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Title: Why does the Bush administration continue to protect Viktor Bout? (WMR)
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Published: Nov 24, 2006
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Post Date: 2006-11-24 17:29:06 by robin
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November 23-26, 2006 -- The notorious "muscle" for the global neocons, the Russian Viktor Bout, who has provided air logistics services and weapons for the Taliban, Al Qaeda, the US military occupation forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, Israeli diamond smugglers, and various African and Middle Eastern despots, was a very busy man in the years prior to the 911 attacks. According to aviation records obtained by WMR, Bout's charter companies were flying a number of suspicious flights from Ras al Khaimah and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. From 1998 to 2000, while Bout was supplying air services for the Taliban and Al Qaeda, including supplying Ariana Afghan Airlines and the Taliban Air Force with parts and training, he was busy ferrying cargo and passengers throughout Asia, Europe, and Africa. Bout's Air Cess (Equatorial Guinea) Ilyushin 18s, registered in Swaziland, flew between Sharjah and Aktyubinsk, Kazakhstan; Aktau, Kazakhstan; Astana, Kazakhstan; Karaganda, Kazakhstan; Shimkent, Kazakhstan; Atyrau, Kazakhstan; and Uralsk, Kazakhstan. The flights to Kazakhstan are odd considering the fact that the Kazakh government of Nursultan Nazarbayev was, at the time, strongly opposed to the Taliban regime and, along with Russia, Iran, and France, were aiding the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance. Bout had previously flown weapons for the Northern Alliance before switching sides to the Taliban. During the same 1998-2000 time period, Bout's Air Cess (Swaziland, Liberia, Central African Republic), Tashkent Aircraft Production Corporation (Uzbekistan), Qeshm Air (Iran), Centrafrican Airlines (CAR), Ariana Afghan Airlines (Afghanistan), Yuzmashavia (Ukraine), Caravan Air (Mauritania), TPR flight 5004 from Ras al Khaima to Bishkek (oddly, TPR is the registration for Taxis Aereos De Parra of Mexico) flew to and from Ras al Khaima. Air Cess' stops included the Civil Airport in Khartoum, Sudan; Harare, Zimbabwe; Polokwane, South Africa; Lanseria, South Africa; Luanda, Angola; Shimkent, Kazakhstan; Salalah, Oman; Mukalla, Yemen; Usiminas, Brazil; Bourgas, Bulgaria; Bangui, Central African Republic; Dubai, UAE; Indira Gandhi International, New Delhi; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; Sofia, Bulgaria; Gheshm, Iran; Istanbul, Turkey (October 4, 2000); Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (October 7, 2000), Nikolaev, Ukraine; Sharjah, UAE; Mikkeli, Finland (MIK) (stated destination for ACS Flight 202 [3D-RTD] Antonov 32 from Ras al Khaima, 2 crew, no declared cargo or passengers, 11:25 departure time from RAK, July 9, 1998); Sana'a, Yemen; Ekaterinburg, Russia; Kigali, Rwanda; Aden, Yemen; Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Entebbe, Uganda; and Athens, Greece. What was the chief airline for the Taliban and Al Qaeda doing at airports like Athens (above) prior to 911? Did the 911 Commission ever bother to ask? Why does the Bush administration continue to protect Viktor Bout? The fact that Bout's aircraft were landing in major international airports at the same time his firms were supporting the Taliban and Al Qaeda casts a new light on international airport security prior to 911.
Poster Comment: Also from WMR today: November 23-26, 2006 -- Informed sources in Washington have told WMR that President George Bush will secretly meet in Jordan next week with a high-level delegation from the Syrian government. If the meeting does take place, it will mark a drastic change in course for the Bush administration which has been under the control of the neo-con factions that have attempted to push the United States into a war with both Syria and Iran. A Bush-Syrian meeting also puts into question what Dick Cheney is actually up to in the Middle East, scheduling a surprise visit to Iraq with a side trip to Saudi Arabia. With Cheney in Saudi Arabia, there may be an attempt by remaining neocon forces in the Bush administration to scuttle the opening dialogue with Damascus and Tehran. The presence of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Jordan this week may also involve setting the stage for the Bush-Syrian meeting next week although it has been billed as a visit to jump start Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.
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#1. To: robin (#0)
He's a cousin of Max Boot?
#3. To: MUDDOG (#1)
politically? or actual?
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