Viktor Bout Flys On
By Douglas Farah
Unbelievable as it may seem, Viktor Bout, internationally-wanted fugitive and weapons supplier to the Taliban and al Qaeda, continues to fly for U.S. firms in Iraq, being paid by U.S. taxpayer dollars. I was just given the documents that show this. So confident is he of whatever protection he seems to have, that he has not even bothered to change the call letters of his aircraft, flying under MCC, the designation of Aerocom. Two flights, MCC 9025 and MCC 9027 are scheduled today and tomorrow into Iraq.
It does not seem to matter that Aerocom lost is Moldovan air operator certificate in August 2004 and, according to international aviation officials, does not appear to have re-registered anyplace else. Nor does it seem to matter much that the CIA and Treasury Department have been working to cut off Bout's Iraq and Afghan links. Juan Zarate, assistant secreatary of treasury for terror finance, is on the record saying "our ultimate goal is to shut down his (Bout's) network." The entire story can be found here
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