From the new york times. So it must be true. :lol2:
How can we fight this kind of money without each and every one of us supporting this war? The anti-war bunch here at home has done nothing but breathe life into these bastards. :x
U.S. Finds Iraq Insurgency Has Funds to Sustain Itself
"BAGHDAD, Nov. 25 — The insurgency in Iraq is now self-sustaining financially, raising tens of millions of dollars a year from oil smuggling, kidnapping, counterfeiting, connivance by corrupt Islamic charities and other crimes that the Iraqi government and its American patrons have been largely unable to prevent, a classified United States government report has concluded.
"The report, obtained by The New York Times, estimates that groups responsible for many insurgent and terrorist attacks are raising $70 million to $200 million a year from illegal activities. It says $25 million to $100 million of that comes from oil smuggling and other criminal activity involving the state-owned oil industry, aided by “corrupt and complicit” Iraqi officials.
"As much as $36 million a year comes from ransoms paid for hundreds of kidnap victims, the report says. It estimates that unnamed foreign governments — previously identified by American officials as including France and Italy — paid $30 million in ransom last year........"
(I split the link up because it was so long. Copy and paste it.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/26/world/middleeast/26insurgency.html?_r=1&hp&ex
=1164517200&en=2a2a5b9d24a4cf05&ei=5094&partner=homepage&oref=slogin