2012-05-24T14:57:58Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/terrorism-financing.html http://www.rand.org/commentary/2011/06/01/PJ.html Jun 1, 2011 Jun 1, 2011

Bin Laden was chairman of the board, not CEO, using his moral authority to urge his tiny army forward, pointing out new ways to kill Americans, encouraging followers to think outside the typical terrorist playbook, writes Brian Michael Jenkins.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2011/05/27/GS.html May 27, 2011 May 27, 2011

Captured financial documents of al-Qa'ida's Iraq affiliate in Anbar Province revealed its internal operations and enabled one of the most comprehensive assessments of an al-Qa'ida linked group, write Benjamin Bahney, Renny McPherson, and Howard J. Shatz.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2011/05/25/GS.html May 25, 2011 May 25, 2011

Given how markets are responding thus far, Osama Bin Laden's death is likely to have a modestly positive and buoyant effect on equity markets, writes Charles Wolf, Jr.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1026.html Dec 22, 2010 Dec 22, 2010

An analysis of the financial operations and economics of al-Qa'ida in Iraq in Anbar province indicates that members were poorly compensated and suggests that they were not motivated primarily by money to join the group.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100027.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009

<p>The literature on conflict and terrorism has paid little attention to the economic costs of terrorism for the perpetrators. This article aims to fill that gap by examining the economic costs of harboring suicide terror attacks.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP178.html Oct 3, 2007 Oct 3, 2007

<p>The most effective U.S. counterinsurgency action would be to anticipate the possibility of insurgencies developing; it could then provide training and advisory programs and inhibit outsides support.</p>