Wednesday, May 5, 2010

"I am going to catch the first flight to Tehran,"

Nukes & Spooks/ here

"... A key part of the story is more aggressive U.S. interdiction measures, which include sting operations; luring suspected weapons traffickers to friendly third countries for arrest and extradition; and request for allies to arrest suspects who cross their borders. A major player in our story was Majid Kakavand, whom the United States alleges was the orchestrator of a wide-ranging procurement network aimed at illegally exporting U.S. military-related technology to Iran. Kakavand was arrested at U.S. request when he stepped off a plane in Paris last year. But a French court turned down the U.S. government's request to extradite Kakavand, leaving him free to return to Tehran. The court apparently disputed the U.S. argument that the technology Kakavand allegedly trafficked in had military applications...."

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