Since 9/11, the US has frozen bank accounts. But it can't stop funding for extremist groups through the traditional Islamic hawala (paper-free transfer) system or through direct contacts. In other words, good-old undeclared income.

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Since 9/11, the US has frozen bank accounts. But it can't stop funding for extremist groups through the traditional Islamic hawala (paper-free transfer) system or through direct contacts. In other words, good-old undeclared income.

Authors Bio:

Russ Wellen is the nuclear deproliferation editor for OpEdNews. He's also on the staffs of Freezerbox and Scholars & Rogues.

"It's hard to tell people not to smoke when you have a cigarette dangling from your mouth."
-- Mohamed El Baradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency