'Merchant of Death' nabbed by Thai police


	'Merchant of Death' nabbed by Thai police

hitchhiker08

3-7-2008 6:59 AM

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                                        Thais nab so-called 'Merchant of Death'                </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080307/ap_on_re_as/thailand_arms_dealer"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.yahoo.com/img/17D658DD-2979-4ED0-BD28-BB97A231C804" alt="Russian Viktor Bout sits at the head of the Crime Suppression Bureau following his arrest in Bangkok, Thailand, on Thursday March 6, 2008. Bout, one of the world's most notorious arms dealers was arrested Thursday in Bangkok on allegations that he supplied Colombian rebels with arms and explosives, Thai police said.   (AP Photo)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080307/ap_on_re_as/thailand_arms_dealer"><DIV class="source"><A target="ss" href="http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Bangkok2C-Thailand-Bangkok/photo//080306/481/6a578fe362c942dba933f52901a2ef4c//s:/ap/20080307/ap_on_re_as/thailand_arms_dealer;_ylt=AtYuLtSsvYESt3YfQK.XUv_9xg8F">AP Photo:</A>
       Russian Viktor Bout sits at the head of the Crime Suppression Bureau following his arrest...  </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080307/ap_on_re_as/thailand_arms_dealer"><P>
                        BANGKOK, Thailand - The U.S. is seeking the extradition of a suspected Russian arms dealer dubbed the "Merchant of Death," but for now he will remain in <SPAN id="lw_1204889062_0" class="yshortcuts">Thailand</SPAN>, where authorities are investigating if he used the country as a base to negotiate a weapons deal with terrorists, officials said Friday.                        
                        </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080307/ap_on_re_as/thailand_arms_dealer"><P>Viktor Bout, a 41-year-old whose dealings reportedly inspired a 2005 movie about the illicit arms trade, is accused of running weapons to <SPAN id="lw_1204889062_1" class="yshortcuts">al-Qaida</SPAN>, the <SPAN id="lw_1204889062_2" class="yshortcuts">Taliban</SPAN> and parties involved in bloody conflicts across Africa. He was arrested at a Bangkok hotel after a four-month sting operation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Thai and U.S. authorities said.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080307/ap_on_re_as/thailand_arms_dealer"><P>"He is called the 'Merchant of Death' and 'Man of War' for a reason," Thomas Pasquarello, regional director of the DEA, said in <SPAN id="lw_1204889062_3" class="yshortcuts">Bangkok</SPAN>.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/EE5338F4-9FDB-4CD4-9556-DFBD3AB516B1/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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