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Kim Sengupta is Defence Correspondent at The Independent.
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Conman James McCormick jailed for 10 years over fake bomb detectors
02 May 2013 12:55 PM
Judge who told him that he had blood of the innocent on his hands
MoD names three soldiers killed in Afghanistan IED blast as Government says it will ask questions about Mastiff armoured vehicle in Helmand
01 May 2013 04:54 PM
Troops are first to die in vehicle brought in to protect against IEDs in Afghanistan
Has Assad crossed ‘red line’? Graphic video footage emerges claiming to show victims of nerve gas attack in Syria, but doubts cast on evidence of use of chemical weapons
27 April 2013 12:00 AM
Syria denied on Friday it had used chemical weapons on rebel forces, denouncing as “lies” Western claims the nerve agent sarin was detected in samples sent from the front line.
Millionaire businessman James McCormick found guilty of selling fake bomb detectors
24 April 2013 12:01 AM
A British businessman who sold bogus bomb detectors to countries at war where hundreds of people were dying and injured by explosive devices has been found guilty of fraud at the Old Bailey.
John Kerry warns Nato to plan for possible Syrian chemical attack by Bashar al-Assad's forces
23 April 2013 07:03 PM
Reports of Sarin being used during an operation outside Damascus on 19 March came from Israel
Mystery surrounds how James McCormick managed to build thriving business selling fake bomb detectors
23 April 2013 02:20 PM
The attacks had been well planned and executed with precision, three bombs aimed at hotels in Baghdad, tearing into buildings, spraying shrapnel and broken glass, setting cars on fire. The tally at the end of an afternoon of carnage was 38 people killed and 76 wounded.
Over half of Guantanamo Bay prisoners on hunger strike as number increases to 84
21 April 2013 08:21 PM
Mass protest prompted by site authorites’ Koran search – seen by inmates as ‘religious desecration’
London Marathon to proceed as normal after security review
16 April 2013 06:48 PM
'Precautionary adjustments' being made to security plans, but no major changes will be implemented
Beware the Black Cube: intelligence agency slaps Vincent Tchenguiz with a lawsuit
11 April 2013 08:56 PM
Wealthy businessman faces legal wrath of Israeli veterans he hired to help in £300m fight with SFO
Mark Thatcher: The wayward son who finds himself torn between publicity and propriety
09 April 2013 09:09 PM
He has a reputation for misadventure, but Mark Thatcher is determined to do the right thing by his late mother
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