The Colombian government is claiming they fired at a FARC camp inside Ecuador from inside Colombia, that none of their people entered Ecuador, and that they recovered a laptop from the destroyed camp. Apparently they used a two-kilometer long thingy to pick it up.
They claim FARC was trying to build a "dirty bomb" out of uranium. Uranium is barely radioactive. People handle heavy bricks of it (painted to prevent direct contact) with their bare hands. In fact, typical soils contain a few parts per million of uranium, which means there are a few grams of it in a ton of bricks. We haven't had to evacuate all areas around brick walls because of it.
The supposed "documents" also claim FARC was buying uranium at 2.5 million dollars a kilo. A quick Internet search shows that the price on commodities markets for uranium oxide ("yellowcake") is $76 per kilo. The writers couldn't even get that right.
However, the mainstream media doesn't seem to be running headlines saying "Colombian Government Is Totally Full of Shit." Apparently making such a basic judgment wouldn't be "fair". Why bother having a media at all if they can't point out such obvious lies?
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