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Tue 12 Dec 2008'Merchant of death' tells Thai court he was framed by US
A SUSPECTED Russian arms dealer appeared in a Thai court yesterday, shackled and wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, and claimed he had been framed by the US to damage Russia's relations with Thailand.
Viktor Bout (41), a former Soviet airforce officer who faces charges of conspiring to sell weapons to terrorists, is fighting extradition to the US.
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