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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY<br />
after it declared its intention to establish a caliphate. While the expenses for<br />
the organization in the core would fall once they no longer controlled territory,<br />
however, provinces such as those in Libya and Egypt—even Yemen<br />
and Saudi Arabia—would likely need to find a way to generate additional<br />
revenue, either from local resources or outside donors.<br />
NOTES<br />
1. Although only eight provinces have been recognized by IS, the organization now<br />
operates in eighteen countries. White House, leaked briefing document, cited<br />
by Homeland Security News Wire, August 3, 2016, http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20160803-isis-now-operates-in-18-countries-wh-briefing<br />
-document.<br />
2. This latter attack killed more civilians than had been killed by ABM in the previous<br />
two years, but whether or not it was undertaken at the direction of IS core is<br />
unclear.<br />
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