Terrorism, Inc.: The Financing of Terrorism, Insurgency, and Irregular Warfare

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by Colin P. Clarke Ph. d.


  Dickinson, Elizabeth, 155

  Dirty War, 17

  Dixit, R. N., 64

  Dobbins, James, 126

  Doha, Abu, 176

  Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 50

  Droukdel, Abdelmalek, 147

  Drug cultivation, 11; Afghanistan, 117; employment, 12

  Drug trafficking: and FARC, 12; Hamas, 101; Hezbollah, 77; Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), 51, 53; and PKK’s, 12; South American cocaine trade, 71; Taliban, 113, 114, 117

  Dundalk, 33

  Dunne, Ben, 33

  Eastern Bloc countries, 11

  Eastern Europe, human trafficking in, 12

  East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), 144, 163

  Egmont Group, 25

  Egyptian Islamic Group, 108

  Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ), 108, 133

  Ejercito de Liberaicion Nacional, 9

  Employment: and drug cultivation, 12; of Hamas members, 96; of PIRA members, 30

  Erambu, Mathivathani, 62

  Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF), 55

  ET Dizon Travel Pyramid Trading, 137

  European Union, 78; Hezbollah, 93; Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, 112

  Executive Order 13224, 25

  Explicit knowledge, 18

  External Security Organization (ESO), 70

  External state support, 35; Al-Qaida, 140–41; Hamas, 101–2; Hezbollah, 78–79; Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), 159–60; Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), 54–55; Taliban, 119

  Extortion and protection payments, 13; Al-Qaida, 141; Germany, 54; Hamas, 54; Hezbollah, 77–78; Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), 159; Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), 53–54; Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA), 34–35; Taliban, 118

  Exum, Andrew, 80

  Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, 107

  Ezzideen Diamonds BVBA, 76

  Fair, C. Christine, 22

  Fallahian, Ali, 71

  Fatah, 40; Force 17, 82; Gaza, 104; vs. Hamas, 95, 104, 111–12

  Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), 122, 145–46

  Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 11

  Fein, Sinn, 31

  Fennelley, Margaret, 33

  Filastin al-Muslimah, 110

  Financial Action Task Force (FATF), 24, 151

  Financial Assets Tracking Center (FTATC), 25

  Financial intelligence units (FIUs), 25

  Financial Review Group, 25

  First Intifada, 95, 103, 106

  Flannery, Martin, 30

  Flannery, Michael, 29

  Food stamp fraud, 72

  Force Research Unit (FRU), 17

  Foreign Terrorist Asset Tracking Group (FTATG), 25

  “Fourth Generation,” 120

  France: COIN forces, 18; fraud committed by Islamist militants in, 139; Hezbollah attack in, 71; social security fraud, 51

  Fraud, 31; credit card, 51, 72–73; food stamp, 72; Hamas, 98; Hezbollah, 72–73; Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), 156; Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), 51; mortgage, 72; social security, 51; tactics of Al-Qaida, 136; Taliban, 115

  Freeman, Michael, 3, 171

  G7 Summit, 24

  Gaelic Athletic Association, 41

  Gandhi, Indira, 60

  Gandhi, Rajiv, 60

  Gardai, 37, 44–45

  Gaza: Fatah/ Salafist groups, 104; Hamas popularity in, 109; Salafist Islam, 109; terrorist training in, 97; weapon smuggling, 101. See also Hamas

  Gaza, Battle of, 95

  Gaza War, 95

  Gems/ precious metals insurgency, 13

  General Army Convention (GAC), 38

  German Baader- Mainhof gang, 40

  Germany: al-Shahid Social Relief Institution, 72; AQIM fighters kidnappings from, 139; extortion and LTTE, 54; Hezbollah recruitment in, 89

  Ghilzai Pashtuns, 113

  Giustozzi, Antonio, 119

  Global Islamic League, 135

  Global Islamic Media Front, 149

  Global Jihad, 141

  Global Positioning System (GPS), 57

  Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), 180

  Goldstein, Baruch, 103

  Goldwasser, Ehud, 75

  Goodwill Charitable Organization, 72

  Gormley, Dennis, 18

  Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA), 131

  Grand Hotel, 45

  Grand Theft Auto, 167

  Gray economy, 3, 5–8; Al-Qaida, 134–38; Hamas, 96–99; Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), 154–57; Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), 49–52; Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA), 28–32; Taliban, 114–16

