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August 17, 2012

Assange Has Very Few Friends Left in Sweden

Karin Olsson, The Guardian

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Assange's flight from Sweden, a decent democracy, into the arms of Ecuador's megalomanic president is incomprehensible.

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TAGGED: Rafael Correa, Ecuador, WikiLeaks, Sweden, Julian Assange

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