Alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout (L) is escorted by policemen as he arrives for a hearing at the Criminal Court in Bangkok on August 20, 2010. A Thai appeals court granted a request by the United States for the extradition of Viktor Bout, an alleged Russian arms dealer dubbed the 'Merchant of Death'. (Getty Images)

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Suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout kisses his wife Alla Bout after a court ruling August 20, 2010. A Thai appeals court ruled on Friday that Bout be extradited to the United States to face charges of supplying weapons to Colombian rebels. Bout, dubbed the "Merchant of Death", has been held in a maximum-security prison in Thailand since his arrest in March, 2008, during a joint U.S.-Thai sting operation in which agents posed as arms buyers for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. (Reuters)