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Criminals, Militias, and Insurgents: Organized Crime in Iraq
Criminals Militias and Insurgents Organized Crime in Iraq Author:Phil Williams The author identifies the roots of organized crime in Ba'athist Iraq and reports on major criminal activities including the theft, diversion, and smuggling of oil, the kidnapping of both Iraqis and foreigners, extortion, car theft, and the theft and smuggling of antiquities. The author also reports on how al-Qaeda in Iraq, Jaish-al-Mahdi, an... more »d the Sunni tribes used criminal activities to fund their campaigns of political violence.« less