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| Zimbabwe paper: US trying to stop diamond sales |
| 2010-05-30 |
| A newspaper loyal to Zimbabwe's ruling party is accusing the U.S. of trying to stop international sales of Zimbabwean diamonds. If only The Sunday Mail quotes an e-mail from a U.S. State Department official urging the international diamond control body to ban Zimbabwean diamonds. The paper calls it "a well-orchestrated Western-led campaign" against the regime of President Robert Mugabe. Can you say "manufactured crisis"? An official from the international diamond control body, Abbey Chikane, claims documents -- possibly including the quoted e-mail -- were stolen from his luggage by Zimbabwean security agents earlier this week. Hmmm, "international diamond control body" vs. ZimBob security agents...what could go wrong? Kimberley Process investigators have previously recommended Zimbabwe's suspension over their findings of illicit trading and human rights abuses. AoS at 1515 CT: link fixed. |
| Posted by:Spot |
| #5 More details. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-05-30 15:17 |
| #4 Times Online has a related article: Blood diamonds: the illicit trade propping up the Mugabe regime |
| Posted by: tipper 2010-05-30 13:11 |
| #3 the international diamond control body De Beers by any other name. They buck no competition. What Soros does with currency, they do with the rocks. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-05-30 12:46 |
| #2 Oh pls, pls, pls, pls, pls. Pink Ice! I has it for U! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2010-05-30 12:37 |
| #1 My bad - forgot the link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100530/ap_on_bi_ge/af_zimbabwe_us_diamonds |
| Posted by: Spot 2010-05-30 11:25 |