How Wealthy Art Collectors Are Funding ISIS

10 years ago

Originally published by ANewDomain.net:

Turns out wealthy art collectors in the US and Europe are inadvertently funding the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). They’re reportedly snatching up looted artwork from ISIS-controlled museums in Syria and Iraq. And ISIS is using the illegal sale of such looted museum pieces to finance its expanding war.

Ted Rall

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Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The Final Countdown" talk show on Radio Sputnik. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."