“Overall, the level of funding given by Al Qaeda for external operations is exaggerated. …The following examples support the theory that financial contributions to its operatives are not in fact lavish; sometimes they are inadequate. …[On March 4, 1993] the World Trade Centre…co-bomber Muhammad Salameh had to reclaim his $400 deposit from Ryder truck rental in order to buy a plane ticket to leave the US.”
– Rohan Gunaratna, Inside al Qaeda, Page 64