posted by Christopher W. Holton Excellent column from Arab News…Excerpts and LINK below… With Iraq’s foremost cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, increasingly elderly and frail, Tehran has invested millions in the cause of theocratic domination of the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala, seeking to dictate the Shiite leadership succession. This includes winning the allegiance […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton The National in the United Arab Emirates has published a story with details about Mohammad Abd Al Hadi Farhat’s ties to Iran’s illicit business operations in support of jihad in Iraq. A shadowy Hezbollah intelligence operative in Iraq has close ties to what the US refers to as a key […]
posted by Christopher W. Holton The U.S. has designated a large web of front companies and entities which are part of Iran’s jihad operations in Iraq, where U.S. troops have been under attack by jihadi groups armed and funded by Iran. According to the U.S. Treasury Department, the sanctions are aimed at “Iraq-based front companies, […]
Man arrested in Al Anbar province in Iraq for funding the Islamic State
posted by Christopher W. Holton Al Anbar province in Iraq was the worst hotbed for jihadist activity during the insurgency in the wake of the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. It still presents a challenge for Iraqi authorities today… “ Iraqi authorities announced on Monday the capture of a man for providing funding for the terrorist […]
Repeated reports, originating in the Middle East, state that Hamas and Iran have patched up their differences, and that Iran has sent Hamas “tens of millions of dollars,” so that it can reestablish its tunnel system, and rearm for another attack on Israel. Where did they get all those greenbacks ? (1) The banks and […]
New Indictments in St. Louis on Terrorism Financing Charges
Ramo Pazara, a Muslim living in St. Louis, Missouri, traveled to Syria in 2013 to fight for the Islamic State jihadist organization. He was killed somewhere in the Middle East while waging Jihad. According to a recent indictment, Pazara received material support–including funding–from a half dozen other Muslims. The indictments allege that they knowingly provided funds […]
Islamic State Opens Market in Mosul to Sell Items Stolen from Christians
It’s been over 7 months since the Islamic State captured the Iraqi city of Mosul and they’re still holding it. During that time, Christians in the city have been slaughtered, persecuted and victimized in many ways. Now, the Islamic State is capitalizing on its victims by selling their belongings at market… ISIS has opened a […]
Six Bosnian natives who immigrated to the U.S. sent money and military equipment to support Al Qaeda in Iraq and the Islamic State terror group, the Justice Department reported Friday night. The suspects sent multiple payments using PayPal, as well as U.S. military uniforms, combat boots, tactical clothing and gear, military surplus goods, firearms accessories, rifle […]
Money Jihad Blog Details Pay to Al Qaeda Fighters in Iraq
This brief post on Money Jihad blog provides some insight into how Al Qaeda jihadi fighters were paid in Iraq. This is especially important and interesting since Al Qaeda in Iraq became the Islamic State, as it is known today… http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/2014/12/14/rewind-wages-to-fighters-for-al-qaeda-in-iraq/
Western Sales of Antiquities Fund Islamic State Jihad
“Many antique collectors unwillingly support terrorists like Islamic State, ” Michel van Rijn, one of the most successful smugglers of antique artifacts in the past century, told German broadcaster Das Erste this month. And smuggling is booming in Iraq and Syria right now. In Iraq, 4,500 archaeological sites, some of them UNESCO World Heritage sites, are reportedly […]
The Money Jihad blog has done it again…they have produced yet another MUST-READ report that details where ISIS is getting its ample funding. This one is not only a must-read, it needs to be bookmarked for future reference… The most important elements of ISIS’s funding are sadaqa (voluntary donations) from Arab donors in the Gulf; […]
…if it seems like a slap on the wrist, that’s because it is… A Saudi national has been sentenced to three years in prison on charges of inciting dissidence, terror-financing and money-laundering, in addition to fighting alongside militants in Iraq. Jeddah’s appeals court endorsed the verdict on Thursday. The man has been banned from leaving […]
Belfast Telegraph: How the USA and UK Fund ISIS
Millions from governments and NGOs funding Islamic terror group… Western governments are sending millions of dollars of aid to areas held by the Islamic group ISIS in northern Syria. The aid, which is paid for by the UK, European and US governments, consists of food, medicine and hygiene kits. It is brought into the country through the […]
ISIS funded by donations, crime
The word “zakat” does not appear in this article from Fox News, but the system they’re describing is in fact zakat… Long before it looted the Iraqi central bank in Mosul of $429 million, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant/Syria (ISIS) was well-funded in its quest to establish a Shariah caliphate, thanks to […]
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria just got extremely rich. As insurgents rolled past Iraq’s second largest city, an oil hub at the vital intersection of Syria, Iraq and Turkey, and into Tikrit, several gunmen stopped at Mosul’s central bank. The group made off with 500 billion Iraqi dinars — $425 million. The provincial […]
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki made it abundantly clear that Saudi Arabia is sponsoring terrorism and likewise he highlighted the role of Qatar in supporting terror as well. Indeed, Gulf petrodollars are sponsoring terrorism in several nations, spreading sectarianism throughout the Middle East and parts of Southeast Asia – and funding radicalism throughout Western Europe and […]
In a move that illustrates the incredible weakness of US counterterrorism efforts, the US Treasury, in what can only be described as a cynical gesture, has “triumphantly” announced sanctions against a Hezbollah jihadist terrorist who killed and tortured US GIs in Iraq. The US could have and should have remanded this monster into permanent custody, […]
Two Kentucky men who provided material support to Al Qaeda to be sentenced in December
The two Kentucky men who admitted to conspiring to send weapons, cash and explosives to al-Qaida will be sentenced together. 30-year-old Waad Ramadan Alwan was scheduled to be sentenced next month in federal court in Bowling Green. But now he’ll have to wait until December. Alwan’s co-defendant, 24-year-old Mohanad Shareef Hammadi, also pleaded guilty. The […]
“Ethical Investing” from Countries Overrun With Corruption?
