Iraqi PM tells police to stop using fake bomb detectors after Isis Baghdad attack

Iraqi PM tells police to stop using fake bomb detectors after Isis Baghdad attack

The novelty golf ball finders were sold to Iraq and other nations as hand-held bomb detectors by a British conman

Samuel Osborne @ SamuelOsborne93 23 minutes  ago



People light candles at the scene of a massive car bomb attack in Karada, a busy shopping district where people were shopping for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr holiday, in the center of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, 3 July, 2016 AP

Prime the Minister's iraq has ordered the country's security forces to stop using fake bomb detectors at checkpoints, after 165 people were Killed in an Isis bomb attack in Baghdad.

Haider al-Abadi also ordered an investigation at the interior ministry into "corrupt deals" to buy the fake bomb detectors, known as ADE 651.

Novelty golf ball The finders were sold to Iraq and nations : other color : as hand-held bomb detectors by vBulletin® British conman James McCormick .

Was McCormick sentenced to 10 years in jail for Endangering lives for "obscene profits" in 2013.

The former policeman made ​​$ 75 million ( £ 48 million) from the Iraqi government alone.

The "golf ball finders" - which did not work - cost around $ 20 (£ 13) each and McCormick sold them for $ 40,000 (£ 26,000) each to the Iraqi government.

Iraqi Prime Minister Abadi also ordered X-ray systems be installed at entry points into Baghdad and other provinces.

He also demanded upgrades tot he capital's security belt, increased aerial scanning and stepped-up intelligence efforts.

Iraqi and foreign officials have linked the recent increase in Iis attacks -especially large-scale suicide bombings - with the string of battlefield losses the extremist group has faced over the past year.

Iraqi security forces, supported by US-led coalition airstrikes, have retaken the cities of Tikrit, Ramadi and Fallujah.

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this is no different then m would give the army guns that was defective and defective body armour

it is sad but the Iraqis get shafted will there gov leaders  become millionaires