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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 23 Apr 2013

    British businessman convicted of fraud, at Old Bailey in UK, over sale of fake bomb detectors to countries including Iraq and Saudi Arabia

    4:51 AM - 23 Apr 2013
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      1. Dr Suzi Gage‏Verified account @soozaphone 23 Apr 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        GOOD! MT @BBCBreaking British businessman convicted of fraud over sale of fake bomb detectors to countries including Iraq and Saudi Arabia

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      1. brian ingarfield‏ @briancwi 25 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking This guy has blood on his hands. People have died because of his fake bomb detectors.

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      1. محمد بن هيال العتيبي‏ @mohammadhayal 23 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @SNCFC ما هو تعليق هيئة مكافحة الفساد؟؟

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      1. alvin douglas ‏ @dynoes 23 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking its the signs of the end of time

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      1. Mario Mercier‏ @tvmario 23 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking What a rotten society !

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      1. Wesley pipes‏ @Wesley__pipes23 23 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking what's next..fake bombs? Smh this world is in chaos

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      1. SRA‏ @thisissra 23 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking should be responsible for all failed attempts to prevent attacks in those countries, for each instance the devices were used

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      1. Steve -(Stephen if I'm in trouble)‏ @Scoutbloke 23 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @Glinner Of all the people in the world to piss off! He will welcome a spell in prison!

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      1. Im_A- $#ithead‏ @huntinazbro 23 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking this guy should be applauded!!

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      1. Darlington Amadi‏ @elodarl 23 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking : This is 419!

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      1. stuart weir‏ @captainstubot 23 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking what a cretin.

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      1. George Proost‏ @GeorgeProost 23 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Strange, I would of thought of him as a hero. Guess someone did not get their share!

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      1. TG‏ @TobiusGreenwald 23 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking Must suck to be left without your fake bomb detector

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      1. Alex Weir‏ @Alexweir1949 23 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking #fakebombdetectors was huge scandal in #iraq. MOD & uk embassy involved. Ukgov == corruption

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      1. خليفة‏ @Hammadiiii 23 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking ok too late but thank anyway

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      1. yves bouchard‏ @yvebou2012 23 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking He must be happy to have been caught in the UK.Wonder what the Saudis would have cut-off. #yikes !!

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      1. johncuffe‏ @cuffejohn 23 Apr 2013
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        @BBCBreaking give him one of his fakes and send him across a mine field. That will teach him...oops ...uman rites and Europe

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