Authors: Greg Campbell
Blood Diamonds (40 page)
Sefadu village
Selection Trust
Senesi, Eric
September 11 Al Qaeda attacks
See also
Al Qaeda terrorist network
See also
Al Qaeda terrorist network
Sessay, Issa
Shake-shakes
Shane Company, The
Shane, Tom
Shaw, Emmanuel
Shiite Muslims
Sierra Leone
as diamondiferous
economy
founding of
independence of
and Liberia
Lunsar District
military leaders in
peace for.
See also
Lomé Peace Accords (1999)
See also
Lomé Peace Accords (1999)
pre-independence
See also
Freetown; Sierra Leone Army
Freetown; Sierra Leone Army
Sierra Leone Army (SLA)
Sierra Leone Selection Trust (SLST)
Sightholders
Sillitoe, Sir Percy
Sindbad the Sailor
Singer, Jacob
SLA.
See
Sierra Leone Army
See
Sierra Leone Army
Slaves
slave trade
SLST.
See
Sierra Leone Selection Trust
See
Sierra Leone Selection Trust
Smuggling
methods for
within respected channels of diamond industry
smugglers
Solar Hotel
Somalia
Soros Foundation
South Africa
diamond industry in
South African Mail & Guardian
Southey, Sir Richard
Star of Sierra Leone
Star of South Africa
Starvation.
See
Hunger/starvation
See
Hunger/starvation
Stevens, Saika
Stock exchanges
Strasser, Valentine
Superstition
Supply and demand.
See
Diamonds, demand for
See
Diamonds, demand for
Swanson, Ralph
Swaziland
Sween, Matthew
Tafirenyika, Masimba
Taliban
See also
Afghanistan
See also
Afghanistan
Taxes
Taylor, Charles
Technicals
Tecora
(ship)
(ship)
Teleservices
Terrorism
See also
September Al Qaeda attacks
See also
September Al Qaeda attacks
Terry, Lindsey
Thomas, Gren
Thompson, Julian
Timber companies
Tissor village
Togo
Tongo Field
Torture
Tourism
T-Ray (RUF member)
Tribes
UAE.
See
United Arab Emirates
See
United Arab Emirates
Ukraine
UN.
See
United Nations
See
United Nations
UNAMSIL.
See
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
See
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
UNHCR.
See
United Nations, High Commissioner for Refugees
See
United Nations, High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF.
See
United Nations, Children's Fund
See
United Nations, Children's Fund
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
United Nations (UN)
Children's Fund (UNICEF)
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
peacekeeping
See also
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
See also
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
Security Council Resolutions 1173 and 1176
Security Council Resolution 1306
Security Council Resolution 1343
Security Council travel ban
World Food Program (WFP)
See also
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL)
costs
GhanBattâ3
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Clean Diamond Act, The
Department of Justice
Department of State
embassies bombed
House of Representatives
Marines
war on terrorism of
See also
September Al Qaeda attacks
See also
September Al Qaeda attacks
Vaal River valley
Valdy (smuggler)
Valley of Diamonds
Van Kouwenhoven, Gus
Volcanic eruptions
Wake-Walker, Richard
War crimes
Washington Post
Weapons
arms trade
burning of
embargoes of
of Executive Outcomes
transporting from Liberian border
See also
Kalashnikov AKâ47s; Revolutionary United Front, disarmament of
Kalashnikov AKâ47s; Revolutionary United Front, disarmament of
Weekes, Tim
Wellbody clinic
West African Selection Trust
West Side Boys
WFP.
See
United Nations, World Food Program
See
United Nations, World Food Program
Wharton-Tigar, Edward
White people
World Diamond Council
World of Diamonds, The: The Inside Story of the Miners, Cutters, Smugglers, Lovers and Investors
(Green)
(Green)
World Trade Center.
See
September 11 Al Qaeda attacks
See
September 11 Al Qaeda attacks
World Trade Organization (WTO)
World wars
World War II
WTO.
See
World Trade Organization
See
World Trade Organization
Yearsley, Alex
Yengema
Yugoslavia
Zambians
Zimbabwe
Zirconias
Author's note:
In one instance, anonymity was granted to one person who requested it, and in another a name was changed by the author for the sake of clarity; all others are accurately depicted. Except for minor, conversational dialogue, all quotations were recorded in formal interviews either on cassette tape or with hand-written notes and have not been altered.
In one instance, anonymity was granted to one person who requested it, and in another a name was changed by the author for the sake of clarity; all others are accurately depicted. Except for minor, conversational dialogue, all quotations were recorded in formal interviews either on cassette tape or with hand-written notes and have not been altered.
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Blood diamonds : tracing the deadly path of the world's most precious stones / Greg Campbell.
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