Financing Terror

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After 9/11, an unprecedented weapon was used to “starve terrorism”: financial warfare. At first, it seemed effective, but there were setbacks with the insurrection in Iraq and the fiasco of the Syrian war. Some states are financing terrorism while others face tough choices between political and economic pressure. Treason, shaky alliances, and lies by omission leave a fight with no holds barred.

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