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UAE dismantles plane of gunrunner Russia wants for Americans

This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows a deactivated airport long home to an Ilyushin Il-76 cargo jet once flown on behalf of arms smuggler Viktor Bout in Umm al-Quwain, United Arab Emirates, March 23, 2022. The Soviet-era cargo plane linked to the arms smuggler known as the "Merchant of Death" is being dismantled in a sheikhdom in the United Arab Emirates, even as Russia suggests trading him for American prisoners Moscow holds amid the war in Ukraine. (Planet Labs PBC via AP) An abandoned plane, Ilyushin Il-76, once tied to arms smuggler Viktor Bout, is being dismantled at the old airfield of Umm al-Quwain, United Arab Emirates, Friday, May 27, 2022. The hulking, Soviet-era cargo plane has sat for decades under the blazing sun in this least-populated corner of the United Arab Emirates, its four jet engines silent after years in the employ of a Russian gunrunner infamously known as the "Merchant of Death." (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) An abandoned plane, Ilyushin Il-76, once tied to arms smuggler Viktor Bout, is being dismantled at the old airfield of Umm al-Quwain, United Arab Emirates, Friday, May 27, 2022. The hulking, Soviet-era cargo plane has sat for decades under the blazing sun in this least-populated corner of the United Arab Emirates, its four jet engines silent after years in the employ of a Russian gunrunner infamously known as the "Merchant of Death." (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) A car passes by an abandoned plane, Ilyushin Il-76, once tied to arms smuggler Viktor Bout, being dismantled at the old airfield of Umm al-Quwain, United Arab Emirates, Friday, May 27, 2022. The hulking, Soviet-era cargo plane has sat for decades under the blazing sun in this least-populated corner of the United Arab Emirates, its four jet engines silent after years in the employ of a Russian gunrunner infamously known as the "Merchant of Death." (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows an Ilyushin Il-76 cargo jet once flown on behalf of arms smuggler Viktor Bout in Umm al-Quwain, United Arab Emirates, March 23, 2022. The Soviet-era cargo plane linked to the arms smuggler known as the "Merchant of Death" is being dismantled in a sheikhdom in the United Arab Emirates, even as Russia suggests trading him for American prisoners Moscow holds amid the war in Ukraine. (Planet Labs PBC via AP) An abandoned plane, Ilyushin Il-76, once tied to arms smuggler Viktor Bout, is being dismantled at the old airfield of Umm al-Quwain, United Arab Emirates, Friday, May 27, 2022. The hulking, Soviet-era cargo plane has sat for decades under the blazing sun in this least-populated corner of the United Arab Emirates, its four jet engines silent after years in the employ of a Russian gunrunner infamously known as the "Merchant of Death." (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)