Tafirenyika, Masimba
Taliban See also Afghanistan
Taxes
Taylor, Charles
Technicals
Tecora (ship)
Teleservices
Terrorism 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
Ukraine
UN. See United Nations
UNAMSIL. See United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
UNHCR. See United Nations, High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF. 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
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 (UNAMSIL)
costs
GhanBatt–3
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
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 AK–47s; Revolutionary United Front, disarmament of
Weekes, Tim
Wellbody clinic
West African Selection Trust
West Side Boys
WFP. 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)
World Trade Center. See September 11 Al Qaeda attacks
World Trade Organization (WTO)
World wars
World War II
WTO. See World Trade Organization
Yearsley, Alex
Yengema
Yugoslavia
Zambians
Zimbabwe
Zirconias
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Campbell, Greg.
Blood diamonds : tracing the deadly path of the world’s most precious stones / Greg Campbell.
p. cm.
Includes index.
eISBN : 978-0-465-02992-1
1. Diamond industry and trade—Social aspects—Sierra Leone. 2. Diamond miners—Crimes against—Sierra Leone. 3. Sierra Leone—History—Civil War, 1991. 4. Diamond industry and trade—Corrupt practices. I. Title.
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