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February 27, 2014 12:00 am GMT

Egypt's 'AIDS Curing Device' May Be A Fake Bomb Detector

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On Saturday, the Egyptian army unveiled a "miraculous" device it claims will detect and cure AIDS and Hepatitis. But the device, named C-Fast, looks eerily similar to a fake bomb detector sold by a British company to Iraq in the late 2000s

That device, codenamed ADE 651, was later found to be a scam. One that reportedly cost the Iraqi government as much as $85 million dollars, and perhaps hundreds of lives. Its creator, James McCormick, was indicted and later sentenced to 10 years in prison

See also: For Egypt's Startups, Unstable Government Is the Least of Their Worries

The possible link between the C-Fast and the fake bomb detector, named ADE 651, was first spotted by the Libyan Youth Movement, a citizen organization born after the Egyptian revolution of 2011. The group posted a picture of the two devices on Twitter. Read more...

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