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Thank you, good morning. Chairman fitzpatrick, Ranking Member lynch, members of the tax force. On behalf of foundation for defense of democracieses and i will center on illicit finance. Thank you for aling you me to testify. It is important to clarify how the trade fits into isiss Overall Economic goals. One way to understand the goals looking at some of the strategies guiding the groups actions. One of isiss aims to win over locals who may be on the fence to submitting to jihadist rule. This gives context to the antiquities trade in isis territory. How much isis earns from looting ancient territories is difficult to assess this appears to be part of isiss Economic Strategy not just for funding the group to itself but creating ways to bring funds to the subjective population whose hearts and minds isis is trying to win. Isis has been dubbed the worlds richest army. The illegal antiquities trade gives them advantage against counter financing efforts. History enthusiasts and artificial g

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