
Alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in handcuffs (R) is escorted by Thai and US special forces to board the airplane for extradition to the USA at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Thailand, 16 November 2010. Bout, 43, was arrested in Bangkok in March 2008, in a sting operation led by US agents who posed as arms buyers for a leftist rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The former Soviet air force officer has denied allegations that he supplied illegal arms to buyers in Africa, South America and the Middle East. EPA/STR

Alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in handcuffs (C) is escorted by Thai and US special forces to board the airplane for extradition to the USA at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Thailand, 16 November 2010. Bout, 43, was arrested in Bangkok in March 2008, in a sting operation led by US agents who posed as arms buyers for a leftist rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The former Soviet air force officer has denied allegations that he supplied illegal arms to buyers in Africa, South America and the Middle East. EPA/STR

Alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in handcuffs is escorted by Thai special forces to board the airplane for extradition to the USA at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Thailand, 16 November 2010. Bout, 43, was arrested in Bangkok in March 2008, in a sting operation led by US agents who posed as arms buyers for a leftist rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The former Soviet air force officer has denied allegations that he supplied illegal arms to buyers in Africa, South America and the Middle East. EPA/STR

Alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in handcuffs (R) is escorted by Thai and US special forces to board the airplane for extradition to the USA at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Thailand, 16 November 2010. Bout, 43, was arrested in Bangkok in March 2008, in a sting operation led by US agents who posed as arms buyers for a leftist rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The former Soviet air force officer has denied allegations that he supplied illegal arms to buyers in Africa, South America and the Middle East. EPA/STR

Police snipers stand guard during the extradition of alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout (not in picture) at Don Mueang airport, Bangkok, Thailand, 16 November 2010. Thailand has approved the extradition of alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to the United States, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva announced 16 November 2010. Bout, 43, was arrested in Bangkok in March 2008, in a sting operation led by US agents who posed as arms buyers for a leftist rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The former Soviet air force officer has denied allegations that he supplied illegal arms to buyers in Africa, South America and the Middle East. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT