GETTY Julian Assange has launched a savage attack on Hillary Clinton

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The cowering campaigner said the Democrat front-runner would "push the United States into endless, stupid wars which spread terrorism" in a last-ditch intervention ahead of tonight's crunch vote. He also made the bizarre claim that Mrs Clinton is personally responsible for "setting back women's rights in the Middle East by hundreds of years" because of her support for the 2003 Iraq war. Assange is currently evading questions over allegations of rape and sexual assault in Sweden by hiding out in the Ecuadorian embassy in Knightsbridge.

In an article for the WikiLeaks website posted today the Australian fugitive, who has been holed up in the embassy for five years, launched a blistering tirade on the character of the US Presidential hopeful. He claimed her was basing his opinion on reading "thousands of her cables" which were passed to him by US soldier Bradley Manning. He wrote: "Hillary didn't just vote for Iraq. She made her own Iraq. Libya is Hillary's Iraq and if she becomes president she will make more. "I have had years of experience in dealing with Hillary Clinton and have read thousands of her cables. Hillary lacks judgment and will push the United States into endless wars which spread terrorism. Her poor policy decisions have directly contributed to the rise of ISIS.

GETTY Assange is hiding out at the Ecuadorian embassy in London

"Hillary's war has increased terrorism, killed tens of thousands of innocent civilians and has set back women's rights in the Middle East by hundreds of years. "Hillary publicly took credit for the destruction of the Libyan state. Hillary's problem is not just that she's a war hawk. She's a war hawk with bad judgment who gets an unseemly emotional rush out of killing people." Mrs Clinton is the frontrunner to win the Democrat nomination for next year's US presidential race. Assange issued his warning as thousands of voters in New Hampshire went to the polls to vote for their preferred candidate in the second and most crucial in a series of primaries.

GETTY The WikiLeaks founder said Mrs Clinton gets an 'unseemly rush' out of killing people

GETTY Assange also blasted Clinton's support for the 2003 Iraq War

She's a war hawk with bad judgment who gets an unseemly emotional rush out of killing people Julian Assange

His remarks came after a UN panel controversially ruled he was being "arbitrarily detained" in the Ecuadorian embassy because he will be arrested over sex claims if he leaves the building. The silver-haired campaigner skipped bail after being arrested by British police and fled to the embassy, where he claimed asylum. He claims the charges against him are politically motivated and that Sweden wants to extradite him to the US, where he will face repercussions over the activities of WikiLeaks. But Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond dismissed the UN decision as "frankly ridiculous" and said the Australian was "hiding from justice".