History of Armenia 35: Sarkis Soghanalian, The Armenian Viktor Bout
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Once upon a time a Lebanese Armenian man became the CIA's #1 gun runner, this is his very strange story.
*this was recorded before Israel's invasion of Lebanon.
*it was also recorded before Viktor Bout was found to be back in business for Russia.
Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/world/middleeast/sarkis-g-soghanalian-arms-dealer-dies-at-82.html
Silverstein, Ken and Daniel Burton-Rose. Private Warriors
Kahaner, Larry. AK-47: The Weapon that Changed the Face of War
Cerf and Sifry. The Iraq War Reader
Melkonian, Markar. My Brother's Road: An American’s Fateful Journey to Armenia
https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/sierraleone/soghanalian.html
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/the-man-who-armed-iraq-6365143
https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB502/
Comments
That would have been the only thing his family cared about lol
Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast
2024-10-14 11:01:24 +0000 UTCI can only imagine Reagan poking Thatcher over the phone about those Exocets, absolutely fascinating story there. Great piece!
Jsuman
2024-10-14 07:32:28 +0000 UTC100%
Chris Bandoian
2024-10-13 17:57:37 +0000 UTCWeird question - was his wife Armenian? If no, I wonder if that bothered his parents more than the arms dealings.
Hammerthrust Von Sexron
2024-10-11 21:38:44 +0000 UTCBefore you call William Eagleton the most American named US diplomat, you've got to remember former secretary of state, Lawrence Eagleburger, famous also for not so glorious reasons (such as denial of war crimes) linked to Yugoslavia
Leo Josef
2024-10-11 09:02:53 +0000 UTCNot unless the Google machine lies to me.
Peggy O'Connell
2024-10-11 04:37:10 +0000 UTCI guess leftist militants are easier to justify supporting than leftist states, which honestly makes sense.
Jonathan Grafton
2024-10-10 17:40:04 +0000 UTCIt's like Juan Brujo hating the PRI for supposedly being communist, while supporting the Zapatistas, or my grandpa hating communism while supporting the IFB in Syria.
Jonathan Grafton
2024-10-10 17:39:06 +0000 UTCYou're fucking kidding me
Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast
2024-10-10 17:28:13 +0000 UTCI know!
Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast
2024-10-10 17:27:42 +0000 UTCWith Sarkis' politics, I would have figured he supported JCAG over ASALA.
Jonathan Grafton
2024-10-10 15:19:01 +0000 UTCJoe, did you know Mark Garagos’ wife’s maiden name is Kassabian?
Peggy O'Connell
2024-10-10 14:24:41 +0000 UTCIf I ever become a CIA arms trafficker, I'll name my company "Front Airlines" and give each one of the planes names like "Plausible Deniability", "Spook", etc
kliachichka
2024-10-10 07:42:33 +0000 UTCI enjoyed this episode.
Curly
2024-10-10 06:43:28 +0000 UTCNow that this guy has been featured, I'm gonna listen to all of these episodes lol.
Jonathan Grafton
2024-10-10 01:06:52 +0000 UTCThe Billings, MT airport has a nice lil fluff piece on Air America at baggage claim
Bob F
2024-10-09 21:13:44 +0000 UTCExcellent episode. Enjoyed it thoroughly. Also, would enjoy more with this co-host!
A Guy
2024-10-09 20:49:04 +0000 UTCThis is why we pay the Patreon money. Excellent episode
Cee_kay
2024-10-09 17:19:29 +0000 UTCi think i gotta give that another listen to i think its my favorite this year so far
Lain of the Wired
2024-10-09 17:13:34 +0000 UTCHe is a bastard. But he is an honest bastard.
Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast
2024-10-09 12:04:57 +0000 UTCSarkis' honesty is so refreshing in a world full of plausible deniability
Boris K
2024-10-09 10:21:21 +0000 UTCRight as I was in the middle of re-listening to the Bout 2 parter
nughh
2024-10-09 09:09:47 +0000 UTC
