Money for terror: recommended news reading

• Behind’s ISIS‘s ascendance were piles of money from Kuwait and Qatar… more>>

• Three anthropologists have learned “that ISIS is indeed involved in the illicit antiquities trade,” justifying their looting on the traditional Islamic khums tax… more>>

• The threat of cyber-theft by terrorists raises alarms about the federal backstop for insurance against terrorism… more>>

• Aid and donations are diverted to fund Hamas‘s rockets… Diagram>>

• Biting the hands that fed them:  “Islamic State’s Ultimate Goal: Saudi Arabia’s Oil Wells”… more>>

• Hamas’s budget is between $500 million and $1 billion a year. Funds derive from Iran, Qatar, and Turkey, and from taxing Gazans… more>>