Comments on: Al Qaeda Running Short On Cash Support http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2009/06/16/al-qaeda-running-short-on-cash/ Homeland Security News and Information Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:15:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Michael Sherniicoff http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2009/06/16/al-qaeda-running-short-on-cash/comment-page-1/#comment-34557 Michael Sherniicoff Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:44:19 +0000 http://www.nationalterroralert.com/?p=8557#comment-34557 My first thought when I reda this item was that it was a propaganda ploy to illicit financial as well as operational support for the continued jihad against the West and its values by painting the organization as an overwhelmed underdog due to the lack of funds. The article does not consider quantitatively the financial support AQ receives from its alliances with narcotics traffickers, state sponsors of terrorism and other illicit sources. Has anyone performed an analysis of the financial health of the cocaine and heroin industries and their association with AQ My first thought when I reda this item was that it was a propaganda ploy to illicit financial as well as operational support for the continued jihad against the West and its values by painting the organization as an overwhelmed underdog due to the lack of funds.

The article does not consider quantitatively the financial support AQ receives from its alliances with narcotics traffickers, state sponsors of terrorism and other illicit sources. Has anyone performed an analysis of the financial health of the cocaine and heroin industries and their association with AQ

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