WikiLeaks' Julian Assange arrested by the Metropolitan police - PHOTOS

Julian Assange, the Wikileaks founder and so-called terrorist, has been arrested by the Metropolitan police.

Sky News got the scoop. Scotland Yard said last night that it would pursue Assange over sex crime allegations. A fresh warrant has apparently been received by Assange's lawyer and is being looked over now.

Assange and his lawyer both maintain that this is about politics rather than bringing him to book. All along he has been outspoken about the rape allegations being a "smear" but the actuality of understanding and dismissing sex crimes is murkier and more difficult.

The US is royally angry at the shock haired Aussie. Assange, 39, has had calls for his execution by US officials, while Wikileaks is troubled financially and otherwise. It has been labelled a terrorist organisation by the United States and has had funding and hosting pulled in its logistics chain - Amazon, Paypal, its DNS service and  Mastercard are just some outfits to have distanced themselves.

A warrant was put out for Assange shortly after the leaked diplomatic cables - more of which continue to pour through. Interpol, Sweden and the US are calling for his blood or his arrest - with the UK pledging it would arrest him last night.

Details of the alleged arrest are hazy. This is just the latest in an ongoing data war, with Wikileaks only the very tip of the iceberg.


/TechEye/

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