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As I understand it, it wasn't "digging around", but two women who reported sexual assaults that he committed.

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Two women who were interviewed by the police at the same time, who were also friends with the police officer.

Can you back that up with some sort of credible source?

http://nnn.se/nordic/assange/sequence.htm

http://www.nnn.se/nordic/assange/docs/protocol.pdf

Accompanied by Anna Ardin, Sofia Wilén visits a Stockholm police station — by their own account, for the limited purpose of obtaining assistance in compelling Assange to take an HIV test. Anna Ardin is present during the interview with Ms. Wilén, which is conducted by a friend and political ally of Ms. Ardin.

That is a site dedicated to clear Assange, you don't think they could be partial in their reporting?

Are you suggesting the interviews are fake? Here is the original scanned transcript. It has been translated by other sites if you want to fact check but you seem to have made up your mind. http://www.nnn.se/nordic/assange/docs/memoria.pdf

No I am not.

What I do know is that a person is wanted for questioning regarding acts of sexual violence, that person has fled to another country and has refused to return for said questioning, claiming some conspiracy to send him to the USA.

And the fact that neither of the alleged victims d not want to press charges? You asked for sources the least you could do is read them.

It was basically "suddenly, sexual assaults, out of fucking nowhere" case. Coincidence? Also, AFAIR one of those women retracted the accusation, though I might be misremembering something.

I think the 'retraction' isn't something that can be painted one way or another - there are so many valid reasons on both sides that a retraction could be read, from "didn't happen" to "reconsidered" to "didn't want to be part of international media circus".

Sure, but OTOH. doesn't it strike you weird that allegations of past sexual "crimes" pop up exactly at the moment he pissed of the US Government the most? Why not before?

Did he commit it as assault?

Ah yes, and the timing and context was entirely coincidental. Neither of us know the truth but "digging around" by journalists, law enforcement or intelligence agencies is far more likely to be the reason that this surfaced than pure coincidence.

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