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| Subject: Swedish poLICE link internet attacks to Assange case Tue Oct 02, 2012 12:20 am | |
| Swedish police have linked an internet attack that blocked access to several popular Swedish websites to the controversy surrounding WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
The Australian activist, 41, has been holed up in the Ecuadoran embassy in London since claiming asylum on June 19 in a bid to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he faces questioning over an alleged sexual assault.
Mr Assange denies the allegations and says he fears Sweden would extradite him to the United States, which was deeply embarrassed by WikiLeaks's 2010 release of huge caches of US diplomatic cables and confidential documents on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/police-link-internet-attacks-to-assange-case-20121002-26w3g.html#ixzz2870xRMt0
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