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Originally Posted by cmac2012
One of the posted comments was something like: aluminum cans and engine parts. But the trucks do look interesting, although parts would be a royal *****. Would need to machine many things.
I finally got around to watching "Lord of War" the other day. Good flick. I imagine he would have sold these if he could have found a buyer. Not surprising he didn't. An African warlord has guys who can operate an AK47 but not many who can maintain helicopters, not to mention access to spare parts.
I just Googled "Viktor Bout," the guy the movie was loosely based on. Cage played him as a semi babe magnet, I don't think the real Bout was in that category but who knows, plenty of women are suckers for money/power.
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viktor bout is still in a thai jail awaiting extradition to the u.s. he's kind of a patsy, i think, as he's (allegedly) moved weapons for everyone, from so called legitimate governments to "rebels" and "terrorists". kind of interesting that the world's largest arms dealer (the united states) wants to put him on trial for.... selling arms. (by the way, the u.s. is about to sell $60 billion worth of arms, planes etc. to saudi arabia - presumably for defense against iraq?)
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