Al-Qaida spending little on terror attacks: Report

The Al-Qaida terror network spent less than €44,600 on each of its major attacks except the September 11 suicide hijackings and one of its hallmarks is using readily-available items like mobile phones and knives as weapons, a new United Nations report says.

The first report released by a new team monitoring the implementation of UN sanctions against al-Qaida and the Taliban detailed just how little it cost al-Qaida to mount operations – and how most of its attacks involved arms and explosives so unsophisticated they are not covered by the punitive measures.