Blood diamonds??

Question

What are blood diamonds?

I know what happens to them but im still a little confused on what they are.....

help?

Answer 1

Rent the movie "Blood Diamond";

Set during Sierra Leone's bloody civil war in 1999, this thriller stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Danny Archer, a smuggler who sells "blood" diamonds used to finance terrorists. When Archer meets a local fisherman (Djimon Hounsou) whose son has been forced into a child army, the two men's lives become intertwined, and they set off on an adventure that leads them through the world's major diamond centers. DiCaprio and Hounsou earned Oscar nods for their performances.

Starring: Jennifer Connelly, Leonardo DiCaprio ...

Director: Edward Zwick

Genre:  Action & Adventure

Format:  Widescreen ...

Language: English ...

Subtitles: English ...

Awards: Academy Award® Nominee ...

Answer 2

The term refers to how many people end up dying to put that little rock on someone's finger.  In many areas of Africa, military revolutionaries burn out whole villages, taking the strong men and boys captive, and forcing them to mine diamonds, which they then sell to buy weapons.  They generally just rape and kill the women and girls.

On top of that, as a side note to the diamond story, DeBeers has the market on the world's diamonds cornered and they keep billions of them in vaults, releasing only a small number in order to keep the supply low and demand high, keeping prices high.

Answer 3

History

    Main articles: Angolan Civil War#Diamonds and 2000s in Angola#2007

In 1998, the United Nations (UN) placed Angola under sanctions forbidding countries from buying diamonds from them.[2] This was the first resolution of the UN which specifically mentioned diamonds in the context of funding the war. Reports estimated that as much as 20% of total production in the 1990s were being sold for illegal purposes, and 15% were specifically conflict in nature.[3] By 1999, the illegal diamond trade was estimated by the World Diamond Council to have been reduced to 3.06% of the world's diamond production.[4][5] The World Diamond Council reported that by 2004 this percentage had fallen to approximately 1%.[5][3]

Angola, formerly a colony of Portugal, gained independence on November 11, 1975. Although independent, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (PMLA), the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (NUTIA), and the National Liberation Front of Angola (NLFA) fought in civil war from 1975 to 2002. NUTIA sold diamonds abroad in violation of the Bicesse Accords of 1994 to finance its war with the government.[6] The UN recognized the role that diamonds played in funding the NUTIA rebels, and in 1998 banned countries from buying diamonds from Angola.[2][6]

that is general history but for more information check out the wiki site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_diamo...

Answer 4

they are diamonds that are mined using slaves.

As most diamonds are.

Answer 5

They are diamonds that have been mined often illegally in South Africa and then smuggled out and and sold on the black market.  Conflict diamonds are the same but the money raised from those is used to fund war.

Answer 6

Blood Diamonds or conflict dimaonds are dimaonds which are mined / produced in countries in which the revenue earnt from selling the diamonds are used to fund wars or illegal weapons used in Wars. Ideally, Diamonds from these countries should never be bought in the first place. There is a governiing body which determines the source of diamonds, however, truly speaking, i doubt their analysis are correct.

Answer 7

A blood diamond, also referred to as a conflict or war diamond, is a diamond sold to finance terrorism or other violent acts including civil war. The blood diamond trade has been recognized as a global problem, with terrorist organizations in a wide range of nations benefiting from the trade of these diamonds. The blood diamond problem is most severe in Africa, where several nations including Liberia, Angola, and Sierra Leone have been affected, leading organizations such as the United Nations to enact resolutions to combat the sale of blood diamonds.

more here info - http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-blood-...

Answer 8

Blood diamonds are called that because they come from parts of Africa where people are forced to work as slaves for para-military rebel groups, mining diamonds. It's a reference to the brutality of the slavery, but also the result of the sale of the diamonds, which is the purchase of weapons and the resulting bloodshed.

Answer 9

Terrorist lunatics forcing youngsters to arm themselves and become part of a criminal group, while adults are forced to mine for diamonds that are traded by the coldblooded criminal bullies on the World market and prurchased by unscrupulous profit driven business people.! See the film of same name.

Answer 10

Blood diamonds come from areas of Africa that are controlled by armed militias who kidnap, starve, and otherwise coerce children to mine and provide security for the kidnappers.  The raw diamonds are sold to unscrupulous jobbers who have them cut in the various diamond bourses of the world.  The best way to make sure that you are not profitting from the torture of children is to avoid jemstone products and jewelry altogether.  If you must own gold, buy gold coins that have a dollar amount, the inscription United States of America, and a date.

Answer 11

blood diamonds are almost half of all the diamonds made inthe U.S. in the 90's