ANALYSIS - Loss of bin Laden adds to al Qaeda money woes!

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By William Maclean, Security Correspondent | Reuters – 1 hour 26 minutes ago

LONDON (Reuters) - Deprived of Osama bin Laden's fundraising starpower, al Qaeda's commanders face the prospect of a cash crunch that would complicate the task of evading capture by their U.S. pursuers.

The likely successor to Osama bin Laden is Ayman al-Zawahri, an Egyptian who lacks the former Saudi-born figurehead's depth of contacts among potential donors in the Gulf, a region seen in the West as an important funding source for militant groups.

Counter-terrorism officials caution that it does not take much money to launch terrorist attacks, and that for much of al Qaeda's network, donations appear less important. Crime and kidnap, for example in Iraq, Yemen, Mali and Niger, have proven lucrative funding sources for al Qaeda locally.

Yes, I agree.  Terror has no morals or borders!

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