Islamic State: Islamic State Turns to Selling Fish, Cars to Offset Oil Losses: Report

Apr 28, 2016 | Stephen Kalin, Reuters
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Islamic State earns millions of dollars a month running car dealerships and fish farms in Iraq, making up for lower oil income after its battlefield losses, Iraqi judicial authorities said on Thursday. Security experts once estimated the ultra-radical Islamist group's annual income at $2.9 billion, much of it coming from oil and gas installations in Iraq and Syria.