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...... That list includes taxing Afghanistan poppy growers and heroin refiners; laundering money for the Taliban; purchasing poppy crops directly; distributing refined heroin through all the Balkans to Europe, Dishman reports. In addition, al-Qaeda smuggles arms and uranium; and according to Ehrenfelds account, al-Qaeda has seized partial control of most of the diamond markets of Sierra Leone and Liberia by paying cash to unemployed Revolutionary United Front rebels (Dishman, 62)
In the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists article, Dishman a defense department analyst asserts that when the U.S. in 2004 froze the assets of four lucrative Islamic foundation offices, groups that allegedly funneled cash to terrorists, it was the equivalent of a pinprick on bin Ladens financial network (Dishman, 62). As long as the Saudi pipeline continues to flow, Dishman concludes, thousands of other charities, Islamic schools, and banks will divert money to terrorist groups like al-Qaeda......

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