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Viktor Bout: "The Merchant of Death"

November 21, 2010 5:03 PM

The DEA agents who caught alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout explain how they lured and then captured the suspect one of them calls "one of the most dangerous men on the face of the Earth." Armen Keteyian reports.

Viktor Bout: Capturing "The Merchant of Death"

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by mharris_72 December 2, 2010 2:16 PM EST
Why isn't anyone asking the real question? Why is the Drug Enforcement Administration investigating and arms dealer? Well, I suppose this is a good example actually doing something other than busting harmless pot smokers, growers.
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by mharris_72 December 2, 2010 2:15 PM EST
Why isn't anyone asking the real question? Why is the Drug Enforcement Administration investigating and arms dealer? Well, I suppose this is a good example actually doing something other than busting harmless pot smokers, growers.
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by mackendw November 28, 2010 2:24 PM EST
Perhaps 60 Minutes could do another segment investigating the alleged theft of the Granit II missiles from the Russian submarine Kursk. One of these purportedly hit the pentagon. Someone facilitated this transaction, was it Bout? If so, who did Bout sell them to? Perhaps this is why the Russians were not too keen on aiding the US capture of him. The secrets Bout has on this should be very interesting TV...if it ever enters the public spectre. For more speculation on this, see 911thology.com.
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by durribee November 28, 2010 1:11 PM EST
I'm sorry, this is really bothering me, isn't Curacao off the coast of Venezuela, not Columbia??
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by 911thology November 23, 2010 9:04 AM EST
I suggest anyone to goggle for this phrase:

Arms Trafficking, Stolen Missiles, Soviet Submarines, Nuclear Detonations and 9/11

- and you will know much more details about Victor Bout's case. You will be surprized indeed when you realize how little you know about his case right now.
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by rooger231 November 22, 2010 3:11 PM EST
I can't say I was ever a fan of the DEA but knowing they captured this piece of sh**t has givin me something to smile about today. More than anything this man needs to be charged with war crimes as well.
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by trojanny November 22, 2010 2:45 PM EST
"One giant leap for mankind." And the cool thing we do is let foreign military catch the bad guys. Even though it's our event, this was an international 'Hitler,' and for their morale, we worked w/ Thai's, and let their military make the grab. (Also shows our respect for other nations).
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by marandalaw November 22, 2010 2:20 PM EST
This is very,serious.Thanks DEA and everyone involved!!!Stay Safe.
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by jibendow November 22, 2010 11:35 AM EST
What the piece on 60 minutes fails to address is why we had to lure Bout out of Russia? Why couldn't we, instead, go into Russia and capture him? Don't we have a good enough relationship with the Russians to allow us to do so? Edan Aharony
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by RobertPDrake November 22, 2010 11:34 AM EST
Oh come on! The United States govt is the largest arms dealer in the world, in the business of selling arms to "the scum of the world". They just don't like the competition.
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