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Islamic State militants, who once relied on wealthy Persian Gulf donors for money, have become a self-sustaining financial juggernaut, earning more than $3 million a day from oil smuggling, human trafficking, theft and extortion, according to U.S. intelligence officials and private experts.
The extremist group’s resources exceed that “of any other terrorist group in history,” said a U.S. intelligence official who, like others interviewed, spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss classified assessments. Such riches are one reason that American officials are so concerned about the group even while acknowledging they have no evidence it is plotting attacks against the United States. Morehere
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well, they were created by mossad/cia and funded by the UNITED STATES!! of course they’re well funded!
$3 million a day is chicken feed; just because they can sell oil does not mean they can process it into fuel. It costs about $9 per gallon for petrol, what petrol and diesel is consumed by ISIS is being smuggled in from Turkey, Saudi at extreme costs and those looted Iraqi tanks and Humvees are extremely thirsty. Close the borders and wait. Soon they will all become pedestrians and the Caliphate will collapse into its orginal bandits.