Osama Turned to Kidnapping to Raise Cash

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Even terrorists have to pay the bills, and files taken from Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad show that al-Qaeda was increasingly cash-poor and turning to kidnapping and ransom as a way to raise some revenue. The shift shows that a crackdown on al-Qaeda’s funding has proven financially devastating, notes…

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Osama Turned to Kidnapping to Raise Cash

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