Blood Money

Blood Money
How ISIS Makes Bank
By Louise Shelley

A key element of U.S. President Barack Obama’s strategy against ISIS has been striking at the oil fields seized by the group to undermine its finances. But ISIS is a diversified criminal business, and oil is only one of its several revenue streams. U.S. officials ignore that...http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/142403/louise-shelley/blood-money?cid=nlc-foreign_affairs_this_week-120414-blood_money_5-120414&sp_mid=47555446&sp_rid=bWljaGVsZXRrZWFybmV5QGdtYWlsLmNvbQS2