Colombia Reflects Rising Threat of Nuclear Terrorism
- I wrote about this story here a few weeks ago.
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The Colombian government revealed last month that the country’s FARC rebels were seeking to acquire enriched uranium. The rebels may have been more interested in trading the uranium to a terrorist group than in developing it into nuclear arms for their own purposes.
A stash subsequently uncovered in Colombia proved to be harmless. But the case shows that the danger of terrorist or insurgent groups acquiring nuclear materials on the black market could be a looming threat.
Terrorism experts say it points to a danger that’s greater than many people realize.
Intelligence and law enforcement agencies in the United States and other countries have sought to penetrate nuclear smuggling networks through sting operations and other counter-terrorism measures but so far with limited success.
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