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  •  Hmm (none / 1)

    The only link I could find was this one to whether or not Air Bas is registered in Texas.  Might be worth an open records request.

    Still checking on this...

    Night and day you can find me Flogging the Simian

    by Soj on Mon May 17, 2004 at 02:46:06 AM PDT

    •  sketchy! (none / 0)

      You know, it seems all sorts of nasty stuff is being made quasi-legal in the War on Terra.. Interview with Landesman (NYT magazine writer who did a long piece on Bout) from NPR, August 17, 2003:

      HANSEN: What about after September 11th? Haven't men like Bout become a priority for the Bush administration?

      Mr. LANDESMAN: Actually, the answer is exactly the opposite. The Patriot Act leaves open the possibility of doing more black ops business with men we will never hear about. We're now in the business of tracking terrorists. We're now in the business of tracking people we haven't been able to find before. And in order to do that, we need to cultivate relationships and sources more in the world in which these men operate.

      on strike.

      by daria g on Mon May 17, 2004 at 03:58:56 AM PDT

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    •  Iran-Contra, arms for hostages (none / 0)

      And now it's Iraq-Africa arms for diamonds, isn't it, or maybe in Afghanistan, arms for narcotics.  I'm only half kidding.

      Western intelligence officials say there is some evidence Bout shipped arms to fighters in Africa and was paid in so-called blood diamonds.

      on strike.

      by daria g on Mon May 17, 2004 at 04:09:00 AM PDT

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