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Islamic State funded Sri Lanka Easter bomber with bitcoin donations

May 3, 2019 9:00 am By Christine Douglass-Williams

“ISIS allegedly funded the deadly bombings with Bitcoin donations, the UK based Mirror reported. Now a blockchain intelligence company called Whitestream has claimed ISIS used the CoinPayments platform to convert cryptocurrency into dollars shortly before the attacks.”

Hamas is also raising funds through Bitcoin. Earlier this month a fake news site complained that it was “time to silence all those people who were tarnishing the image of cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin by claiming that they are being used to fund terrorist activities.” That is precisely what is happening. Jihadists utilize any and every means available in their quest for expansion.  The Islamic State is worth nearly 3 billion according to a report last year, Boko Haram 70-million, while al Qaeda is raking in around 100 million a year. And while many Western agencies like Mastercard and Patreon crack down on those who call out the truth and make efforts to counter the spread of jihad terror, the worst enemies of democracy are proficient in acquiring funding and utilizing backdoor strategies.

Israeli intelligence has warned about Bitcoin that “unsupervised international money transfers make it ideal for use by terrorist groups.” Palestinians have been “planning to create a Bitcoin-style currency that would help the Palestinian economy operate independently of Israeli influence and it is no secret how the Palestinian Authority provides material support to jihad terrorists against Israel.

“ISIS ’funded SL Easter bombings with Bitcoin donations’”, Daily Mirror, May 2, 2019:

ISIS allegedly funded the deadly Sri Lanka Easter bombings with Bitcoin donations, the UK based Mirror reported.

Now a blockchain intelligence company called Whitestream has claimed ISIS used the CoinPayments platform to convert cryptocurrency into dollars shortly before the attacks.

The Israeli intelligence start up told ‘Globes’ that Bitcoin’s anonymity and unsupervised international money transfers make it ideal for use by terrorist groups.

Whitestream has since discovered there was a surge of transfers to Bitcoin wallets allegedly used by ISIS the day before the coordinated attacks which left hundreds of people dead.

Authorities suspect members of two previously little-known groups – National Thawheedh Jamaath and Jammiyathul Millathu Ibrahim – of carrying out the attacks, although Islamic State has claimed responsibility.

During an investigation, Whitestream discovered the Bitcoin balance held by CoinPayments increased by hundreds of percent on April 20.

The balance of the main wallet rose from £383,000 [$500,000] to £3.45 million [$4.5m] on April 20. On Easter Sunday, the balance reverted back to the original amount, which is what it had been at for the previous nine months.

Whitestream said: “In the past two years, ISIS has been running a mass funding campaign to raise donations in Bitcoin.

“The aim of the campaign is to contribute to the organisation’s technological division, which deals with the media, advertising and computer infrastructure sectors.

“The main efforts are carried out through a dedicated website. The domain address is frequently changed to prevent tracking by authorities around the world. “CoinPayments admits that their wallet was involved but denies that it is connected to ISIS. It’s possible that the company is not aware about the usage of their wallets, perhaps because ISIS uses straw companies in order to transfer the money.”….

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  1. mortimer says

    May 3, 2019 at 10:23 am

    Those unfunded, unarmed and mostly unorganized blogger critics of jihad terror are absurdly called ‘an industry’ by the Islamic would-be censors. Meanwhile, Al Qaeda, ISIS, Boko Haram, Hamas, and Hezbollah are professionally organized, extremely well-funded and ARMED TO THE TEETH.

    The globalist media cannot distinguish the level of risk posed between these really dangerous, international terrorists and a bunch of free-speech bloggers typing on their computer keyboards.

    • gravenimage says

      May 4, 2019 at 12:54 am

      +1

  2. Walter Sieruk says

    May 3, 2019 at 12:35 pm

    Those vicious and murderous Islamic terror attacks against those people of Sri Lanka were as demonic and evil as they were deadly. Many of those jihadists suicide/homicide bombers were so thoroughly deluded by Islamic deception that they, must of , actually thought that ,in the murderous jihad violence , that they were doing a “ good action”

    The Bible puts terrible shame on individuals who are so confused and deluded that they “call evil good and good evil…” Isaiah 5:20.

