Blood Diamonds By: Kevork Boyadjian Danny Ward. The Start The start of the these killings and the illicit diamonds trade is when the Revolutionary United.

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Blood Diamonds By: Kevork Boyadjian Danny Ward

The Start The start of the these killings and the illicit diamonds trade is when the Revolutionary United Front (R.U.F.) crossed the Liberian border to Sierra Leone pub.naz.edu:9000/~srourke6/images/gallery2_8.gif pub.naz.edu:9000/~srourke6/images/gallery2_8.gif Brown, Pervinia P. "Blood Diamonds." WorldPress. Web. 9 Nov Brown, Pervinia P. "Blood Diamonds." WorldPress. Web. 9 Nov

The Rise The Government of Sierra Leone started Operation Genesis to stop R.U.F., but they could not stop them During the 1996 election the R.U.F attacked civilians /westafrica0405_files/image001.jpg /westafrica0405_files/image001.jpg Brown, Pervinia P. "Blood Diamonds." WorldPress. Web. 9 Nov Brown, Pervinia P. "Blood Diamonds." WorldPress. Web. 9 Nov fmhttp:// fm

Blood Diamonds In the late 1990’s the R.U.F started distributing illicit diamonds from Sierra Leone to the rest of the world jpg jpg Campino, Anna F. "CONFLICT DIAMONDS." Sanctions and War. United Nations Department of Public Information, 21 Mar Web. 9 Nov Campino, Anna F. "CONFLICT DIAMONDS." Sanctions and War. United Nations Department of Public Information, 21 Mar Web. 9 Nov mond.htmlhttp:// mond.html

The Growth of Illicit Diamonds The Illicit Diamond trading grew R.U.F into a huge business millions of dollars worth of diamonds was flowing all around the world The Illicit Diamond trading grew R.U.F into a huge business millions of dollars worth of diamonds was flowing all around the world Even though this was happening in the time no one really cared about what was happening Even though this was happening in the time no one really cared about what was happening Campino, Anna F. "CONFLICT DIAMONDS." Sanctions and War. United Nations Department of Public Information, 21 Mar Web. 9 Nov Campino, Anna F. "CONFLICT DIAMONDS." Sanctions and War. United Nations Department of Public Information, 21 Mar Web. 9 Nov

Effect The people of Sierra Leone were being hurt and tortured for the beauty of the diamonds “The international diamond industry's trading centers in Europe funded this horror by buying up to $125 million worth of diamonds a year from the RUF” Cambell, Greg. "Blood Diamonds." Amnesty International USA Web. 9 Nov

Effects (Continued) “Throughout the 1990s, children like Jusu Lahia armed themselves with diamond-purchased AK-47s and, under the nose of the United Nations, helped the rebels sell the gems to terrorists.” Cambell, Greg. "Blood Diamonds." Amnesty International USA Web. 9 Nov content/uploads/2009/09/5811_600x399_600x399_0x0.jpg

Differences Between Legal and Illicit Diamonds Mines Legal usa.com/blog/images/ekati_diamond_mine.jpg usa.com/blog/images/ekati_diamond_mine.jpgIllicit ra_Leone_diamond_mining1.jpg ra_Leone_diamond_mining1.jpg

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The Price for Beauty The price for these beautiful gems is 20,000 people getting there hands, ears, legs, and lips cut off. The deaths was speculated to be around 75,000 Cambell, Greg. "Blood Diamonds." Amnesty International USA Web. 9 Nov w/diamonds.htmlhttp:// w/diamonds.html ce.jpg

NOW With all of the conflict diamonds roaming around the Earth, people started to put several different embargos on diamonds in Africa. Also they now have a system to identify the origin of the diamond that you purchase so you know its conflict free pg Campino, Anna F. "CONFLICT DIAMONDS." Sanctions and War. United Nations Department of Public Information, 21 Mar Web. 9 Nov

References Brown, Pervinia P. "Blood Diamonds." WorldPress. Web. 9 Nov EditDelete Cambell, Greg. "Blood Diamonds." Amnesty International USA Web. 9 Nov EditDelete Campino, Anna F. "CONFLICT DIAMONDS." Sanctions and War. United Nations Department of Public Information, 21 Mar Web. 9 Nov EditDelete "Sierra Leone Conflict Diamonds." Stop Blood Diamonds. Web. 9 Nov EditDelete "West African Diamonds Mines - Sierra Leone." All About Gemstones Web. 9 Nov Brown, Pervinia P. "Blood Diamonds." WorldPress. Web. 9 Nov EditDelete Cambell, Greg. "Blood Diamonds." Amnesty International USA Web. 9 Nov EditDelete Campino, Anna F. "CONFLICT DIAMONDS." Sanctions and War. United Nations Department of Public Information, 21 Mar Web. 9 Nov EditDelete "Sierra Leone Conflict Diamonds." Stop Blood Diamonds. Web. 9 Nov EditDelete "West African Diamonds Mines - Sierra Leone." All About Gemstones Web. 9 Nov diamonds.aspEditDeletehttp:// diamonds.aspEditDeletehttp://