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Source: http://www.nationalreview.com/script/printpage.asp?ref=/mccarthy/mccarthy200407290000.asp
Justice Department Indicts Hamas's American Funding Arm
(National Review) Andrew C. McCarthy - In the crucial financial front of the war against militant Islam, the Justice and Homeland Security Departments on Tuesday began a major offensive against the ruthless terror organization, Hamas, with a sweeping indictment of its American funding arm. The indictment charges the so-called charitable organization, the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF), and seven individual defendants with underwriting Hamas to the tune of nearly $60 million since the late 1980s. The indictment demonstrates that "charitable giving" includes paying for indoctrination in madrassas, mosques, and summer camps - schooling the people who will one day kill us that they should be killing us. More importantly, these "alms" subsidize the families of suicide bombers and go to direct purchases of military arsenals and equipment. The war cannot be won unless we can stop new terrorists from being minted faster than we can neutralize the currently active crop. That means following the money and choking off the supply lines.