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| Terror Networks |
| The invention that makes al-Qaeda rich |
| 2006-03-19 |
| When the British police raided the homes of the terrorists, the evidence was plentiful: Travel documents hidden in a baby walker, videotapes of Osama bin Laden speeches and in the wardrobe, a stack of pamphlets titled Jihad and Preparation. It was the morning of Sept. 25, 2001, and the anti-terrorism squads had just raided two homes in a working-class district of Leicester, U.K., a neighbourhood of terraced, red-brick homes, dominated by immigrants. The arrests were supposed to be the final kick at a crumbling terrorist cell and bring down one of its ringleaders. But, like so many people before them, it took the police some time before they recognized the genius of this operation. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #2 Pfff. Credit card fraud has been an easy buck for DECADES. The credit card companies utterly refuse to do anything about it, because it would cost them money to do anything more than rudimentary fraud control. The fact that it's funding terrorism is just a red herring. |
| Posted by: gromky 2006-03-19 08:09 |
| #1 "It's unfortunate that some people use it for illegitimate purposes." Yes, isn't it. The lack of concern, the "I'll keep doing it because it pisses the man off.", the "Who cares? I'm getting rich.", his whole gig has a sociopathic feel to it. I guess, in Canada, it's just fine to let things ride as they are. To propose an arrangement whereby the authorities had some means of vetting clients or tracking the purchasers or even simply creating a scheme so it couldn't be bootlegged is too intrusive, too establishment, too uncool. Sad. Kill him. :) |
| Posted by: Griper Phulet7709 2006-03-19 07:31 |