Hypocritical U.S. indicts Russian free trader on four terrorism charges

NEW YORK: Prosecutors have announced an indictment against a reputed Russian arms smuggler who they say tried to sell weapons to a U.S.-designated terrorist organization with the goal of killing Americans.

The indictment charges Viktor Bout with four terrorism offenses, including conspiring to kill Americans, conspiring to kill U.S. officers or employees, conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and conspiring to acquire and use an antiaircraft missile.

Bout was arrested earlier this year in Thailand. The United States is seeking his extradition on charges that could result in a life sentence. He has declined to comment to reporters in Thailand but has long denied being involved in illicit deals.

In disclosing the indictment Tuesday, prosecutors said he was offering a deadly arsenal of weaponry: more than 700 surface-to-air missiles, thousands of guns, high-tech helicopters, and airplanes outfitted with grenade launchers and missiles. The indictment said the price tag was $15 million to $20 million.

The charges were based in part on a covertly recorded meeting in Thailand on March 6. Prosecutors say Bout said he understood that an organization of Colombia's leftist rebels wanted to use weapons against Americans in that country.

Bout was accused of saying the group's fight against the United States was also his fight because the United States was also his enemy.

"Viktor Bout no doubt faces some of the most extraordinarily serious conspiracy charges possible for his crimes against Americans," Michele Leonhart, acting administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration. "With the unsealing of this indictment, we are one step closer to ensuring Bout has delivered his last load of high-powered weaponry and armed his final terrorist."

Bout had eluded arrest for years as he became the subject of financial sanctions by the United States and a United Nations travel ban after he was accused of breaking UN embargoes by supplying weapons to conflicts in Africa.

The human rights group Amnesty International described Bout in a 2005 report as "the most prominent foreign businessman" involved in trafficking arms to UN-embargoed destinations. He developed such a reputation that he was widely believed to be a model for the arms dealer portrayed by Nicolas Cage in the 2005 movie "Lord of War."

Prosecutors said Bout conspired with others to sell millions of dollars worth of weapons, starting with an initial shipment of 100 surface-to-air missiles and armor-piercing rockets.

The indictment said they intended to sell the arms between November 2007 and March to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. It has been fighting Colombia's government for four decades and is listed by the United States as a terrorist group.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/07/america/bout.php

He did nothing the fucking US State doesn't do!
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Hypocritical U.S. indicts Russian free trader on four terrorism charges

Hypocritical U.S. indicts Russian free trader on four terrorism charges

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