Posted on 08/22/2014 7:28:14 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Islamic State for Iraq and the Levant is mostly funded through criminal activity, such as the theft of a potential $425 million from a central bank in Mosul. But the group is also receiving private donations from wealthy Sunnis in American-allied Gulf nations such as Kuwait, Qatar, and, possibly, Saudi Arabia.
ISIS is now thought to be the world's richest terrorist organization, with an estimated $2 billion in funds.
This makes ISIS wealthier than several sovereign countries, including Nauru, Tonga, and the Marshall Islands.
"They probably have some wealthy donors in those countries, but they are seizing hundreds of millions in Iraq, and they are taxing people for whatever they please, such as for being Christian," Matthew Levitt, Director of the Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy told Business Insider. "Most of their money is coming from criminal activity, there is a tremendous amount of criminal enterprise throughout the ISIS organization."
As far back as March, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has accused Saudi Arabia and Qatar of openly funding ISIS as his troops were fighting them.
"I accuse them of inciting and encouraging the terrorist movements. I accuse them of supporting them politically and in the media, of supporting them with money and by buying weapons for them," he told France 24 television.
In Kuwait, donors have taken advantage of weak terror financing control laws to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars to various Syrian rebel groups, including ISIS, according to a December 2013 report by The Brookings Institution, which receives some funding from the government of Qatar.
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Too bad we don’t have an agency that could track emails, financial transactions, phone calls, etc.
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“Allied” with the US? That’s true, if you consider the government of the US to be “allied” with the US.
Major "duh."
They stole a whole bunch of cash from Iraqi banks that we gave Iraq.
How about Center for American Progress, Media Matters, Planned Parnthood? Wouldn’t be surprised if progressive were funding ISIS.
Like all those good Arab countries that we spend billions on.
Hasan and the Cole bombers and al Qaeda
laugh at America, run — by an Islamic impostor from
Indonesia — into its grave.
Or some sort of group of people that would report stuff like this..like on tv or in the newspapers or something like that. Like in the old days.
'Twice as Many' British Muslims Fighting for ISIS Than in UK Armed Forces
Duh! Saudi Arabia for one.
Money and weapons, advanced weapons.
as to the title one can only say: Really? Who’d a thought that could ever be true? LOL
Its probably the most not-kept secret in global affairs right now.
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