  Great Britain: credit card fraud, 51; Dirty War, 17

  Greece, 17, 83

  Green Book, 43

  Green Quest, Operation, 26

  Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), 22

  Group of Truth, 139

  Guerilla warfare, 1, 36, 111

  Gulbuddin, Hizb-i-Islami, 126

  Gunaratna, Rohan, 66, 135

  Haddad, Simon, 89

  Hamas: activity funding, 96–102, 102–10, 172–75; Al-Aqsa Intifada, 106; Al-Qaida, 109; assassinations, 107; background, 95; charities, 97–98; COIN, 17; counter terrorists' finances, 111–12; dark economy, 99–102; Da’wa, 96; Diaspora community, 96–97; external state support, 101–2; extortion and protection, 101; first intifada, 95, 111; fraud, 98; Gaza, 109; gray economy, 96–99; guerilla warfare, 111; guns and glory in Gaza, 95–112; human resources and recruitment, 109–10; ideology, 108–9; intelligence, 104–5; Israel Defense Forces (IDF), 111; Kidnapping for ransom (KFR), 100; KindHearts, 98; leadership, 107–8; legal businesses, 98–99; media and publicity, 110; money laundering, 99; operational capability, 103–6; organizational capacity, 106–10; Palestine, 96; sanctuary, 105; second Intifada, 95, 111; smuggling, 101; training, 106

  Hamdan, Usama, 112

  Hammami, Sheikh Jamil, 107

  Handbook for Volunteers of the Irish Republican Army, 43

  Haniyeh, Ismail, 102

  Haqqani Network (HQN): Al-Qaida, 141; assassination campaign, 16; and kidnapping for ransom, 9; and NATO, 17; and Taliban, 118, 125

  Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya, 95

  Harakat ul-Jihad ul-Islami, 145

  Harakat-ul-Mujahideen (HUM), 55, 135

  Hariri, Rafiq, 79

  Harrison, George, 30

  Hawala, 116, 137–38, 152, 174

  Hawsaw, Mustafa Ahmed, 151

  Hawsawi, Ahmed, 151

  Hebdo, Charlie, 183

  Hebron massacre, 103

  Helmus, Todd, 22

  Hezb-i-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG), 55

  Hezbollah: activity funding, 71–79, 172–75; Al-Qaida, 76–77, 92; armed robbery, 75–76; attack on Argentina, 71, 83; attack on Bulgaria, 83; attack on France, 71; attack on Saudi Arabia, 71; charities, 72; Chicago-style racketeering, 78; and COIN, 17; counter terrorists' finances, 91–93; Diaspora support, 71–72; drug trafficking, 77; European Union, 93; external state support, 78–79; extortion and protection, 77–78; financing party of god, 70–94; fraud, 72–73; full-on hybrid politico-military powerhouse, 14; fund usage, 79–91; human resources and recruitment, 88–90; ideology, 87–88; insurgency against Israel, 81; Intelligence, 81–83; Iran, 4; kidnapping for prisoner exchanges, 10; kidnapping for ransom (KFR), 75; leadership, 85–87; Lebanon, 96; legal businesses, 73–74; Martyrs Foundation, 72; maximalist model, 4; media and publicity, 90–91; money laundering, 74; operational capability, 80–85; Political Council, 85; smuggling, trafficking, and counterfeiting, 76–77; South American cocaine trade, 71; Syria, 79; telecommunications fraud, 72–73; training, 84–85; weapons, 80–81; and West Africa, 83–84

  Higgins, William, 75

  High valuetargeting (HVT), 121

  Hijra Construction, 137

  Hindu temples, taxation on, 53

  Hit and Win, Operation, 46

  Hobsbawm, Eric, 21

  Hodgson, Derek, 45

  Hoffman, Bruce, 126, 141, 147
–49

  Holtmann, Philipp, 168

  Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLFRD), 97

  Horgan, John, 32

  Host Nation Trucking, 115

  Hreik, Hrat, 89

  Human intelligence (HUMINT), 17

  Human resources and recruitment, 22–23; Al-Qaida, 148–49; Hamas, 109–10; Hezbollah, 88–90; Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), 165–67; Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), 64–65; Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA), 42; Taliban, 126–28

  Human smuggling, 10

  Human trafficking, 10, 12; Central Asia, 12; China, 12; Eastern Europe, 12; Middle East, 12; Nigeria, 12; North Africa, 12; Russia, 12; Western Europe, 12

  Hussein, Saddam, 99, 102, 153, 159

  Ibrahim, Dawood, 53

  Ideology, 20–22; Al-Qaida, 148; Hamas, 108–9; Hezbollah, 87–88; Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), 63–64; Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA), 41; Taliban, 124–26

  Illicit crops, 12

  Improvised explosive devices (IEDs), 16

  Improvised projected grenade (IPG), 37

  India, 5; and COIN forces, 18; weapons supply to LTTE, 15

  Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF), 61

  Indonesia (Aceh), 5

  Indo-Sri Lankan Peace Accord, 54, 56

  Infocom, 99

  Information operations (IO), 23

  Insurgency, 15; countering financing of, 23–26; gems and precious metals, 13; inexpensive and group's goals, 182–84; natural resources, 13; vs. terrorism, 2. See also Terrorism

