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Thai court turns down US request in extradition case |
2010-10-05 |
(Itar-Tass) - Thailand's criminal court turned down the U.S. request not to consider extra charges against Russian citizen Viktor Bout, jugged within the case over illegal arms trade. The court's decision, made on Monday morning, will hamper the U.S. efforts to secure early extradition. "Now there's time to prove the partiality and inappropriateness of the charges brought against me, which are also related to my first case," Bout told Itar-Tass, "I have nothing to do either with the Tajik airline or other cases the United States charged me with. My defence and I are ready to prove my innocence." Bout noted that the situation was "unpredictable," but that "if the case is reviewed under legal norms, it might be possible to win it." According to Bout, he hopes Thailand's parliament would take into account his address and "set up a special commission to investigate his case, in which there's a wealth of violations and "uncharted areas." "Hopefully, we'll be able to prove the groundlessness of all the charges against me and be able to win all these cases," the businessman added. |
Posted by:Fred |
#7 Naaaahhh, DK70, just snuff 'im. And make it look like the Iranians (or the Chinese, I'm not picky) did it. |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-10-05 16:03 |
#6 Snuff operation? Don't you want to waterboard him first so we can pluck all the Russian dirty dealings around the third world? Let's find out what he knows first. |
Posted by: DK70 the Scantily Clad7177 2010-10-05 15:34 |
#5 or a passport. |
Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-10-05 14:58 |
#4 Time for a snuff operation. Too bad the Thai major I know is now living in Santa Monica. He'd out this POS in a heartbeat - probably for free! Maybe he has a cousin... |
Posted by: Old Patriot 2010-10-05 14:17 |
#3 another case where dirty money buys anything.... Problem of the raising value of gold versus the fall of the dollar. We can't buy as much anymore with inflated greenbacks. He who's got the gold, makes the rules - aka The Golden Rule. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-10-05 10:37 |
#2 Never trust the Russian. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2010-10-05 08:24 |
#1 another case where dirty money buys anything.... |
Posted by: Water Modem 2010-10-05 00:33 |