    As for jihad suicide/homicide bombing attackers of Sri Lanka, and other jihadists likes them are the outcome of the Islamic doctrine from the Qu‘ran [the Koran] of a sexual paradise with many virgins, houris , in it for the male Muslim /jihadist who dies fighting in the jihad for the cause of Islam is found in the “holy book” of Islam, the Koran, in Sura 44:54. 55: 56. 78:31. Also there is the Koranic instruction of Sura 9:111 which teaches “The believers fight in Allah’s Cause, they slay and are slain, they kill and are killed.” Getting back to the origin doctrine of Islam from the Koran of a sex –filled paradise with many houris for the use only by the male jihadist who dies fight for the advancement of Islam. All this started when the founder and prophet of Islam, Muhammad manufactured Islam he put , had stolen, some of sex doctrine of Zoroastrian mythology and a yet smaller bit of Hindu mythological sex teachings along with as well as mixture pagan Arabian folklore and myth plus a heavy dose of Judaism and Christianity . Also some of it apostate “Christianity” For the prophet of Islam, Muhammad, couldn’t discern the difference between genuine Bible based Christianity and bogus “Christianity.” Those words and teaching Muhammad gathered from many sources, including the virgins /sex place mythology. , and taught as “Divine Truth” were written down on many things then later compiled and then went into the composition of the Koran. So the hoax of the Koran is actually a mixture and fusion Judaism Christianity and mythology of other religions and now the Muslim clerics with the Koranic brainwashing of young Muslims who are thoroughly mind programmed into believing this Islamic/Koranic virgins myth. This deception of false doctrine /myth into the thoughts of some people was predicted in the Bible along with the false teachers who engage in the indoctrination of such a myth /doctrine into the minds and hearts other people . For it is written “For the time will come when they will not stand wholesome teaching, but will follow their own fancy and gather a crown of teachers to tickle their ears. They will stop their ears to the truth and turn to mythology.” Second Timothy 4:3,4. [N.E.B.]

    • jarmanray says

      May 3, 2019 at 1:22 pm

      Walter,

      To add to your excellent assessment, Emanuel Kant states in “Grounding,” rational beings are called persons inasmuch as their nature already marks them out as ends in themselves, i.e., as something which is not to be used merely as means and hence there is imposed thereby a limit on all arbitrary use of such beings, which are thus object of respect.” He goes on to explain that “persons have dignity, meaning unconditional and incomparable worth, it is our rational nature and capacity for autonomy that render persons worthy of respect.” He says that this nature is provides us the basis to think for ourselves and of others. The Qur’an denies this to its followers and I would sum up Kant’s definitions into one word which I believe that both the Old and New Testaments attest is “conscience.” It seems that Islam and its teachers lack common decency and a conscience.

      • Walter Sieruk says

        May 3, 2019 at 2:22 pm

        To jarmanray, thank you for taking the time to reply to my posting. Furthermore you might of might not find that following essay interesting.

        Jihad suicide /homicide attacks, as in Sri Lanka , do lead to the subject that there are Muslim mind control places where Muslim males are thoroughly indoctrinated into the strong but blind and unquestioning faith in Koran with all non-watered down; hard core Islam with its militant jihad. Those places, “schools,” are called madrasas. In those Islamic mind programming centers young Muslim male are ingrain in the mindset Koranic dogma of the use of violence and killing for the advancement of Islam. As the Koran instructs. As in, for example, in 2:191. 9:5, 123. 47:4. Many of those who of such center are so much damaged that they are literally dangerous to self and others. As seen many times in jihad suicide, homicide bombing/attacks. For the Koran instructs in 9:111. “The believers fight in Allah’s Cause, they slay and are slain, they kill and are killed.” Furthermore, those mind programming places also ingrain the outlandish absurd Koranic doctrine of a sex-filled paradise with many virgins, houris, in it for the Muslim male who dies fighting for the cause of Islam in the jihad. Such a strange doctrine of a houris filled- place in found in the Koran in 44:54. 55:56. 78:31. Moreover, such Islamic mind programming centers are further explained about by the scholar Don Richardson in his book SECRETS OF THE KORAN which on pages 69,70. Informs the reader that “The world needs to be warned. At least forty million Muslim youth in the Muslim worlds’ religious schools, called madrasa, are avidly memorizing the entire Koran … These schools become breeding grounds for potential terrorists. When male students, isolated from family and friends in madrasa, reach puberty and their hormones are active, there are no girls to date. Instead, Muslim clerics easily shift to focusing the male student’s attention on Koranic verse that promises sex in heaven with dark-eyed houris. Students can only fantasize about martyrdom followed by the sexual release Muhammad promised. This is an unspeakably cruel brainwashing technique , and the Koran is its perfect guidebook.”

