Rogue Planettag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-13303822008-11-21T10:08:29-07:00All the shady arms trade news that's fit to print.TypePadNY jury convicts wealthy arms dealer of conspiracytag:typepad.com,2003:post-588373462008-11-21T10:08:29-07:002008-11-21T10:08:29-07:00By LARRY NEUMEISTER NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan jury has convicted a wealthy arms dealer of conspiring to sell weapons to informants who supposedly were supplying terrorists willing to kill Americans. U.S. prosecutors said Syrian-born Monzer al-Kassar (MAHN'-zur al-kuh-SAR')...Robert ThompsonRussian Arms Exporter Sanctioned Over Irantag:typepad.com,2003:post-576871272008-10-28T12:13:10-06:002008-10-28T12:13:10-06:00By Glenn Kessler Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, October 25, 2008; A12 The State Department has slapped financial sanctions on Russia's state arms exporter for its dealings with Iran, but in an unusual move, it granted the company a partial...Robert ThompsonVisiting Bannerman's Islandtag:typepad.com,2003:post-570322532008-10-15T11:00:16-06:002008-10-15T11:00:16-06:00Jen Carlson Oct. 14, 2008 -- What's more intriguing than an abandoned island with a rotting castle sitting just north of New York City? Bannerman's Island sits in the Hudson, just about 50 miles north of here, and American Heritage...Robert ThompsonThe Arms Trade Booms Amid Global Economic Woestag:typepad.com,2003:post-570314232008-10-15T10:48:25-06:002008-10-15T10:48:25-06:00Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008 By Vivienne Walt / Paris Need to start a war? No problem. While stock markets gyrate and financial institutions (and even whole countries, like Iceland) teeter on bankruptcy, one global industry is still drawing plenty of...Robert ThompsonUS circles hijacked ship with Sudan-bound weaponstag:typepad.com,2003:post-562898872008-09-29T12:38:13-06:002008-09-29T12:38:13-06:00By MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN and BARBARA SURK, Associated Press Writers U.S. warships and helicopters on Monday surrounded a hijacked cargo ship loaded with Sudan-bound tanks and other arms to keep the weapons from falling "into the wrong hands," an American...Robert ThompsonU.S. Policy Is Fuzzy on Arms Purchases From Former Warsaw Pact Nationstag:typepad.com,2003:post-562894932008-09-29T12:30:53-06:002008-09-29T12:30:53-06:00By Walter Pincus Monday, September 29, 2008; A17 What is the U.S. policy about supplying weapons to Afghanistan that come from Russia and former Warsaw Pact countries? Can the U.S. military deal directly with foreign countries that have these weapons...Robert ThompsonOne Million Weapons to Iraq; Many Go Missingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-561313242008-09-25T11:30:21-06:002008-09-25T11:30:21-06:00by Pratap Chatterjee, Special to CorpWatch September 22nd, 2008 Clandestine gun suppliers, funded by the U.S. and Iraqi governments, have flooded Iraq with a million weapons since 2003, charges a new Amnesty International investigation. Because of faulty or non-existent government...Robert Thompson'Merchant of Death' in Thai courttag:typepad.com,2003:post-561306622008-09-25T11:16:09-06:002008-09-25T11:16:09-06:00AMBIKA AHUJA ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK, THAILAND (AP) - An alleged arms smuggler's extradition hearing to the United States began Monday after a string of delays in the high-profile case because of complications with his defense team in Thailand. Viktor Bout,...Robert ThompsonLessons Learnedtag:typepad.com,2003:post-558491642008-09-19T09:32:43-06:002008-09-19T09:32:43-06:00Wednesday's Miami Herald article brings to light two recommendations: If you're in the business of circumventing arms trade regulations, don't move to South Florida. There is a lot of not-so-smart competition and/or very smart federal agents in the same place....Robert ThompsonBlood at the Crossroadstag:typepad.com,2003:post-558031742008-09-18T09:48:21-06:002008-09-18T09:48:21-06:00Amnesty International released an extensive report this week that provides case studies on the effects of variations and loopholes in current global arms legislation. The report is structured to rally support for the UN Arms Trade Treaty from the 24...Robert Thompson