10,000 Said Driven From Congo Diamond Zone

[DuctapeFatwa]

Angolan troops and police have driven at least 10,000 Congolese from northern Angola's diamond zones in a bloody month-old campaign, Congolese officials and witnesses said Thursday.

The alleged crackdown comes amid growing complaints from Angola that Congolese and other foreigners are plundering its diamond fields one of the world's largest sources of diamonds.

Angolan authorities refused comment Thursday on the alleged forced expulsions.

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040129_2261.html

[kalian]

1. And Pat Roberston is behind all this....

not to mention his meddlings in Liberia as well...

[loudnclear]

2. It won't matter for long...diamonds can be manufactured now.

practically no one can the manufactured ones from the real ones.

[LifeDuringWartime]

3. oh they can tell alright

because they're too perfect! wired magazine had a great cover story about the subject a few months back... and lo and behold, the article is online!

http://wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/diamond.html

[arcane1]

4. F@CK DIAMONDS!!!!

of ALL the things for people to be killed over... sigh...