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Al-Qaeda 'faces funding crisis'

Source: BBC
Washington : DC : USA | about 1 month ago  
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Terrorist financing official David Cohen said al-Qaeda had made several appeals for funds already this year...The Taliban, meanwhile, are in better financial shape, bolstered by Afghanistan's booming trade in drugs. According to Mr Cohen, the al-Qaeda leadership has already warned...
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  • News Source: Fox News | about 1 month ago
    The Taliban, on the other hand, has seen funding soar through the roof, according to a report by BBC News. Al Qaeda has lobbied its network for financial support, U.S...Cohen told the news organization that the drop in funding has affected Al-Qaeda...
  • News Source: Sydney Morning Herald | about 1 month ago
    David Cohen, assistant Treasury secretary for terrorist financing, said at a conference Monday that the Taliban "are in much stronger financial shape than Al-Qaeda." Cohen, whose comments were released in a transcript of Tuesday, said US officials...
  • News Source: Denver Post | about 1 month ago
    A senior Treasury Department official says the Taliban is in much stronger financial shape than al-Qaeda and relies on a wide range of criminal activities to pay for attacks on U.S. forces in Afghanistan. David Cohen, the department's assistant...
  • News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation | about 1 month ago
    The United States Treasury has its own intelligence division and is deeply involved in trying to curtail terrorism by choking off its sources of funding. The assistant treasury secretary responsible for monitoring terrorist finances, David Cohen,...
  • News Source: BBC | about 1 month ago
    Terrorist financing official David Cohen said al-Qaeda had made several appeals for funds already this year...The Taliban, meanwhile, are in better financial shape, bolstered by Afghanistan's booming trade in drugs. According to Mr Cohen, the al-...
  • News Source: GMA News | about 1 month ago
    The Taliban are in much stronger financial shape than al-Qaeda and rely on a wide range of criminal activities to pay for attacks on US and coalition forces in Afghanistan, a senior Treasury Department official said Monday. David Cohen, the...
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    A senior Treasury Department official says the Taliban is in much stronger financial shape than al-Qaida and relies on a wide range of criminal activities to pay for attacks on US forces in Afghanistan.
  • Blog Source: www.stealthfusion.com
    The Taliban are in much stronger financial shape than al-Qaida and rely on a wide range of criminal activities to pay for attacks on US and.
  • Blog Source: www.truthdig.com
    2009/10/12 - Although the Taliban is apparently in good standing in terms of funding these days, thanks in part to drug money, the BBC reported Monday that al-Qaida is struggling by comparison, according to “terrorist financing ...
  • Blog Source: www.cfr.org
    At any time al-Qaeda could change operational procedures which would make it harder. Al-Qaeda operates in a syndicate of terror in Pakistan and Afghanistan. It swims among these groups: the Afghan Taliban, the Pak Taliban, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and others.
  • Blog Source: www.thedailybeast.com
    This will initiate an eviction of Taliban by the Pakistani people. For Pakistan, rejoining India means freedom, food, jobs, education, and a better life. Only their military bureaucrats are against this idea, and their minds could be changed with a
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