It was exposed by Wikileaks, which clearly showed that funds from Qatar were transferred to al-Qaida. Qatar also funds the terrorist movements opposing the Assad regime in Syria, such as the Al-Nusra Front, encourages anti-Egyptian terrorism in the Sinai Peninsula and within Egypt itself, and is involved in Islamic terrorism in Africa and other locations. […]
The US Chamber of Commerce has long been a nefarious organization when it comes to national security. It fought vigorously against sanctions on the terror-sponsoring Islamic Republic of Iran and fought just as vigorously against the state-level Iran divestment campaign. More recently, the US Chamber of Commerce’s efforts to prevent sane border security and security-based […]
Throughout 2012 and 2013, during which Syrian opposition groups received mostly rhetorical, rather than material, support from the United States and Western nations, Sunni politicians and clerics in the Arab Gulf raised millions for the rebellion, turning Kuwait into a regional hub for private donations. Dozens of clerics and opposition politicians have held fundraisers and gatherings to […]
Money Jihad Blog Revisits Saudi Official Support for 9/11 Hijackers
Money Jihad blog has posted a recap of published evidence on whether money from Saudi officials was given to 9/11 hijackers Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar. It’s definitely worth checking out: http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/2014/09/22/al-bayoumis-aid-to-911-hijackers-revisited/
In 2003, the New York Times reported that people who read the 28-page section of the top secret version said it indicated that two probable Saudi spies had links with 9/11 hijackers Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi. One of the likely spies,Omar al-Bayoumi, may have received money as a “ghost employee” of a Saudi civil aviation contractor from […]
In February 2014, the Kuwaiti KUNA press agency announced that a Montreal high school administered by Samer Al-Majthoub (aka Samer Majzoub) received an amount equivalent to $US 70,671 from the embassy of Kuwait in Canada. The embassy was acting on behalf of Kuwait’s Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs. Recent GMBDW articles have highlighted other recent contributions […]
Are Politics Stalling the War on Terrorism Financing?
We would maintain that the active denial of the true nature of Shariah and Shariah-compliant finance has meant that the war on terrorism financing has never been properly waged to begin with, but nevertheless, the article below from the Journal of International Security Affairs is well worth a look. … it is obvious that the war […]
US Treasury Sanctions Three Kuwaitis for Funding Al Nusrah Front, ISIS
The U.S. Treasury Department said this week that it has imposed sanctions on three financiers of terrorism. The three Kuwait-based financiers are suspected of funding Jihadist groups in Syria and Iraq, underscoring the growing concern about Kuwaitis’ links to Al Qaeda and other Jihadist terror groups. The Treasury Department’s counterterrorism arm has grown increasingly vocal in recent months about Kuwaitis’ […]
Jihadist Finance: Ransoms from West Fund Al Qaeda
The New York Times has a new story out detailing the windfall to Al Qaeda from ransoms paid by the West… Kidnapping Europeans for ransom has become a global business for Al Qaeda, bankrolling its operations across the globe. While European governments deny paying ransoms, an investigation by The New York Times found that Al Qaeda […]
Eric Holder’s Justice Department Honors Buffalo-Based Al Qaeda Charity Fundraiser, Director of Pakistani Spy Front Group Khalid Qazi with Top Community Service Award. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWhfEe6Zels#t=504
The indispensable Money Jihad blog has published an excellent list of 10 companies that support and profit from terrorism. This is required reading… http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/2014/07/15/10-companies-that-make-money-from-terror-ties/
Egyptian clerics are urging citizens not to respond to online calls for donations issued by groups such as Al Qaeda. Recent online campaigns have surfaced on social media sites Twitter and WhatsApp soliciting donations to buy arms and ammunition under the slogan of “money jihad”. http://al-shorfa.com/en_GB/articles/meii/features/2014/06/17/feature-01
The Gatestone Institute reports that Spanish authorities have broken up a Jihadi ring that was recruiting for and financing overseas Jihad operations: Spanish officials say the cell, based in southern Spain, was one of the largest of its kind in Europe and responsible for recruiting more jihadists than any other network discovered in Spain so […]
A $4 million ransom was reportedly paid to the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al Nusra Front for the release of 13 Greek Orthodox nuns that were held hostage by the Jihadist group for four months. They hostages were released in a deal between the Syrian Assad regime and Jihadists of the Al Nusra Front, brokered by Qatar, a […]
Report: Tunisia Targets Terror Financiers
Tunisia will freeze assets of individuals and entities with terrorism ties. Moveable assets, real estate, securities and financial instruments would be subject to the measure, the finance ministry announced on February 25th. The move is part of efforts to stop money laundering. The decision to enforce the policy now will help authorities tighten control over […]
