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Iraqis Love Their Bomb-Detecting Magic Wand

The U.S. military has invested heavily in teaching Iraqis to fight roadside bombs, training ordnance disposal teams and passing on post-blast analysis techniques. But Iraqi security forces also swear by a device that the U.S. military refuses to touch: the ADE651. According to U.S. experts, the ADE651-style detector which is supposed to sniff out explosive traces at long distance is little more than a fancy divining rod. (Click here to see a training video.) But as Rod Nordland of the New Yor....

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18 days ago

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