[Coop]

Another hit to Al Qaeda!

[Angelus Errare]

Understand, their annual budget is between $150-200 million a year. While I have little doubt that this is going to leave them hurting for cash in the long-term, major hits like this force the network to raise or move greater quantities of cash that is easier for law enforcement to detect.

The shift from drugs also reflects the success of US anti-terrorism efforts in disrupting their financing. Now that Taylor is out of power in Liberia, they can't use his country as a base to get diamonds out of anymore.