文档介绍：BLOOD DIAMONDS
Diamonds symbolize
wealth, love, and grace
around the world
In several African nations they have been a means to
power
a reason to terrorize millions of innocent civilians, and may have even helped finance some of the world's most brutal terrorists
The History
In 1991
a few hundred men crossed the Liberian border
and
attacked towns in eastern and southern Sierra Leone
Once the war began
money became scarce
and
people took things into their own hands
by
searching for other means of finding money to fund the war
Africa is known for there diamonds, it is the most valued item
The War
Liberia is the main area of conflict:
key meeting place for
rebels, terrorists and other criminal groups
to exchange blood diamonds for weapons
Criminals are able to trade these diamonds with ease and are
rarely caught, they use the money to purchase illegal weapons
Thousands of Sierra Leoneans have been killed and mutilated
mainly because there was
no large scale, international intervention in the early stages of the war
The ongoing Blood Diamonds
War has yet to cease
The Government