UAE dismantles plane of gunrunner Russia wants for Americans

A Soviet-era cargo plane linked to an arms smuggler known as the “Merchant of Death” is being dismantled in a sheikhdom in the United Arab Emirates

2 years ago·United States

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UAE dismantles plane of gunrunner Russia wants for Americans

By JON GAMBRELL Associated PressUMM AL-QUWAIN, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Soviet-era cargo plane linked to an arms smuggler known as the “Merchant of Death” is being dismantled in a sheikhdom in the United Arab Emirates. The Ilyushin Il-76 tied to arms smuggler Viktor Bout had been for decades in Umm al-Quwain. Now the emirate plans a $675 million development on an island just across a lagoon from a deactivated airport where Bout’s plane sits…

2 years ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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UAE dismantles plane of gunrunner Russia wants for Americans - Local News 8

By JON GAMBRELL Associated PressUMM AL-QUWAIN, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Soviet-era cargo plane linked to an arms smuggler known as the “Merchant of Death” is being dismantled in a sheikhdom in the United Arab Emirates. The Ilyushin Il-76 tied to arms smuggler Viktor Bout had been for decades in Umm al-Quwain. Now the emirate plans a $675 million development on an island just across a lagoon from a deactivated airport where Bout’s plane sits…

2 years ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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UAE dismantles plane of gunrunner Russia wants for Americans

By JON GAMBRELL Associated PressUMM AL-QUWAIN, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Soviet-era cargo plane linked to an arms smuggler known as the “Merchant of Death” is being dismantled in a sheikhdom in the United Arab Emirates. The Ilyushin Il-76 tied to arms smuggler Viktor Bout had been for decades in Umm al-Quwain. Now the emirate plans a $675 million development on an island just across a lagoon from a deactivated airport where Bout’s plane sits…

2 years ago·Panama City, United States

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UAE dismantles plane of gunrunner Russia wants for Americans

UMM AL-QUWAIN, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The hulking, Soviet-era cargo plane has sat for decades under the blazing sun in a remote corner of the United Arab Emirates, its four jet engines silent after years in the employ of a Russian gunrunner known as the “Merchant of Death.”But instead of a missile or gunfire finally taking out this Ilyushin Il-76 tied to arms smuggler Viktor Bout, the plane appears to be doomed, destined for scrap to make w…

2 years ago·Tacoma, United States

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