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BBC: Export ban for useless 'bomb detector'
From: Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:08:37 +0200 (EET)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8471187.stm "The UK government has announced a ban on the export to Iraq and Afghanistan of some so-called "bomb detectors". It follows an investigation by the BBC's Newsnight programme which found that one type of "detector" made by a British company cannot work. The Iraqi government has spent $85m on the ADE-651 and there are concerns that they have failed to stop bomb attacks that have killed hundreds of people." Juha-Matti _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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