Photo: Viktor Bout, a Russian businessman accused of being the world's most prolific arms dealer. (CBS)'Merchant Of Death' Could Be Set Free -- Washington Post
Viktor Bout has sat in a Thai jail for more than two years with a U.S. extradition request pending. By Friday we will know if a notorious international arms dealer will head home to Russia to once again ply his deadly trade or land in New York to face terrorism charges. Will his extradition be a diplomatic win for the Obama administration and solidify U.S.-Thai security cooperation? Or will his release allow him to again arm those gunning against U.S. interests? Disturbingly, it is looking like the latter.
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Update: Thais to rule on suspected arms dealer extradition -- AP
My Comment: If the Thais had all the evidence necessary to extradite Viktor Bout to the U.S., they would have done so a long time ago. My gut tells me that he will win his appeal, and he will be released.
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