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Report: Foreign Donations Are Single Largest Source of Taliban’s Funding
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| Sep 27
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Posted on 09/27/2009 4:54:52 PM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out
Afghanistans Taliban-led insurgency is so heavily funded by foreign donations that U.S. and Afghan officials say it may be impossible to obstruct the groups money supply, the Washington Post reported Sunday.
The Obama administration said the groups single largest source of funding comes from foreign donations -- not drugs like opium -- according to the newspaper.
The CIA reportedly estimates that the Taliban received $106 billion in foreign money last year alone -- making it difficult for intelligence officials to track the terrorist groups money flow.
United Nations Taliban and Al Qaeda Monitoring Team Coordinator Richard Barrett, told the Washington Post that Taliban supporters have grown much more skillful at masking their donations.
U.S. officials say they suspect that the Pakistani military and intelligence operatives continue to fund the insurgency -- not the Saudi and other Gulf governments, which gave the group substantial financial support in the 1990s -- the newspaper reported.
U.S. and Afghan officials said the diversified funds have allowed the Taliban to expand with relative ease, the Post reported.
David S. Cohen, the Treasury Departments assistant secretary for terrorist financing, told the Post, Were going after this with a great deal of urgency and a huge amount of effort to even more effectively disrupt the networks that fund the Taliban.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; chuckposts; globaljihad; moneytrail; taliban
To: chuck_the_tv_out
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posted on
09/27/2009 4:56:35 PM PDT
by
counterpunch
(In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.)
To: chuck_the_tv_out
$106 billion!! That is a lot of money for a bunch of nomads that live in caves. You would there would some way to stop it.
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posted on
09/27/2009 4:57:35 PM PDT
by
Uncle Hal
To: chuck_the_tv_out
WaPo just took the lead part in the set-up to bail from Afghanistan, that much is clear, anyway!
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posted on
09/27/2009 5:00:55 PM PDT
by
Vn_survivor_67-68
(CALL CONGRESSCRITTERS TOLL-FREE @ 1-800-965-4701)
To: chuck_the_tv_out
Look for donations to go up now that we have a coward in chief who gets all squeamish about the term “victory in Afghanistan”.
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posted on
09/27/2009 5:01:50 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(The Second Amendment. Don't MAKE me use it.)
To: chuck_the_tv_out
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posted on
09/27/2009 5:07:26 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: chuck_the_tv_out
It was a big mistake for the Yanks and Brits to get involved with trying to stem the poppy production. The Afghans loved the US, Thank You Reagan!, and they expected us to respect their freedom to engage in whatever business they wanted. We suffered a set-back because of OUR drug policy.
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posted on
09/27/2009 5:07:29 PM PDT
by
Poincare
To: chuck_the_tv_out
BOMB IRAN and ask questions later!
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posted on
09/27/2009 5:07:50 PM PDT
by
WellyP
To: chuck_the_tv_out
Foreign Donations Are Single Largest Source of Talibans Funding Something in common w/ -10bama and his campaign last fall.
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posted on
09/27/2009 5:15:46 PM PDT
by
C210N
(A patriot for a Conservative Renaissance!)
To: counterpunch
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posted on
09/27/2009 5:21:59 PM PDT
by
dalebert
To: C210N
Report: Foreign Donations Are Single Largest Source of Talibans Funding Barry's Un-Audited Campaign Fund Fixed.
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posted on
09/27/2009 5:27:58 PM PDT
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
To: chuck_the_tv_out
Probably from George Soro’s and Moveon.org
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posted on
09/27/2009 5:45:15 PM PDT
by
ncfool
(Cash for Clunkers - A big failure and Obama and rats want us to trust them with our healthcare!)
To: chuck_the_tv_out
$106 billion is a lot of money, and that's just what's going to the Taliban. Much of it comes fromm you, me, and a lot of other Freepers plus other American citizens via Saudi Arabia.
Right now, we are paying for both sides of the War on Terror. That war will never stop until we find a way to stop bankrolling the other side.
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posted on
09/27/2009 5:51:53 PM PDT
by
rmh47
(Go Kats! - Got Seven? [NRA Life Member])
To: chuck_the_tv_out
A Cobrathon?
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posted on
09/27/2009 5:56:30 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
To: chuck_the_tv_out
the electric car,
is our only hope
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TM Ping.
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posted on
09/27/2009 8:51:25 PM PDT
by
LucyT
("The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." - M.Thatcher)
To: chuck_the_tv_out
It's an old saying that, regarding war, amateurs study tactics, and professionals study logistics.
In terrorism, replace "logistics" with "finance". As long as terrorism is heavily funded, it will be impossible to eradicate. Yes, terrorists get killed, but then so do drug dealers and there is a never-ending supply of replacement drug dealers nonetheless.
The real target needs to be the financial sources. Exterminate them, and the terrorist organizations will wither away.
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posted on
09/28/2009 6:15:55 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(Public healthcare looks like it will work as well as public housing did.)
To: chuck_the_tv_out
The CIA reportedly estimates that the Taliban received $106 billion in foreign money last year alone
Wait a minute! This can't be right.
This would have the Taliban having a larger budget than the US Army. The entire defense budget of Great Britain is just around $60B. The entire defense budget of Pakistan is just $12B.
I think somebody said "billion" when he meant "million", or reported a figure in Pakistani Rupees (70 to the dollar) as dollars.
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posted on
09/28/2009 6:58:54 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(Public healthcare looks like it will work as well as public housing did.)
To: chuck_the_tv_out
Boston Globe reports the amount as $106 MILLION, not billion, which is a more likely number.
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posted on
09/28/2009 7:06:21 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(Public healthcare looks like it will work as well as public housing did.)
To: PapaBear3625
Good catch. Certainly a less scary number.
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posted on
09/28/2009 7:14:58 AM PDT
by
chuck_the_tv_out
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