[Chemist_Geek]

besides being psychotic goathumpers, everything i've read says these guys are some cheap bastards. employers' costs being what they are, payroll's easier to cope with when you're only paying three v five ...

I've heard that that Al-Qaeda health plan is terrible, and forget about their pension plan. :-P

Seriously, their past operations have shown incredible tight-fistedness. Remember the first World Trade Center bombing? The terrorists went back to the truck rental place to get their deposit back.

[tomkat]

... to get their deposit back.

same with OKC, iirc ?

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[Skywalk]

Well, if you think about it(the deposit thing WAS stupid but anyway) it makes perfect sense to be cheap. While they may have a large inflow of cash, I bet a large amount of this goes to satellite phones, logistics, and properly placing someone in an area with the correct papers/ID. Then you have training, food for how many thousands?! That's IF these guys have a job. I bet in some cases the terrorists don't have a job when they get close to executing their plan. Add it all up, and that's a big burden for a shadow organization, even if they do get millions.

After all, AKs, explosives, strip club visits and such cost dough!

[tomkat]

bet the vision plan's good though, per occupational necessity ...