Authentication of the information reportedly found in the computers seized after Colombia's March 1 raid on FARC camps in Ecuador has been coming in concrete form. First there was the discovery March 14 of $480,000 in cash held in a safe in a resident of a couple outside San Jose, Costa Rica, precisely where it had been reported to have been stored according to information found in the computer. Then, on March 26 Colombia announced that on March 20 it had seized up to 66 pounds of uranium, linked to the FARC guerrillas, hidden off the side of a road in southern Bogotá Notably, the press accounts suggest the uranium was not weapons grade the latest revelation, should it be validated, provides further reason to believe that narco-terrorists with nuclear material are no longer the merely confined to Hollywood thrillers, but are dangerously real-world, requiring a real-world response, including from Colombia's neighbors, who need to decide whether they are serious |
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