Introduction: the fog of financial war -- The mythology of terrorist financing -- Fantasy, fiction, and terrorist financing -- Rules of financial engagement -- Framing the guilty: the financial terrain -- The flawed money laundering template -- Narrative and dynamics -- Money and the war on terror narrative -- The usual suspects -- Dynamics of the financial war -- War and consequences -- Targets and collateral damage -- "Gated finance" and other contradictions of the financial war -- The question of Islamic charities -- Assessments and recommendations -- "Catastrophic successes": ass