Diamond comes from the word "Adams" which means unconquerable. The rule of R.U.F. was to take the countries diamond mines. Blood Diamonds are the main cause of the Civil war.They were sold for profit to finance the war; the diamonds are found along riverbanks and riverbeds.
The Rebels took advantage of this opportunity and sold them for weapons, most diamonds were traded to Liberian President Charles Taylor in exchange for weapons.It is true that the Rebels would not have had the power that they did without blood diamonds.Blood diamond is a term used for diamond mined war zone.Blood diamond is meant to reflect on the negative consequences it had.The rebels would have mined 125 million diamonds yearly.
There is a movie called Blood Diamonds. Its a 2006 movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The movie is about a country torn by government loyalist and insurgent forces. Its a very graphic movie and shows what the Rebels did to people, like cutting off their hands to keep them from voting. The movie was generally liked. This was due to DiCaprio and Hounsou's performance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_diamond#Liberia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Diamond
http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/civil-war-in-sierra-leone-the-rule-of-sierra-leone-s-blood-diamonds.html
Blood diamonds are regular clear diamonds, when i first picked this topic i thought they would be red like Rubies. Turns out they are called blood diamonds because they were sold for weapons to kill innocent people.
Can you find them other places? Or are they only found by rivers?
ReplyDeleteHow much are these diamonds worth? Are they worth more than a normal diamond or the same? Lastly, to go in part with the first question how many weapons were traded for one single diamond, or was it so many diamonds for so many weapons?
ReplyDeletethat was my question too colton. How much were they worth and how many weapons could be traded for a diamond?
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