Part Two: The Fake Bomb Detector Grift That Killed Hundreds
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Robert concludes the heroic story of a fake bomb detector that got forced on Iraq leading to hundreds of deaths.
Sources:
https://corruption-tracker.org/case/the-worldwide-fake-bomb-detector-scam
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29459896
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29477894
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-23148375
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-23148375
https://archive.is/6pQv#selection-659.1-671.44
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-22380368
https://archive.is/qOXeu#selection-1625.1034-1633.368
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-43900624
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/the-bomb-detectors-that-didnt-work-in-baghdad/
https://archive.is/IctuY#selection-3735.0-3747.72
https://quackwatch.org/related/ideomotor/
https://mind.university/radionics-the-medicine-of-the-future-a-hoax-or-a-scientific-mystery/
https://educate-yourself.org/tjc/ruthdrownuntoldstory.shtml
https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-un-science-of-radionics/
https://centerforinquiry.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2019/10/08135540/drown.pdf
https://www.kookscience.com/arch/Radionics.html
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