hasannouncedadealtoprovidetheIsraeliDefenseForcewiththechip.

TheVeriChip,whichisprimarilymarketedasadeviceforretrievingmedicalrecordsusing

theVeriMedpackage,alsohasanumberofotherusefulapplications.

PositiveID’sVeriPaysystem,wherethechipisusedlikeacreditcardto

authorizefinancialtransactions,isalreadyemployedbytheBajaBeachClubinSpain.

Afewyearsago,VeriChipCorporationrevealedtheywereintalkswith

theUSAdministrationtoimplantthe1.4millionservicepersonnelwithaVeriChip,

replacingthemetal’dogtags’currentlywornbythetroops.

Thesecularnewsarticlereportedatthetimethatthe"deviceisusuallyimplantedabove

thetricepsareaofanindividual’srightarm,butcanalsobyimplantedin

thehandifscannedattheproperfrequency".

Otherarticleshaveconfirm!!!edthattheVeriChipisindeedoftenimplantedinthehandrather

thanbehindtheshoulderblade.NowitseemstheIDFisinterestedinacquiringthetechnology.

"TheCompany’sintegrationpartnerintendstoprovidethemicrochipsto

theIsraelDefenseForces(IDF),theStateofIsrael’smilitaryforce.

MarcPoulshock,PositiveID’sVicePresidentofBusinessDevelopment,said,

"WebelievetherearemanyimportantapplicationsfortheVeriChipandourassociated

intellectualpropertyincludingnext-generationidentificationandbio-sensingcapabilities.

Ourpartnerislookingtohelphealthcareorganizations,militariesincludingtheIDF,

andgovernmentswiththeirdisasterpreparednessandemergencyresponseneeds."

TheIDFhavenotsaidwhattheywillusethetechnologyfor,

butwiththerecentreleaseofGiladShalit,perhapspreventingfurtherkidnappings

ofitssoldiersbyPalestinianterroristsmightformpartoftheirreasoningforthat.

WhileweareoverjoyedthatGiladShalitisreturnedsafeandsound,

thereisnodoubtthedealhasstrengthenedthehandofHamasconsiderably.

OnethousandandtwentysevenPalestinianterroristswerefreedinorder

tosecureGilad’srelease,manyofthemreceivingmultiplelife-sentencesformurder.