Blood Diamonds
Diamonds may enjoy a romantic image as a girl's best friend, but have you ever thought about where your diamonds come from; you're engagement ring, your wedding band, or any other diamonds that you might own? I often wondered where they came from and then I found out. How would you feel if I told you this precious stone also plays a far less appealing role? " The diamond that you put on a loved ones finger or the one they put on yours helped cut off the finger or the hand of a child in Sierra Leone (Masland, 30)?" "Diamonds are forever," says diamond cartel DeBeers. But human lives and human limbs aren't. Consider Maria, an 8-month-old baby girl in Sierra Leone. In an act of unfathomable cruelty, the "rebel" terrorists of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) hacked off her arm (Cockburn, 2002). The RUF mob has sought to impose its will in Sierra Leone by chopping off thousands of civilian's hands, feet, and ears. Thousands more have been slaughtered and left to rot in village streets. Men, women, children, civilian, soldier, it makes no difference to the RUF. These diamonds help to finance some of the world's bloodiest conflicts. These diamonds are known as "blood diamonds", meaning they are diamonds that
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Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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