al-Qaeda is having money problems
From The Majlis Blog
“We assess that al-Qaeda is in its weakest financial condition in several years and that, as a result, its influence is waning,” Mr Cohen said from Washington.” …. David Cohen, the Treasury Department official
The Taliban, on the other hand, is apparently quite flush, thanks to the opium trade and donations from the Gulf. (Richard Holbrooke said in August that Gulf donors actually account for the majority of Taliban funding.)
