The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. November 3, 2011 Arms Trader Viktor Bout, β€œThe Merchant of Death,” Found Guilty in U.S. Court --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A U.S. jury has found former Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout guilty on charges he agreed to sell arms to people he thought were Colombian rebels intent on attacking American soldiers. U.S. authorities say Bout β€” who was nicknamed "The Merchant of Death" β€” was also involved in trafficking arms to dictators and conflict zones in Africa, South America and the Middle East. .