Transparency.org has publishes a Corruption Perceptions Index that rates the level of corruption in the world’s nations. The most recent year for which there is data is 2011. The results are instructive for observers of Shariah Compliant Finance. Shariah-Compliant Finance is often touted by the financial jihadists as “ethical” investment. There are a variety of […]
Al Qaeda financier arrested in France
French counterterrorism police have arrested the administrator of a Jihadi website who is suspected of playing a key role in financing and recruiting for Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups in several countries. The suspect — whom prosecutors call a “formidable financier of the bloodiest terrorist groups’’ — was being questioned Tuesday by anti-terrorism judge […]
Al Qaida raises funds online to ‘feed widows and orphans’ of ‘the martyred’
Al Qaida in Iraq has acknowledged that it lacked money for support operations in the insurgency war in Iraq. A leading Al Qaida agent said this has hampered payment to families of those killed in attacking Iraqi and U.S. targets. Read more at World Tribune: http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2011/me_terror0994_08_08.asp
Matthew Bogdanos, a colonel in the United States Marine Corps, led the investigation into the looting of the Iraqi National Museum while serving in Iraq in 2003 and wrote about his experiences in his book, “Thieves of Baghdad.” He talks to CNN about why the loss of these treasures, often to terrorists and insurgents, is […]
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has targeted the support network of al-Qai’da in Iraq (AQI) by designating Muthanna Harith al-Dari for providing financial, material, or technological support and financial or other services to or in support of AQI under Executive Order 13224. Executive Order 13224 freezes any assets the designated individuals have under U.S. jurisdiction, […]
Fighting Violence Against Women in Iraqi Kurdistan 15/12/2008 By Shedha Al Jabbouri Asharq Al-Awsat, London – In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat during her recent visit to London, Sozan Shahab, member of the Kurdistan regional parliament spoke about a number of measures that are being taken to curb the phenomenon of violence against women […]
www.zionism-israel.com Thursday September 25 2008 07:00 BST Some of the links in this article will take you to sites containing images of violence which you may find disturbing The “improved” security situation in Iraq is not benefiting all Iraqis, especially not those who are gay. Islamist death squads are engaged in a homophobic […]
Iraqi adviser says he quit to speak against Iran A former security adviser to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said in comments published Tuesday that he had quit his job so he can freely speak about what he called the danger Iran poses in the Middle East. 26 Aug 2008
Those who dislike US Iraq subsidies should look at the Israel dole Stephen Glain Last Updated: August 12. 2008 8:39PM UAE / August 12. 2008 4:39PM GMT This week, Congress indulged in some populist Arab-bashing when it was revealed that high oil prices could earn the Iraq government a budget surplus of US$50 billion (Dh183.6bn) […]
Compiled by Daily Star staff Saturday, July 26, 2008 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=94525 Pope Benedict told Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Friday that minority Christians in Iraq needed more protection but the Iraqi leader assured the pontiff that Christians were not being persecuted. Maliki, who met the pope for 20 minutes at the […]
Hat tip-Christopher H. drawing courtesy of www.thesmokinggun.com FORT HUACHUCA — Some of the most dangerous detainees in American custody in Iraq have established sharia courts within the compounds in which they are held and have tried and executed fellow detainees who refused to join them, the Army’s senior military police officer said Wednesday. “Detainees […]
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq <http://www.washtime s.com/themes/ ?Theme=Iraq> Four gunshots through the kitchen window. Two to the leg, one to the stomach, one to the head. The woman, who will remain unnamed for her safety, survived the attack, but she is still in hiding. “For seven years, it was a secret place for housing women,” said Kazhal […]
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