Wikileaks founder Assange refused Swedish residency

Islam Times: Aftonbladet reports on Monday that Assange has been denied the permit. After filing for a Swedish residency permit earlier this year, the country’s Migration Board said Assange should receive his rejection notice in the mail on Monday.
“We took the decision to reject his application. He has received notice today [Monday] in [the] mail,” said Gunilla Wikstrom, Migration Board spokeswoman. She did not elaborate on the rejection.
According to Digitaljournal, Release of the Iraq war files would surpass the 70,000 Afghan war documents released in July or the video titled Collateral Murder which was released in April and shows US Apache helicopters firing on and killing innocent civilians, including two Reuters employees.
There has been no news as to exact content of the Iraq war documents, but Al-Jazeera reports the Pentagon is bracing itself for release of the documents. Colonel Dave Lapan, a spokesman for the Pentagon, said the files contain “significant acts, unit-level reporting, tactical reports, things of that nature.”
Over the weekend, the Pentagon said it has created a 120-person task force to examine potential fallout from the files’ release. The US government continues to insist releasing the files pose a national security risk.
An investigation of Assange began over rape allegations two days after he filed for residency and the work permit. A warrant issued for his arrest was withdrawn the following day, but the investigation was reopened on September 1.
The investigation remains ongoing and Assange has identified it as a “smear campaign.”
Wikileaks has yet to comment on the board’s decision, and the site has been temporarily shut down for “scheduled maintenance”.