In congressional testimony, John S. Pistole, Executive Assistant Director for Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) described the Jewish Defense League as "a known violent extremist Jewish organization." FBI statistics show that there were 18 officially classified terrorist attacks in the U.S. committed by Jews; 15 of those by members of the JDL.
On Mar 4, 3:06 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > ** ** > > http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/the-worlds-5-richest-terro... > **** > > *In terms of their annual operating budgets to the best of our knowledge at > this time, the Taliban, Hezbollah, the FARC, Hamas, and al-Shabaab may be > the wealthiest terrorist organizations in the world today. Al Qaeda > trails, but if all its affiliated organizations are included, Al Qaeda > remains in the upper echelon of the world’s terror budgets.***** > > *1. Taliban***** > > Taliban nets between $70 and $400 > million<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/19/world/asia/19taliban.html>from > drug activity (of which at least $15 to $25 million is > collected as > ushr<http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/ushr-part-ii-of-ii/>, > Islam’s 10 percent tax on harvests) annually. In addition, the Taliban > collects an > estimated<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124821049> > $150 > to $200 million per year in zakat and sadaqa donations, mostly from the > Arab nations of the Persian Gulf. These figures exclude extensive Taliban > revenues from > ransoms<http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/2011/07/03/move-over-pizarro-taliban-...>, > extortion, and improperly diverted > money<http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/u-n-role-in-security-contr...>from > Western aid, U.N. contributions, defense contractors, and the > Afghanistan government itself. My own estimate would place that subtotal > of an additional $50 million per year.**** > > Splitting the difference for the estimated range of revenues, that would > bring the Taliban’s total budget to an estimate of *approximately $560 > million annually*.**** > > *2. Hezbollah***** > > Rachel Ehrenfeld’s *Funding Evil* documented that Hezbollah’s annual > operating budget is *between $200 and $500 million*. Iran provides at > least $120 million of that, with the rest coming from > khums<http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/the-khums-tax-menace-keep-...>, > drug trafficking, and other criminal activity.**** > > *3. FARC***** > > Columbia’s Marxist guerrillas, the FARC, enjoy annual revenues that range > from estimates <http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL32774.pdf> of *$80 to $350 > million*.**** > > *4. Hamas***** > > For 2010, Gaza’s budget adopted by Hamas > was<http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-01-02-israel-palestinians_N.htm> > $540 > million, but that’s a larger amount than Hamas’s own budget. The Council > on Foreign Relations lists Hamas’s > budget<http://www.cfr.org/israel/hamas/p8968>as > *$70 million*. However, the recent > news<http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/21/uk-palestinians-hamas-finan...>that > Iran is cutting or ending its aid to Hamas which would substantially > diminish Hamas’s treasury. Hamas receives significant funding through > charitable front groups and from Saudi Arabia.**** > > *5. Al Shabaab***** > > A recent report from the U.N. > revealed<http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/2011/08/16/al-shabaab-economic-powerh...> > that > al-Shabaab’s revenues are between *$70 and $100* million per year, > propelling it into the top tier of global jihadist funding.**** > > *DISHONORABLE MENTIONS***** > > *Al Qaeda***** > > The CIA > estimated<http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/911/staff_statements/911_TerrFin_Ch2.pdf>that > before 9/11, al Qaeda’s annual budget was > *$30 million*, which was almost exclusively from “donations” (zakat and > sadaqa). By almost all accounts, al Qaeda’s financial situation has > deteriorated since then. Other > estimates<http://www.princeton.edu/%7Ejns/publications/Shapiro_Siegel_2007_ISQ_...>place > their budget from $16 to $50 > million<http://books.google.com/books?id=rO2HY8unF_sC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=bud...>, > which still puts al Qaeda itself toward the bottom of the list. However, > there are indications that revenue collections of al Qaeda offshoots such > as Al Qaeda in the Arabian > Peninsula<http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/aqap-got-somali-funding/>(AQAP), > Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), and al-Shabaab are flush > with funds. With AQIM in particular, the evidence > shows<http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/2010/11/22/aqim-funds-mother-al-qaeda/>that > funds are being transferred from the regional organization back to the > parent al Qaeda organization itself.**** > > *Lashkar-e-Taiba***** > > Reuters > calls<http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/04/13/idINIndia-56290620110413> > Lashkar-e-Taiba > (whose revenues include > hawala<http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/2011/08/12/lashkar-e-taibi-scores-mil...>, > the Gulf, and Pakistan’s > ISI<http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/2010/07/16/lashkar-e-taiba-%e2%80%9cf...>) > “one of the largest and best-funded Islamic militant organizations” in > South Asia.**** > > *It bears repeating that much of the revenue listed above, with the > exception of the FARC’s drug money, originate from traditional Islamic > revenue sources such as zakat, sadaqa, khums, and ushr, rather than from > “secular,” criminal activity.***** -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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