The Qatar Lobby Is Real — and a Growing Threat to America

Adecade ago, a colleague and I developed a proposal for a project that would provide legal representation to Christian, Yazidi, and other ISIS victims then residing in the U.S. against those who had materially cooperated in the terrorism they had endured.

There was considerable evidence that wealthy individuals and even some governments — one prominent among them — had financed the terrorists, especially in Syria and Iraq, using various financial institutions and transfer mechanisms along the way, in violation of several U.S. laws. The goals were to punish the financiers, compensate the victims, and deter such conduct in the future.

About the Author

Andrew Doran

Andrew Doran is an author and the director of research for Remembering Upstate New York. He served on the policy-planning staff at the U.S. Department of State.

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Adecade ago, a colleague and I developed a proposal for a project that would provide legal representation to Christian, Yazidi, and other ISIS victims then residing in the U.S. against those who had materially cooperated in the terrorism they had endured.

There was considerable evidence that wealthy individuals and even some governments — one prominent among them — had financed the terrorists, especially in Syria and Iraq, using various financial institutions and transfer mechanisms along the way, in violation of several U.S. laws. The goals were to punish the financiers, compensate the victims, and deter such conduct in the future.

About the Author

Andrew Doran

Andrew Doran is an author and the director of research for Remembering Upstate New York. He served on the policy-planning staff at the U.S. Department of State.