Episode 324 Viktor Bout, The Merchant of Death: Part 1

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This is a preview, to listen to the entire episode, support the show on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-of-111391101 Get live show tickets: https://www.universe.com/events/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-belfast-tickets-83V5QD You can listen to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lionsledbydonkeyspodcast7424

Get tickets to our last live show of 2024: www.universe.com/events/lions-led…s-belfast-83V5QD Get the next episode in the series by becoming a Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys If you want to support the show via a one time donation without using Patreon, you can PayPal us at [email protected] Content Warning Over the course of only around 100 days, horrific acts of violence, a genocide long in the making but seemingly deployed overnight, swept through the nation of Rwanda. This is the story and history of the Rwandan Genocide. Part 1/4 Sources: Scott Straus. The Order of Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda Scott Straus. Fundamentals of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention Scott Straus. Rwanda, RTLM, and Mass Media Effects. Jean Hatzfeld. Machete Season. Philip Gourevitch. We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families. Alison Des Forges. Leave None to Tell The Story: Genocide In Rwanda. Roméo Dallaire. Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Case Files. https://unictr.irmct.org/en/cases

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Part 2/2 GET LIVE SHOW TICKETS: www.universe.com/events/lions-led…s-belfast-83V5QD SUPPORT THE SHOW, GET BONUS CONTENT: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys If you want to support the show via a one time donation without using Patreon, you can PayPal us at [email protected] Check out Failure to Launch: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fail…ch/id1585592962 *since the time of recording, all prisoners involved in a possible exchange for Viktor Bout have been released. Once upon a time the film Lord of War was made about the international arms dealer Viktor Bout. They had to tone it down in order to make it more believable. Bout, a possibly, maybe GRU operative became the premier arms smuggler for anyone in the world who needed it, contributing to the deaths of untold millions and fueling wars that continue to rage to this day. sources: Estulin, Daniel, Shadow Masters Greg Cambell. Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones www.nytimes.com/2003/08/17/magazi…-and-the-man.html archive.globalpolicy.org/intljustice/…venience.htm www.cbsnews.com/news/viktor-bout-…-brittney-griner/ www.theguardian.com/world/2008/mar/…ernationalcrime Douglas Farah, Stephen Braun. Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible.

GET LIVE SHOW TICKETS: https://www.universe.com/events/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-belfast-tickets-belfast-83V5QD SUPPORT THE SHOW, GET THE CONCLUSION TO THIS SERIES RIGHT NOW: https://www.patreon.com/posts/109935474?pr=true If you want to support the show via a one time donation without using Patreon, you can PayPal us at [email protected] Check out Failure to Launch: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/failure-to-launch/id1585592962 *since the time of recording, all prisoners involved in a possible exchange for Viktor Bout have been released. Once upon a time the film Lord of War was made about the international arms dealer Viktor Bout. They had to tone it down in order to make it more believable. Bout, a possibly, maybe GRU operative became the premier arms smuggler for anyone in the world who needed it, contributing to the deaths of untold millions and fueling wars that continue to rage to this day. sources: Estulin, Daniel, Shadow Masters Greg Cambell. Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/17/magazine/arms-and-the-man.html https://archive.globalpolicy.org/intljustice/wanted/2008/0624convenience.htm https://www.cbsnews.com/news/viktor-bout-russia-arms-dealer-merchant-of-death-brittney-griner/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/mar/09/armstrade.internationalcrime Douglas Farah, Stephen Braun. Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible.