By Clifford D. May

What can you, an average citizen, do to help defend America against terrorists sworn to our destruction? How about not investing in them?

A campaign to cut off such investments is gaining momentum. The Center for Security Policy, a Washington think tank, has organized a “Divest Terrorism Initiative” — a campaign to persuade pension funds, college endowments, 401(k) plans, retirement account managers, and individual investors to make sure their money is not used to support regimes that underwrite terrorism.

Highest on the priority list: Iran, Sudan, Syria and North Korea. These countries have been sanctioned by the United States government as sponsors of terrorism, said Sarah Steelman, the Treasurer of Missouri, the first state in the nation whose pension fund has divested from companies doing business with terrorist masters. Investing in terrorist countries is not acceptable to the citizens or the public employees of Missouri.

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