Radical Islamic Groups Are Still Being Financed By A Complicit Global Financial Network

Former Kuwaiti Minister of Justice, Islamic endowments and Islamic Affairs Nayef al-Ajmi speaks at a session of Kuwait's National Assembly. Ajmi resigned in the wake of accusations by a senior U.S. official that he was enabling terrorism.

Islamist Insurgency Fueled by Global Finance Web -- Jeffrey Young, VOA

The little cans were at cash registers everywhere in Kuwait, where I lived during much of the 1990s. Covered with pictures of children in anguish amid burning rubble, these cans collected coins and cash for “Palestinian Relief” or the like. Sometimes, I put my change into these cans, causing the person behind the counter to often give me a puzzled look. Then, I learned from my Kuwaiti friends that these collection cans were not always helping those kids – many were funding Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, and other violent groups.

Now, 20 years later, there is an international web of finance that leads to deadly insurgents such as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Part of it runs through so-called “charities,” while another funding stream for terrorists is enabled by official complicity. And, these sources also intersect.

Colin Clarke, author of an upcoming book titled “Terrorism Inc: The Funding of Terrorism, Insurgency, and Irregular Warfare” says much of the cash now pouring into ISIL and other violent groups comes from three regional sources.

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My Comment: The part of this story that gets me mad is that Western/Saudi/Kuwaiti/Qatari/etc. intelligence agencies know who is giving the money to these terror groups. Edward Snowden's NSA revelations have shown the far reaching capabilities of intelligence agencies to monitor and track money and communications .... but even with this capability .... it appears that no one wants to go to the next step to stop those who enable terrorism.