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ADE 651

The ADE 651 is a fraudulent bomb detector produced by the British company Advanced Tactical Security & Communications Ltd (ATSC). It was claimed to detect many substances, such as drugs or explosives, from long distances. The device was sold to various countries, particularly in Iraq where the government was claimed to have spent £52 million for security…

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ADE 651

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ADE 651

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related to Iraq · 34
ADE 651 → ADE, Amiri, Aqeel, Asharq Al-Awsat, ATSC, Baghdad, Defence Minister Abd, Defense Committee, Either, Hadi, He, Iraq, Iraqi, Iraqi Interior Ministry's, Iraqi MP Nadeem, Iraqi Parliament, Iraqi Parliament's Security, Jabiri, January, Maliki
related to United Kingdom · 32
ADE 651 → ADE, Afghanistan, American, ATSC, ATSC's McCormick, Avon, BBC, BBC Newsnight, British, Business, Chair, Chief Constable, Colin Port, Export Control Act, Following, Fraud Act, In January, Innovation, International Police Assistance Board, Iraq
related to Users · 31
ADE 651 → ADE, Afghanistan, Al Iraqiya, Americans, Asia, ATSC, Bulani, Combating Explosives, He, In, Interior Ministry's General Directorate, Iraq, Iraqi, Iraqi Army, Iraqi Police Service, It, Jabiri, Jawad, Major-General Jihad, McCormick
related to Effectiveness · 27
ADE 651 → According, ADE, Afghanistan, AK-47, An Iraqi, ATSC, Bush, Clinton, Colonel Hal Bidlack, Hasan Ouda, If, Iraq, Iraqi, Jasim Hussein, McCormick, Most, November, RDX, Retired US Air Force, Rowe
related to Development and manufacture · 25
ADE 651 → ADE, Alpha, Although, American, Golfinder, Gopher, GT200, Like, Locator, Malcolm Stig Roe, Mole Programmable Substance Detector, Polaroid, Quadro Tracker, Quadro Tracker Positive Molecular, Quadro's, Quattlebaum, September, Sniffex, Some, The
related to Other countries · 25
ADE 651 → Algeria, April, Bahrain, Bahrain Ministry, Bangladesh, Georgia, India, Interior, Iran, It, Kenya, McCormick, Niger, Old Bailey, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Syria, The ADE, The Mövenpick
related to Pakistan · 14
ADE 651 → ADE, ADE-651, After, Airports Security Force, Also, ASF, Dawn, Furthermore, Iraq, Jinnah International Airport, Karachi University, Pakistan, Pakistani, Professor Shahid Zaidi
related to Device · 11
ADE 651 → ADE, After, Husam Muhammad, If, Initially, Iraqi, It, McCormick, The, The ADE, To
related to External links · 11
ADE 651 → ADE, Al Jazeera English, ATSC, James Randi, January, June, Media, UK, Wikimedia CommonsADE, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2, YouTube
related to Lebanon · 8
ADE 651 → ADE, ATSC, In, Lebanon, The Lebanese Army, UN, UNIFIL, United Nations Interim Force

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ade 651 device devices mccormick iraqi security iraq detect atsc used claimed said told bomb sold also use police explosives

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ADE 651is afraudulent bomb detector produced by the British company Advanced Tactical Security0.90text
ADE 651is adescendant of the Quadro Tracker Positive Molecular Locator produced in the 1990s by Wade Quattlebaum0.90text
the 25 Octoberinstance ofNewsnight noted that thousands of people had indeed been killed and injured in devastating car bomb attacks in Baghdad0.80text
8 December 2009 Baghdad bombingsinstance ofNewsnight noted that thousands of people had indeed been killed and injured in devastating car bomb attacks in Baghdad0.80text
without the bombers being detected by the ADE 651 devices.McCormick refused to be interviewed for the Newsnight investigationinstance ofNewsnight noted that thousands of people had indeed been killed and injured in devastating car bomb attacks in Baghdad0.80text
but told The New York Times that ATSC would remain in businessinstance ofNewsnight noted that thousands of people had indeed been killed and injured in devastating car bomb attacks in Baghdad0.80text
the ADE 651 were still in use in Iraq as late as July 2016instance ofFake bomb detectors0.80text
and may have contributed to the July 2016 Baghdad bombingsinstance ofFake bomb detectors0.80text
ADE 651related to BelgiumThe Belgian0.60section
ADE 651related to BelgiumADE0.60section
ADE 651related to BelgiumAccording0.60section
ADE 651related to BelgiumSuperintendent Thierry Meunier0.60section

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