Fake bomb detectors still endanger Iraqis

SSG Norman Lihou — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 10:09:04 -0500

I cannot believe that the Iraqi government is still using a device that does not work. It shows how incompetence and corruption are ingrained in the Iraqi government. I hope those soldiers and contractors working with Iraq on the ISIS problem are not being protected by Iraqi forces using these devices as part of force protection. - NTL
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The BBC published a report on Dec. 22, 2010, documenting the ineffectiveness of these devices, based on an experiment conducted by a British laboratory. The report revealed that the device had also been examined in the United States and was shown to malfunction. In 2013, another television show, Al-Baghdadia's "Studio at 9," also addressed the bomb detectors.

Despite all the rumors that have circulated for years, the Iraqi Interior Ministry, which imported the devices, does not seem interested in the evidence, nor the opinions of Iraqis. Ministry officials continue to insist that the device was effective, including former Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad Bolani in January 2010.

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Fake bomb detectors still endanger Iraqis - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

Despite the exposure and imprisonment of British businessman James McCormick for selling fake bomb detectors to several countries, Iraqi security officials continue to justify the use of these devices.