I was going to mention that ISIS also bootstrapped itself by looting the central bank in Mosul (that was the first time I had heard of them iirc), but it seems

I was going to mention that ISIS also bootstrapped itself by looting the central bank in Mosul (that was the first time I had heard of them iirc), but it seems that may not have actually happened. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant#cite_ref-245 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_...