Isis brings its war to Lebanon - and it could be key to a masterplan

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26. Here is an article, originating as a Reuters stringer file, indicating that

Funding for ISIS comes from countries allied with the USA:

http://www.businessinsider.com/isis-funding-us-allies-2014-6

Reuters/Stringer

The Islamic State for Iraq and the Levant is mostly funded through criminal activity, such as the theft of a potential $425 million from a central bank in Mosul. But the group is also receiving private donations from wealthy Sunnis in American-allied Gulf nations such as Kuwait, Qatar, and, possibly, Saudi Arabia.

ISIS is now thought to be the world's richest terrorist organization, with an estimated $2 billion in funds. This makes ISIS wealthier than several sovereign countries, including Nauru, Tonga, and the Marshall Islands.

"They probably have some wealthy donors in those countries, but they are seizing hundreds of millions in Iraq, and they are taxing people for whatever they please, such as for being Christian," Matthew Levitt, Director of the Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy told Business Insider. "Most of their money is coming from criminal activity, there is a tremendous amount of criminal enterprise throughout the ISIS organization."

As far back as March, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has accused Saudi Arabia and Qatar of openly funding ISIS as his troops were fighting them. "I accuse them of inciting and encouraging the terrorist movements. I accuse them of supporting them politically and in the media, of supporting them with money and by buying weapons for them," he told France 24 television.

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