Al-Qaeda Stays Rich Despite Financial Crisis Because Terrorists Have Been Forced to Avoid Using Banks!

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) _ Al-Qaida, which gets its money from the drug trade in Afghanistan and sympathizers in the oil-rich Gulf states, is likely to escape the effects of the global financial crisis. One reason is that al-Qaida and other Islamic terrorists have been forced to avoid using banks, relying instead on less-efficient ways to move their cash around the world, analysts said. Those methods include hand-carrying money and using informal transfer networks called hawalas...