Viktor Bout Prefers Thai Prison

[Reasonableman]

Ignore all moronic time-wasting trolls now!

[Mamboking]

Ignore all moronic time-wasting trolls now!

You're right, I will.

[animatic]

No victim, no crime :-P Were the missiles sold/used?

Yes they were, definitely many victims and besides have you ever heard of intent?

Weapons running a victimless crime, too funny.

If it weren't so tragic it might be...

Who buys illegal weapons from a arms merchant and does NOT intend to use them?

No one puts up that kind of money without an end purpose.

Intent to buy means intent to use,

and that means some victims in the future.

Case closed.

Edited March 12, 2012 by animatic

[Macmundi]

He can come stay in a Thai jail if he wants. The caretakers will extort him dry and he will end up in worse conditions than Monte Cristo.

[ttelise]

" Victor Bout has been in solitary confinement for over a year."

Anyone guess why the prison would decide to do that? Seems a bit excessive.

Based on nature of charge can be done according to former administration as a part of their war on terror.

Edited March 12, 2012 by ttelise

[ttelise]

No victim, no crime :-P Were the missiles sold/used?

Yes they were, definitely many victims and besides have you ever heard of intent?

Weapons running a victimless crime, too funny.

It is either a crime in all cases or not a crime in all cases.

Why is it that some people just love double-standards?

Much truth to this.

[Bakeman]

Let him rot where he is. Even if my tax dollars pay for it. If he gets back to LOS he will have it too easy. Better yet give him the death penalty.

[Buchholz]

Viktor Bout Prefers Thai Prison

and now he wants a Russian Prison...

U.S. denies Russia request for convicted arms dealer Bout

The United States has refused a request from Russia that convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout be returned to his home country to spend the remainder of his 25-year prison term, a Russian Foreign Ministry official said on Saturday.

Bout, 54, was sentenced in April after a Manhattan federal court trial jury convicted him on charges that he agreed to sell arms to people he thought were militants intent on attacking American soldiers in Colombia.

Bout had lived untroubled in Russia, frustrating U.S. officials seeking his prosecution, until he was lured to Bangkok. Russia fought unsuccessfully for his repatriation from Thailand after his arrest.

Continued:

http://thestar.com.m...ec=Worldupdates

Reuters - Nov. 10, 2012

Edited November 10, 2012 by Buchholz

[hellodolly]

Viktor Bout Prefers Thai Prison

and now he wants a Russian Prison...

U.S. denies Russia request for convicted arms dealer Bout

The United States has refused a request from Russia that convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout be returned to his home country to spend the remainder of his 25-year prison term, a Russian Foreign Ministry official said on Saturday.

Bout, 54, was sentenced in April after a Manhattan federal court trial jury convicted him on charges that he agreed to sell arms to people he thought were militants intent on attacking American soldiers in Colombia.

Bout had lived untroubled in Russia, frustrating U.S. officials seeking his prosecution, until he was lured to Bangkok. Russia fought unsuccessfully for his repatriation from Thailand after his arrest.

Continued:

http://thestar.com.m...ec=Worldupdates

Reuters - Nov. 10, 2012

You really have to laugh at Russia claiming he is innocent and asking the states to let him serve his time back in Russia where he will spend less than a week.

I wonder if they think the American education is as low as theirs.

[Briggsy]

I think if the Russians had something sufficiently attractive to the US in exchange for Bout, he'd be on the plane to Moscow fairly quickly. Sometimes this side or that sees an advantage in putting parts of the negotiations in the public domain and sometimes it is all kept behind closed doors.

This press release has come from the Russian side. Perhaps it plays well with the domestic audience. Anyway, the decision over going public will have been considered and the pros and cons weighed up.