For thousands of years, diamonds have been an internationally recognized symbol of love, romance and marriage. However, a portion of the world’s diamonds come from areas where war and blood shed are an every day occurrence. In some countries, rebel groups use the profits made from the sale of diamonds to buy weapons for their military operations. In this paper, I will introduce you to “conflict” or “blood” diamonds and the rebel groups that …showed first 75 words of 974 total…

…showed last 75 words of 974 total…would require a lot of time and work from all the countries involved, I believe that it must happen in order to stop the horrible human rights abuses that are being committed in Sierra Leone, as a direct result of profits made from the sale conflict diamonds. The crimes committed by the Revolutionary United Front are crimes against humanity, and if we allow them to continue by buying conflict diamonds, we ourselves are at fault.