Police investigating four British charities that send “aid” to Syria arrested eight men this morning on suspicion that donations were being used to fund the opposition against President Bashar al-Assad. The raids on homes and business addresses follow an investigation into the seizure of £44,000 cash from an aid convoy preparing to leave Dover in […]
The Free Syria Army is collapsing due to lack of funds and its fighters are defecting to Jabhat al-Nusra, an Al Qaeda affiliate waging Jihad against the Assad regime. Jabhat al-Nusra’s funding is said to chiefly come from Saudi Arabia and the UAE. If the Sauds and Emiratis are funding Al Qaeda in Syria, why […]
Al Qaeda In Islamic Maghreb Incorporated
Forbes has just published an article about the successful funding mechanisms used by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, which include kidnapping for ransom and money laundering alliances with drug traffickers. As we have detailed from time to time on SFW, western nations, particular European nations and Canada, have been in the habit of paying […]
Four Frenchmen held captive for three years by an Al Qaeda affiliate in Niger were reunited with their families yesterday , amid reports that a ransom of at least €20 million ($28 million) had been paid for their release. The four men were kidnapped by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in northern Niger in […]
Al Qaeda financier Dawood Ibrahim implicated in cricket scandals
Dawood Ibrahim is wanted in India for some 1993 Mumbai car bombings in which 257 people were killed. He is also wanted by the United States, which designated him as a global terrorist back in 2003. Indian authorities, who tend to have very good human intelligence, believe that Ibrahim lives and operates his criminal empire […]
Money Jihad Blog: Saudi-American financed jihad in Somalia and Syria
Another important post from the Money Jihad blog…this time uncovering a story we all missed from back in August… Gufran Ahmed Kauser Mohammed, a naturalized U.S. citizen living in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, has been arrested and extradited to Florida where he awaits trial along with a Kenyan for supporting terrorism. Mohammed wired money to the […]
An accountant who confessed to supporting Al Qaeda with money and supplies has been sentenced to 18 years in prison, a sentence we consider ridiculously light for such a crime. Sabirhan Hasanoff, 37, who holds dual citizenship in the US and Australia, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court, where he pleaded guilty last year to […]
Trying to Make Jihad Pay: Convicted Al Qaeda Terrorist Suing US Bureau of Prisons
Wesam El-Hanafi, who has already pleaded guilty to material support for terrorism charges and is awaiting sentencing, is suing the US Bureau of Prisons, claiming that mistreatment in the UAE gave him deep-vein thrombosis. Before joining the jihad, El-Hanafi worked at Lehman Brothers as a information technology engineer and had a wife and three children. […]
Nigerian Indicted in Brooklyn Court on Material Support for Terrorism
A Nigerian national, Lawal Babafemi, was arraigned last week in a U.S. Federal Court in Brooklyn, New York on charges of providing material support to al Qaeda and criminal use of firearms. Mr. Babafemi, 33, also known as “Ayatollah Mustapha”, was arraigned on a four-count charge of indictment including conspiracy, providing material support to al […]
Since 9/11, the US Treasury, FBI and Department of Homeland Security have gone to great lengths to implement financial measures, systems and reporting requirements designed to detect, track and, ultimately, prevent financial support for terrorism. Unfortunately, according to at least one analysis, despite all of the red tape added to the US financial and banking […]
Excellent analyses from Kevin Freeman and Michael Del Rosso: http://globaleconomicwarfare.com/2013/09/1305/
OpEdNews Column: The Dark Side of Saudi Petrodollars
There is a nice column over on OpEdNews by a man named Brian Lynch touching on Saudi Arabia’s funding of Jihadist terrorism. The column doesn’t break any new ground, but it does provide links to other recent columns by other authors dealing with the same subject matter. It is also interesting in that the column […]
Turkey’s Double Speak Includes Support for Al Qaeda-Supporting Saudi
Commentary magazine reports that Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has a close relationship with a Saudi named Yasin al-Qadi, who has been designated a terrorist financier by the US Treasury Department… Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the man for whom Tan works, has embraced and continues to support Yasin al-Qadi, designated by the U.S. Treasury Department […]
The US Treasury has sanctioned a top Al Qaeda official and a madrassa in Peshawar, Pakistan for serving as a terrorist training center supporting Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Pakistan based terrorist group behind the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack. Targeting Jamia Taleem-Ul-Quran-Wal-Hadith Madrassa, also known as the Ganj madrassa, the Treasury department said the Peshawar based religious school […]
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