From Canada.com:
Tighter monitoring, recession has affected al-Qaida revenues and they are struggling with slump in donations.
LONDON - A recession-driven income slide? Or a brand in terminal decline? Whatever the origin of its money worries, al-Qaida's latest appeal for funds reveals a group struggling with a fall in donations for its attacks on the West.
In an audio message posted in militant web forums on June 10, 2009, the group's leader in Afghanistan Mustafa Abu al-Yazid said militants were short of food, weapons and other supplies needed to fight foreign forces there.
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My Comment: The part of this article that I found interesting was the reference that Al Qaeda's annual budget is about $30 million. Think about it .... $30 million dollars a year and you can get a super power to spend hundreds of billions to try and stamp you out. Wow ....
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