2016 Karrada bombing
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On 3 July 2016, Islamic State militants carried out coordinated bomb attacks in Baghdad that killed up to 1,000 civilians and injured hundreds more. A few minutes after midnight local time, a suicide
Aftermath of the bombing, with first responders extinguishing fires
ADE 651
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The ADE 651 is a fraudulent bomb detector produced by the British company Advanced Tactical Security & Communications Ltd. It was claimed to detect many substances, such as drugs or explosives, from l
2016 Karrada bombing
…223. Unconfirmed reports state that the car bombs may have passed checkpoints where Iraqi security forces still use fake bomb detectors such as the ADE 651. In the aftermath of the attack, Baghdad Operations Command claimed it had arrested members of a militant cell who were connected to the bombing…
An ADE 651 device in 2016
An Iraqi federal policeman in 2008 using an ADE 651
Photo of ADE 100 taken at QEDcon 2016
Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Bulani, who defended the use of the ADE 651.