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Note: The following text is a quote: Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, November 23, 2009 Arms Dealer Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Supply U.S. Fighter Jet Engines to Iran Jacques Monsieur, a Belgian national and resident of France suspected of international arms dealing for decades, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama to conspiracy to illegally export F-5 fighter jet engines and parts from the Untied States to Iran. Monsieur along with Dara Fotouhi, aka Dara Fatouhi, an Iranian national currently living in France, was charged in a...

Note: The following text is a quote: International Arms Dealer Arrested for Conspiracy to Supply U.S. Fighter Jet Engines to Iran Jacques Monsieur, a Belgian national and resident of France suspected of international arms dealing for decades, has been arrested on charges alleging that he conspired to illegally export F-5 fighter jet engines and parts from the United States to Iran. Monsieur is scheduled to have his arraignment today in federal court in Mobile, Alabama. A six-count indictment returned on Aug. 27, 2009, in the Southern District of Alabama charging Monsieur, 56, and co-defendant Dara Fotouhi, aka Dara Fatouhi, 54,...

A Wonketeer writes to note that bike upon which John Kerry perched for pix yesterday, is well, really expensive.We're shocked. You mean a guy with five homes doesn't ride a Schwinn?Still, we had no idea how expensive it was.He is shown riding a Serotta, a small, high quality, custom bike builder whose frames start at $1495.00 for the frame ONLY and top out at a whopping $4,995.00 for the frame ONLY. Add $1,000.00 for tires, gears, pedals, fancy shoes, Boston College shirt etc.Am I being petty? Sure, but come on, a 'man of the people' dropping $3,000.00 on a bicycle?Think...