  Intelligence, 16–17; Al-Qaida, 143–44; Hamas, 104–5; Hezbollah, 81–83; Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), 161–62; Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), 57–59; minimalist/ maximalist model of, 16; Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA), 57–59; and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), 16; Taliban, 121–22

  Intelligence preparation of the battlefield (IPB), 121

  International Business Corporations (IBC), 180

  International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), 24

  International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO), 135

  International Monetary Fund (IMF), 26

  International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), 120–23, 128–30, 142, 146

  Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), 121, 126, 143

  Iran: Al-Qaida, 141; Hezbollah, 4; improvised explosive devices (IEDs), 16; Iraq war, 11

  Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), 84, 88, 107

  Iraq: improvised explosive devices (IEDs), 16; insurgency, 9; Iran war (1980–1988), 11; kidnapping risk, 9; recruitment, 22

  Iraqi dinars (IQD), 160

  Iraqi Sunnis, 153

  Irish Northern Aid Committee (NORAID), 29

  Irish Republican movement, 27

  Irregular warfare: vs. Asymmetric warfare, 2; countering financing of, 23–26

  Islam, 165

  Islamic Emirate of Waziristan, 145

  Islamic Health Committee (IHC), 89

  Islamic Jihad Organization (IJO), 70, 75

  Islamic Jihad Union, 141

  Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), 9

  Islamic Resistance Movement, 95

  Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS): activity funding, 154–60; Al-Qaida, 165, 169; Anbar Awakening, 166; armed robbery, 158; background, 153; building caliphate in Levant, 153–69; charities, 155; Cold War, 160; counter terrorists' finances, 168–70; daily income, 154; Diaspora community, 154–55; external state support, 159–60; extortion and protection, 159; fraud, 156; funds usage, 160–68; gray economy, 154–57; Hawala, 157; human resources and recruitment, 165–67; ideology, 164–65; intelligence, 161–62; Iraqi Sunnis, 153; Jabhat al-Nusra, 168; jihadists, 160, 166; kidnapping for ransom (KFR), 157–58; leadership, 164; legal businesses, 156; media and publicity, 167–68; money laundering, 156–57; oil trade, 168; organizational capacity, 163–68; sanctuary, 162–63; smuggling, trafficking, and counterfeiting, 158–59; training camps Syria, 163; ummah, 155

  Israel: COIN forces, 18; Hamas conflict with, 108, 111; Hezbollah insurgency against, 79, 81–82; international arms traffickers from, 11; and Martyrs Foundation, 72; offences against Hamas, 95, 104; Sayeed Hassan Nasrallah on, 86

  Israel Defense Forces (IDF), 81, 111

  Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), 82

  Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, 102, 103, 112

  Jabari, Ahmed, 111

  Jabhat al-Nusra, 133, 166, 168

  Jaish Muhammad, 145

  Jamaat al-Tawhid wali-Jihad (JTWJ), 153

  Jamiat ul-Ansar, 145

  Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI), 121

  Jamiat ul-Furqan, 145

  Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), 63

  Japanese Red Army (JRA), 55

  Japanese United Revolutionary Army, 40

  Jebril, Ahmad, 98

  Jebril, Musa, 98

  Jehaz Aman, 104

  Jemmah Islamiyah, 22, 55

  Jenkins, Michael, 149

  Jihad, 87; Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), 160, 166; Pakistan, 122; Palestine, 96

  Jihad Academy, 149

  Jihad al-Binaa (JAB), 73, 74

  Jihad of the Sword, 108

  Jizya, 159

  Johnson, Thomas, 120

  Johnston, Patrick, 14

  Joint Action Group, 47

  Jones, Seth, 14, 134, 141

  Jonsson, Michael, 159

  Jundallah, 78

  Jund Ansar Allah, 104

  Kahisl, Kamal Ismail Hafez, 103

  Kamaraj Congress, 50

  Kamikaze Operation, 92

  Karachi Stock Exchange, 116

  Karunanidhi, Muthuvel, 60

  Karzai-led, 16

  Kashmiri, Ilyas, 147

  Kashmiri mujahedin, 55, 66

  Keatinge, Tom, 186

  Kenney, Michael, 18

  Kenya: Al-Qaida attack on U.S. embassies in, 25; Al-Qaida terrorists in, 143; Hezbollah stronghold in, 75