        • jarmanray says

          May 4, 2019 at 3:02 pm

          ++++++++++++++++1

  3. na says

    May 3, 2019 at 10:41 pm

    Many of the terrorists have “money is not a big deal”. sometimes they set currency on fire and celebrate that event to establish barter system. Before sri lankan attack they donated a huge amount to the destroyed church. Later they destroyed both church and money. Sometimes they offer Dubai lottery(lootery) to victims. But at any cost killing kuffar is their only aim to establish and to extent Islamic caliphate.
    And they have modern technologies in Korasan province to create artificial cyclone and storm . Now they are planning a celestial war against strong kuffar countries especially China, India and Mongolia.
    New madrasas and college campus of ISIS offer strict Islam. They have certificate in terrorism, Islamic law, Sharia Police, Artificial disaster, Caliphate, Islamic banking, Fashion design in Burka and Hijab, Mahdi Islam, 12 er Islam, How to become a supreme leader of Iran, Become a caliph and king. (most of the courses are available with the taste of Islam). Once course is completed placement is ready with offer letter. Students might be appointed in any country(especially Europe, Briton, Italy, France) to market and promote Islam.
    They offer real world experience(spend a day with caliph) with notorious imams and caliphs of Islamic state.

  4. gravenimage says

    May 4, 2019 at 12:56 am

    Islamic State funded Sri Lanka Easter bomber with bitcoin donations
    ……………….

    Pious Muslims only get creative when it comes to funding or waging violent Jihad.

    • na says

      May 4, 2019 at 5:18 am

      Recent ISIS terrorist Abu Rain from India, he joined in ISIS online class and passed with a good grade police caught him .His mother said ” he was a nice boy with extreme caliber. what is wrong with supporting Osama Bin Laden ? he and his father both had a caliphate dream when they were young”.
      Recent ISIS video shows that many of the European foot Ball players have already joined in ISIS. They carry an attack any time.

      • gravenimage says

        May 4, 2019 at 5:30 pm

        na, there have been several of these disturbing stories:

        “The German rising star who was killed fighting for ISIS”

        https://en.as.com/en/2018/01/17/football/1516203560_542935.html

        “Five footballers from east London who quit UK to transfer to ISIS in Syria linked to Jihadi John”

        https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2925804/Five-footballers-east-London-quit-UK-transfer-ISIS-Syria-linked-Jihadi-John.html

        “Former Arsenal footballer ‘joins Jihadi fighters waging war in Syria'”

        https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/arsenal-jihadist-ex-footballer-abu-issa-3376223

        “ISIS celebrates dutch football player who joined its ranks”

        https://www.iraqinews.com/features/isis-celebrates-dutch-football-player-joined-ranks/

        There are probably more.

      • gravenimage says

        May 4, 2019 at 5:31 pm

        Yes, na–there have been a slew of these disturbing stories.

  5. na says

    May 4, 2019 at 2:44 am

    Another huge threat now facing, these terrorist send threat message, hacking pen drive and disk drive inserting isis propaganda , adding us to social media terrorist group without our consent, creating fakebook which is similar to facebook. scare ware like end of the world with time count(during solar eclipse and blood moon), sending message thorough utube and google “Eat ISIS drink ISIS”. jihadi proposal, convert to Islam link and lot more, escape from your place otherwise we would bomb you or a plane crash using our middle eastern airlines.
    Recently even Dalai Lama of China got similar message either convert to Islam or quit.We are coming soon to Burma. He feared and said he is the last Dala Lama.
    I have Islamophobia if you measure then it is 90 out of 100. Threats, bombing, suicide squad.. So horrible….

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