Migrant workers, terrorists, criminals, and anyone holding a mobile telephone is rejoicing. Already many can transfer money (m-payments) anywhere anytime, efficiently and inexpensively. Technological advances and cooperation between international … [Read more...] about Terrorist Funding In Real Time
The Muslim Brotherhood's Propaganda Offensive
The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) is heightening its U.S. propaganda offensive in advance of the 2008 presidential elections, taking advantage of the political uncertainty and opposition to the current Administration's defense policies against radical … [Read more...] about The Muslim Brotherhood's Propaganda Offensive
What Ails Mainstream Journalism
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27499 Why do otherwise thorough reporters lose their professional skepticism when covering the Middle East and Islam? This peculiar journalistic phenomenon has puzzled me since I began covering … [Read more...] about What Ails Mainstream Journalism
The World Bank Continuing Aid To Palestinian Terrorism
http://terrorfinance.typepad.com/the_terror_finance_blog/ The World Bank released on March 7 its report on the Palestinian Authority. While critical pf the PA's lack of transparency and inability and/or unwillingness to account for the hundreds of … [Read more...] about The World Bank Continuing Aid To Palestinian Terrorism
Propagating Terror
Six years after al Qaeda attacked the United States, many policy-makers and "terrorism experts" retain the misconception that terrorism does not require large amounts of money. This myth was strengthened first with the September 11 Commission's … [Read more...] about Propagating Terror
Can You Tell A Terrorist From A "Criminal"?
While most terrorist organizations have circumvented funding prohibitions by creating "political" and "charitable" wings - a ruse that enables their individual and state supporters to contribute clean money to criminal/terrorist activities, most … [Read more...] about Can You Tell A Terrorist From A "Criminal"?
Battling The Saudis
Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld, a terrorism expert, and director of the New York-based American Center for Democracy (www.acdemocracy.org) is suing Saudi billionaire Sheik Khalid Salim bin Mahfouz, the former banker of the Saudi royal family who has been … [Read more...] about Battling The Saudis
Egypt's Role In The Destabilization Of The Middle East
At the time the international community imposes economic sanctions against the terrorist government of Hamas, Egypt facilitates the transfer of millions of dollars in cash to support and sustain it. "We don't allow money carried by Palestinians to … [Read more...] about Egypt's Role In The Destabilization Of The Middle East
With Friends Like The Brits, The U.S. Does Not Need Enemies
http://www.terrorfinance.org/the_terror_finance_blog/2007/01/with_friends_li.html According to the London Times, "Kim Jong Il, the North Korean dictator, is planning to use the London gold market to circumvent financial sanctions imposed by the … [Read more...] about With Friends Like The Brits, The U.S. Does Not Need Enemies
Carter's Arab Financiers
To understand what feeds former president Jimmy Carter's anti-Israeli frenzy, look at his early links to Arab business. Between 1976-1977, the Carter family peanut business received a bailout in the form of a $4.6 million, "poorly managed" and … [Read more...] about Carter's Arab Financiers