Terror on your own doorstep
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At the Baghdad Fair before the second US invasion, there was Norwegian company with the slogan "We bring Norway to your doorstep". I turned to my Iraqi friend and said, "Can you imagine being in Norway and saying, 'We bring Iraq to your doorstep?'"
A Texas firm now brings terror to its own doorstep. A new company in Texas is selling a precision rifle with a unique technology that allows even an inexperienced shooter to hit a target 1,000 metres away. The Tracking Point rifles, which are wi-fi-enabled and have a colour display so users can post videos of their shots on Facebook or YouTube, started shipping in May. The CEO of the firm said they are on track to sell as many as 500 this year to clients he describes as “high-net-worth hunters” who want to kill big game at long range.
It is a good job that George Bush’s “tourists” (as he once called them) will not be able to lay their hands on them (unless they have US$27,500).
Richard Bowler
Bangkok
