four (4) legal experts ('domstolsjurister' / 'court lawyers' or 'judiciary' - status unclear to me) examining the State's preliminary investigation documentation: three (3) were unanimous in that the whole thing should be closed. one (1) believed the State could possibly consider a prosecution for assault, but was doubtful as to whether it would hold.  three (3) examining legal experts reached the same conclusion as:  highly respected chief prosecutor Eva Finn, who dismissed this in the first place. Assange has always been available for questioning in London. As the article states, "the current situation is the absolute best for the CIA and the US," which has now been investigating Assange and WikiLeaks, in secret (ie classified / no documentation released pursuant to freedom of information laws), for the last five (5) years.  And the penalties the US would seek are as follows: USG Assange Charges Five Types: espionage conspiracy to commit espionage computer fraud & abuse theft of secrets general conspiracy Were the above x1 charge each = 45 yrs But they're multiples of each type of charge. Also:  Espionage Act has life imprisonment & death penalty provisions. So this is pretty high stakes for the US (and for Assange, of course).  Given Sweden's history of obliging the Americans and the CIA, one does wonder just how obliging the Swedes are in this instance. As the article says, it's easy to see why Sweden has avoided progressing the flimsy (and highly suspect) 'investigation' by consistently dodging even taking the first and vital step to moving this along by simply questioning Assange in London. Checked out the 'preliminary investigation' documents attachment and referred to in the article.  It's 100 pages of Swedish PDF, so it means nothing to English readers - unless they're keen enough to bash it out as written & Google translate the input.  At 100 pages of this file, you'd have to be really keen.  GET A LOAD OF THIS, PEOPLE:   How Sweden Collaborated With CIA on Renditions and Framing of Assange Dec 19, 2012 at 5:54 pm By Rafik Saley, Okoth Osewe, and John Goss EXTRACTS   By his own admission, Sweden’s Ambassador to Australia Mr. Sven-Olof Petersson had advance knowledge of the CIA rendition flight that took place on December 18, 2001 from Stockholm to Egypt. This flight ended in Egyptian nationals Ahmed Agiza and Muhammad al-Zery being illegally rendered and tortured. Mr. Petersson’s admission comes from a statement to the Swedish Parliament’s Constitutional Committee, confirming that he attended a briefing on December 17, 2001 at which the rendition process was finalized. Moreover, the Constitutional Committee’s report shows that he knew about the renditions at the end of November and probably even in mid-November. In fact, it was he who kept Minister of Foreign Affairs Anna Lindh updated on the progress of deportation arrangements with the CIA in November 2001.[i] Petersson was then Sweden’s Director General for Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[ii] Illegal and unconstitutional decisions of this sort, made behind closed doors, show contempt for the Swedish legal system, which has been further denigrated by attempts to get Wikileaks founder Julian Assange flown to Sweden on flimsy allegations of a sexual nature, from where, concerned parties believe the CIA would pick him up and put him on trial in the United States. Ironically, it was through Wikileaks that the world learned about the diplomatic tiff between the US and Sweden that brought an end to Swedish rendition in 2006.[iii] FULL ARTICLE http://newsjunkiepost.com/2012/12/19/how-sweden-collaborated-with-cia-on-renditions-and-framing-of-assange/#sthash.VTKJNK95.dpuf -------  Assange FAQ ------- https://justice4assange.com/