The US Case in Thailand

On March 6, 2008, American government agents attempted to kidnap Victor Bout from a hotel in Thailand and send him to the United States on a US government private jet. The operation was conducted as an undercover operation using one of Victor's old friends as a Laure.

The DEA - State Department operation was nothing short than a manifestation of the Bush-Cheney's arrogant behavior and total disregard of the law and decency. The United States government thought that they will be unchallenged if they used the kingdom of Thailand as if it is a state of their own to kidnap Victor and ship him out to the United States in an uncoordinated terrorist-style operation.

The operation failed, and the US government was forced to deal with the court of law, a matter the Bush-Cheney's regime always intended to avoid because most of what they had done post 9/11 was illegal. The legal process was delayed and delayed over again at the request of the United States government; although, most of its propaganda parlors filled the American media and the internet with the same old false stories that Victor was causing the delay.  The certified official court documents revealed that the actual arrest took place on April 29 rather than March 6; two month after the day Victor was detained, and the request for extradition was submitted by the United States government four-months later, at the end of June 2008.

The US agents claimed to have evidence supporting whatever lies they have made, but lies cannot be supported and that is why the army of US government agents, diplomats, and envoys dispatched to Thailand to appear in court failed to produce or show any shred of credible evidence. The political agenda of the US government was challenged by the what is known as "truth and facts." The Thai court cited that most of what the US provided as evidence is nothing but "hearsay", a worthless matter in the world of reality and what is the back-bone of all actions taken by the Bush-Cheney regime in relation to matter of Victor Bout as it can be seen in the case of Richard Chichakli. Download copies of the US unsealed complaint here.

Upon the arrest of Bout, Thailand Prosecutor General investigated Victor's conducts and activities in Thailand and found that no crime or violation of any Thai or International law was committed by Victor Bout on Thai soils, the Thai prosecutor dropped all charges against Victor in June of 2008 as seen in the court documents. Under the Thai law Victor should be released from custody within 82 days after his arrest if no charges were brought against him; however, Victor is still in jail after more than one and one-half of of a year.

On August 11, 2009 the Thai court rejected the request of the US government to extradite Victor Bout to the US on the ground that the US case is political and politically motivated, and because the US failed to show evidence in support of its allegations against Victor.

The politically-motivated American allegations are designed to support, justify, and try to show cause for George Bush's executive order 13348 particularly after the the Bout affairs intensive six-year investigation and which was conducted between September 15, 2002  and August of 2008, and  which claimed the livelihood of Richard Chichakli as a victim. The investigation was based on information obtained from Sinjivan Ruprah, the Indian-Kenyan who worked as Taylor financial advisor and shadow minister of finance for Liberia. Ruprah provided false information and made a deal with the Bush regime upon his arrest in Belgium in February of 2002 in order to gain release from prison.

The said six-year investigation resulted in finding no relation whatsoever between the former Liberian president Charles Taylor and Victor Bout or his American friend Richard Chichakli, and no evidence of wrongdoing whatsoever neither by Bout or Chichakli.  The FBI' led investigation revealed that Ruprah supplied the Bush-Cheney's regime with false information to secure his release from prison.  Richard Chichakli is not, and was not ever accused or charged for any wrongdoing since he was illegally targeted by the Bush-Cheney's regime on April 26, 2005.