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Hizballah and Hamas rank at top of Forbes’ ‘Richest Terror Groups’ list

Jan 2, 2018 8:33 am By Christine Douglass-Williams

Eight of the ‘Top Ten’ terror groups in terms of income are Muslim, with Hezbollah and Hamas ranked #1 and #3 respectively.

We can thank “contributor” Barack Obama for releasing over $100 billion into the coffers of Iran — funders of Hizballah and Hamas — in the aftermath of the Iranian deal.

Another sobering fact are the unindicted co-conspirators who were found to be part of the Hamas support network in the largest terrorism funding trial in US history — the Holy Land Foundation trial. Yet still, Western authorities continue to appease and collaborate with these organizations (such as CAIR and its affiliates) as the anti-American, anti-democracy, anti-human rights establishment expands.

For starters, it is high time that CAIR and other Muslim Brotherhood organizations be declared terror organizations, or outlawed outright, in the West.

“Hezbollah and Hamas rank at top of Forbes’ ‘Richest Terror Groups’ list”, by Batya Jerenberg, World Israel News, December 30, 2017:

One of the more far-reaching consequences of former President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran is on display in Forbes Israel’s latest ranking of the richest terrorist groups in the world, as in 2017 Iran-backed Hezbollah leaped to the top of list with a whopping $1.1 billion in revenue.

That is not to say that all their income stems from Iran. Terrorist organizations in general also fund their purchase of arms, training and salary payments to their members from such criminal activities as drug smuggling, money laundering, kickbacks, kidnappings, ‘protection’, etc., just as organized crime does.

But the nuclear deal, it should be recalled, allowed for the release of billions of dollars into Iran’s state coffers from the lifting of internationally imposed sanctions, and the unfreezing of its assets abroad. This, in turn, allowed the world’s largest sponsor of terrorism to open the spigots to its proxies, and the results can clearly be seen by comparing this year’s “Top Ten” list with the previous one, made in 2014. Lebanese group Hezbollah, which has been fighting in Syria for years for Iranian ally Bashar al-Assad, was then ranked fourth, with $500 million – only half of what it has today.

Hamas has $700 million

The Gaza Strip’s Hamas, meanwhile, is now in third place, having actually dropped a rung from 2014. (The Taliban now occupy second place, with a revenue of $800 million). Forbes lists them as currently receiving about $700 million a year, vs. a billion dollars three years ago. They have two well-known state sponsors, Qatar and, again, Iran. But in the decade since it took over Gaza, Hamas also became expert in extracting money from its own citizens.

According to Forbes’ 2014 report, Hamas makes most of its money from a sophisticated tax system aimed at, among other things, pocketing large portions of the international aid that flows into Gaza. It also runs hundreds of businesses, controls several banks, and has levies on all consumer goods entering the Gaza Strip. All in all, the report says, about 15% of Gaza’s economy ends up in this organization’s pocket.

ISIS drops to 5th place

There is a steep drop-off from the top three richest terror organizations to the bottom seven. Al-Qaeda and its affiliates are listed next with only $300 million. The Islamic State used to be the richest terror organization the world has ever known, with an annual turnover of around $2 billion in 2014, but its defeat in Iraq and subsequent relinquishment of territory have dropped it to fifth place with a drastic reduction to $200 million…..

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  1. R Russell says

    Jan 2, 2018 at 9:10 am

    And we know where a lot of the funding comes from – Iran. Isn’t it funny that the victimiser always want to be seen as the victim? If we point that out we are being Islamophobic?
    They just want us to shut up and let them get on with conquering the world for Allah

  2. Linde Barrera says

    Jan 2, 2018 at 10:23 am

    According to this article, here are the “Olympian-type Gold Medalists” for Islamic terror:
    1. Hezbollah
    2. Taliban
    3. Gaza Strip Hamas (located within Israel’s borders)
    4. Hamas (associated with Palestinian Authority)
    5. ISIS
    Nothing to be proud of unless your ideology worships evil. ??