  Khairkhwa, Khairullah, 121

  Khalifa Trading Industries, 137

  Khalil, Abu, 87

  Khalil, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, 135

  Khamenei, Ali, 85

  Kharaj, 118

  Khilafa, 165

  Khilafat Movement, 165

  Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruholla, 78, 87

  Kidnapping for ransom (KFR), 8–10; Al-Qaida, 138–39; Hamas, 100; Hezbollah, 75; Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), 157–58; and LTTE, 53; and PIRA, 33; Taliban, 116–17

  Kilinochchi, Battle of, 68

  KindHearts, 98

  Kinetic activities: and Al-Qaida financing, 151; and Hamas financing, 111; and Hezbollah’s financing, 91–92; and ISIS financing, 168–69; and LTTE financing, 67–68; and PIRA fund-raising, 45–46; and Taliban financing, 130

  King, Tom, 45

  Know-your-customer (KYC), 25

  Konsojaya Trading Company, 137

  Kosovo, 5, 16, 23

  Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), 12

  “KP Department,” 57

  KurdistanWorkers’ Party (PKK), 8, 12, 22, 183

  Kuwaidia, 107

  Laden International firm, 137

  Lajnat al Daawa Al Islamiya (LDI), 135

  Lal Masjid, 145

  Laos, 17

  Lashkar e-Jhangvi, 14

  Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), 136, 145

  Latin America, 5

  Leadership, 19–20; Al-Qaida, 147; Hamas, 107–8; Hezbollah, 85–87; Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), 164; Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), 62–63; Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA), 41; Taliban, 123–24; vertical, 20

  Lebanese Canadian Bank (LCB), 71, 74

  Lebanon, 5, 96

  Legal businesses, 31–32; Al-Qaida, 136–37; Hamas, 98–99; Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), 156; Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), 51; Taliban, 115

  Leone, Sierra, 16

  Levitt, Matthew, 72–75, 96, 107

  Liberation Front of Iran, 40

  Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE
): activity funding, 49–54, 172–75; al-Qaida, 69; armed robbery and theft, 10, 52–53; assassinations, 59t; charities, 50; Coimbatore, 62; counter terrorists' finances, 66–68; Dharmapuri, 62; Diaspora community, 50; drug trafficking, 51; ethno-nationalist, 63; external state support, 54–55; extortion and protection, 53–54; fraud, 51; fund usage, 55–66; human resources and recruitment, 64–65; Indian weapons supply to, 15; kidnapping for ransom (KFR), 53; leadership, 62–63; legal businesses, 51; Madurai, 62; Marxist models, 63–64; media and publicity, 65–66; money laundering, 51–52; Nagapattinam, 62; organizational capacity, 61–66; Rameswaram, 62; recruitment campaigns, 22; Salem, 62; sanctuary, safe haven, and operational space, 59–60; smuggling, trafficking, and counterfeiting, 53; Tamil Nadu, 62; technological innovations, 58t; Thanjavur, 62; Tiruchirapalli, 62; training, 60–61; Tuticorin, 62; Twante, 60; Vedaraniym, 62; weapons, 56–57

  Libicki, Martin, 17

  Libya, 16, 23, 35

  Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, 141

  Lilja, Jannie, 64

  Lions of the Levant, 150

  Lister, Charles, 168

  Litvak, Meir, 108

  Lo Hsing Han, 7

  London, and Al-Qaida attacks, 142

  Lord Mountbatten, 45

  Los Zetas, 180

  MacStiofain, Sean, 41

  Madrassa, 113; Pakistan, 119; Taliban, 128

  Madrid, and Al-Qaida attacks, 142

  Maguire, Keith, 31

  Mahdi Scouts, 72

  majlis-e-shura, 107

  Maktab al-Khidamat (MAK), 133

  Manpower Services, 137

  Mansoura massacre, 91

  Maoists, 120

  Marine Engineering and Boat Building Section, 56

  Maritime School and Academy, 56

  Marji altaqlid, 85

  Marks, Thomas, 21

  Martyrdom operations, 86

  Martyrs Foundation, 72

  Marxist-Leninist doctrine, 87

  Marzook, Mousa Abu, 99

  Marzouq, Musa Abu, 112

  Mastrogiacomo, Daniele, 117

  McCabe, Jerry, 34

  McEvoy, Seamus, 35

  Media and publicity: Al-Qaida, 149–50; Hamas, 110; Hezbollah, 90–91; Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), 167–68; Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), 65–66; Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA), 43; Taliban, 128–29

  Mehsud, Baitullah, 119

  Meshall, Khaled, 98, 100, 107, 112

  Metis vs. techne, 18–19

  Middle East: and Al-Qaida, 150; American diplomatic missions in, 75; Hamas’s fund-raising network in, 96; human trafficking in, 12; ISIS’s virulent ideology in, 163, 176; Taliban sympathizers in, 113–14, 130; tourist kidnappings in, 9–10

  Military deception (MILDEC), 121

 

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