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Author Warde, Ibrahim.

Title The price of fear : al-Qaeda and the truth behind the financial war on terror / Ibrahim Warde
Published London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2007

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Description xxv, 262 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction: the fog of financial war -- The mythology of terrorist financing -- Fantasy, fiction, and terrorist financing -- Rules of financial engagement -- Framing the guilty: the financial terrain -- The flawed money laundering template -- Narrative and dynamics -- Money and the war on terror narrative -- The usual suspects -- Dynamics of the financial war -- War and consequences -- Targets and collateral damage -- "Gated finance" and other contradictions of the financial war -- The question of Islamic charities -- Assessments and recommendations -- "Catastrophic successes": assessing the financial war -- Rethinking money and terror
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Qaida (Organization) -- Finance.
Terrorism -- United States -- Finance -- Government policy.
Terrorism -- Finance.
Terrorism -- Prevention.
ISBN 1850434247
9781850434245