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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)?
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To: Michael Coley who wrote ()12/4/1997 1:58:00 PM
From: Teddy  Read Replies (1) of 58324
 
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December 4, 1997
That old familiar camera deadly ray trick...

BATUMI, Georgia (Reuters) - The controversial chief of the
autonomous Adjaria region in former Soviet Georgia said this week
that assailants had recently tried to kill him with a special camera
which he was convinced emitted deadly rays.

Aslan Abashidze told local television in the regional capital Batumi it
was the 14th attempt on his life in recent years. He accused "enemies
within Georgia and abroad" of being behind what he called "a terrorist
act."

He said he had made the acquaintance of two people last summer
who asked to photograph him.

"I noticed the unusual brightness of the flashbulb," Abashidze said,
adding that he experienced chest pains within a half hour afterward.
He was later diagnosed as having suffered a heart attack.

"The camera gave off electromagnetic rays which led to my heart
attack. Without the quick intervention of the doctors, I would have
died," he said.

Gogi Kavteradze, a leading Georgian cardiologist, said it was
theoretically possible that electromagnetic rays or bright lights could
bring on emotional or physical stress that might lead to heart
conditions.

But he noted that it was highly unlikely unless the victim already had
physical or cardiac problems.

Both the Interior Ministry and the Security Ministry declined comment
on the alleged attack. REUTERS
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