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Ala. — A Belgian arms dealer pleaded guilty in an Alabama courtroom to conspiracy to illegally export F-5 fighter jet engines and parts from the U.S. to Iran. Jacques Monsieur, along with Dara Fotouhi, an Iranian national living in France, was charged...
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Man Arrested in Philadelphia in Alleged Missile Smuggling Plot Tuesday, November 24, 2009 An alleged plot to send anti-aircraft missiles and guns to Syria or Iran was thwarted after a key figure was arrested in Philadelphia, the FBI said in documents...
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Ala.— A Belgian arms dealer has pleaded not guilty in an Alabama courtroom to charges of trying to smuggle fighter jet parts to Iran. Jacques Monsieur entered the plea Thursday during an appearance before a federal magistrate in Mobile. Monsieur and...
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Justice Department officials say Jacques Monsieur, 56, was suspected of international arms dealing for decades. He was arrested on Friday in New York after allegedly offering an undercover agent hundreds of thousands of dollars for F-5 fighter jet engines...
Tags: Iran, fighter jet, jet engines, Jacques Monsieur, arms dealer, U.S, arms dealing, New York
A court in Thailand surprised close ally the United States Tuesday by rejecting a request for the extradition of Viktor Bout, the Russian alleged arms dealer dubbed the "Merchant of Death". Bout, who is said to have inspired the Hollywood film "Lord of...
Tags: Russian Air Force, arms dealer, Thailand, U.S, Bangkok, thais court, Viktor Bout
At an extradition hearing in Thailand on Tuesday, the wife of Viktor Bout — a Russian national who U.S. federal prosecutors say conspired to sell weapons to rebels in Colombia — told the court that her husband “does honest business,” and had only traveled...
Tags: U.S, Russian, arms dealer
Ark. — A federal agent says the father of an Arkansas doctor accused of stockpiling more than $1 million worth of fully automatic machine guns in his home is a known international arms dealer...Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, testified...
Tags: Dr. Randeep Mann, arms dealer, machine guns, million worth, Arkansas, Kuldip Mann
A Russian businessman dubbed the "Merchant of Death" for allegedly arming dictators and warlords said Friday there is no proof showing he's the world's biggest arms dealer and accused the U.S. of pressuring Thailand to extradite him. Viktor Bout, a former...
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Both Barcelona and Athlético de Madrid have it all to do in the return legs Barcelona could do no more than a 1-1 draw away at Lyon in the first leg of their Champions League tie last night. In fact they were outplayed for an hour, with Juninho scoring...
Tags: Barcelona, Arms-Trafficker Monzer Al Kassar, arms dealer, Athlético de Madrid
A Syrian-born arms dealer has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for conspiring to sell weapons. Monzer al-Kassar (MON'-zur al-kuh-SAR') was sentenced Tuesday in New York City after being convicted in November of conspiring to sell millions of dollars...
Tags: arms dealer, Monzer al-Kassar, born arms, sell weapons, sell millions, Colombian