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  • Militants Turn to Crime to Fund Terrorism

    08/12/2004 1:11:21 PM PDT · by BushisTheMan · 7 replies · 640+ views
    AP ^ | 08/12/2004 | ALEXANDRA ZAVIS
    JOHANESSBURG, South Africa (AP) -- Members of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida and other militants are turning increasingly to crime - from dealing drugs to selling knockoff shampoos and pirated CDs - to pay for attacks amid a crackdown on the movement of terrorist funds through world banks, security officials told The Associated Press. As terrorist cells become more self-reliant, they are calling into question the notion they need an international financial support network to stage attacks, according to the independent commission that investigated al-Qaida's deadliest assault yet on Sept. 11, 2001. U.S. Treasury officials, who have driven the global campaign...