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Ugandan Army Generals Linked to 'Merchant of Death' Gun Runner Bout
10 March 2008
Daily Monitor (Kampala)
KAMPALA — Mr Viktor Bout, the world's most notorious illegal arms baron who was arrested in Thailand at the weekend, sold arms to Uganda and illegally used Entebbe International Airport to ship arms to DR Congo and Liberia.
Former Russian KGB officer Bout — nicknamed the "Merchant of Death" — is believed to have supplied weapons to dozens of rebel groups the world over, including the Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked groups.
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