trade, they have money laundering schemes. the daily beast josh rogan reports isis has been funded for years by wealthy private donors living in countries the u.s. considers allies countries like kuwait, qatar and and that governments know it s happen bug choose to look away. the government could have plausible deniability and say they weren t funding them directly. now back to the numbers. if you do the math, isis may be worth at least $500 million after la last attack on that bank in mosul. in 2011, the taliban was said to be worth an estimated $70 million to $400 million. even al qaeda can t compete. al qaeda had an operating budget of about $30 million a year before the 9/11 attacks. and all of this cash on hand only allows isis to attract more extremist fighters who are drawn