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January 27, 2006
Colombia: False-Passport Ring Linked to Muslim Extremist Groups
When I visited Colombia, the going price for an American Passport was 5,000 dollars. Counterfeiting is a big, dangerous business in Colombia; the alleged entry of The Hamas and al-Qaeda into it just makes it worse: Colombia: Passport Ring Has al-Qaida Links
BOGOTA, Colombia - Colombia insisted Friday that a false-passport ring it dismantled may have links to al-Qaida and Hamas, despite U.S. doubts about the counterfeiters' connection to the terrorist groups. ADVERTISEMENTColombian officials said Thursday the gang supplied citizens from Pakistan, Jordan,
Iraq, Egypt and other countries with false passports and Colombian nationality without them ever setting foot in the country.Acting Attorney General Jorge Armando Otalora said some of the 19 people arrested were wanted for working with al-Qaida and the militant Palestinian group.
U.S. officials expressed surprise at the announcement of the investigation, which they said involved people posing as members of Colombia's largest rebel army, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.[...]
Posted by Ruy Diaz at January 27, 2006 3:09 PM
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