    • Eur says

      Jan 2, 2018 at 11:30 am

      But remember my little friend … all religions are the same and Islam means peace …

  3. TopDrifter says

    Jan 2, 2018 at 1:04 pm

    …and why wouldn’t they after President Obama gave them $1.3 Billion in cash before he left the White House.

    • Johnny Cuyana says

      Jan 2, 2018 at 2:16 pm

      TopDrifter, an excerpt from above: “We can thank “contributor” Barack Obama for releasing over $100 billion into the coffers of Iran — funders of Hizballah and Hamas — in the aftermath of the Iranian deal.”

      Of course, there is no way for me to prove it; however, unless demonstrated otherwise — such as with a complete accounting for all this cash — I will NEVER believe that 0bama did NOT get, from his “friends” in Teheran, some “under the table” payoff for this MASSIVE unilateral release of cash to our mortal enemies.

      Insane 0bama, IMO, is a staunch leftist [read: anti-American globalist] ideologue; however, I cannot accept the notion that he would destroy — at a minimum, undermine severely — his presidential legacy and not take some sort of cash payoff. IOW, I see him as nothing more than a real Judas traitor … in his blind hate and ignorance, selling out his country for a mere 30-pieces of silver.

  4. WorkingClassPost says

    Jan 2, 2018 at 1:52 pm

    What a world we live in…

    And it’s these rich-listers, who convince the poor schmucks to go out and blow themselves up.

    About the only thing that mo got right, was when he called himself the greatest of deceivers.

  5. Thomas Kimball says

    Jan 2, 2018 at 2:00 pm

    Great! Fortune 500 terrorist organizations!

  6. CRUSADER says

    Jan 2, 2018 at 6:14 pm

    Wolves of Allah Street

  7. gravenimage says

    Jan 2, 2018 at 7:27 pm

    Hizballah and Hamas rank at top of Forbes’ ‘Richest Terror Groups’ list
    …………………………

    We need to designate them as terror groups.

  8. Lydia Church says

    Jan 2, 2018 at 11:36 pm

    Coming soon to a town near you… thanks to the traitor pope francis!

    On the ‘ratherexposethem’ blog he captured the speech the pope made for new year’s day which is the Catholic ‘day of peace,’ and it is atrocious!

    It’s all pro-migrant propaganda!
    You need to see it.
    Go to:
    RATHER EXPOSE THEM blog,
    Jan. 2nd date, look for the speech by the pope under that day and click on the blue highlight ‘message’ and the speech will pop up, it is a dead giveaway regarding his global agenda!
    I tried to post it below but a message came up that it was blocked.

  9. Ibrahim itace muhammed says

    Jan 3, 2018 at 1:28 am

    Christine Williams, Hesbullah and Hamas are not terrorist groups. They are freedom fighters against fascist evîl zionist state of Israel to curtail its totalitarian and expansionist ambitions as contained in “thé protocol of zion”.
    Hesbullah has contributed in defeating zionist deadly terrorist groups líke Isis funded and armed by evîl united states through evil zionist saudi Royal family and fascist evil zionist state of Israel.
    Hesbullah and Hamas, therefore, deserve commendation rather than condemnation. Think about It.
    Thank you

    • Henk Verhoeven says

      Jan 4, 2018 at 12:34 am

      What you are saying reminds me of the NAZI Minister for Propaganda, Herr Goebbels… Nazi Germany murdered around 6 million Jews. Looks as though that does not worry you…

  10. Ibrahim itace muhammed says

    Jan 3, 2018 at 1:31 am

    Christine Williams, Hesbullah and Hamas are not terrorist groups. They are freedom fighters against fascist evîl zionist state of Israel to curtail its totalitarian and expansionist ambitions as contained in “thé protocol of zion”.
    Hesbullah has contributed in defeating zionist deadly terrorist groups líke Isis funded and armed by evîl united states through evil zionist saudi Royal family and fascist evil zionist state of Israel.
    Hesbullah and Hamas, therefore, deserve commendation rather than condemnation. Think about It. Thé world is watching.

    Thank you

    • Champ says

      Jan 3, 2018 at 1:57 am

      “Christine Williams, Hesbullah and Hamas are not terrorist groups.”

      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

      Right, and islam is not a death cult from hell.

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