tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63032179599454010812011-04-26T17:47:35.638-05:00Conflict diamonds, also known as ‘blood diamonds,’ sustain armed conflicts and civil wars. In other words, conflict diamonds are used by rebel groups to buy the guns that are used to maim and kill foes and innocent victims alike, to buy drugs to keep their ‘child soldiers’ in line, and to, literally, pay for the destruction of a country.Rob Amundsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05003776651025736708noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303217959945401081.post-22882111075429606862011-04-19T19:23:00.008-05:002011-04-26T16:44:16.450-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Are you planning to purchase a diamond anytime soon?&nbsp; If you are in the market, you should be advised that the ‘Four Cs’ are very important when picking the perfect stone: cut, color, clarity, carat.&nbsp; There is one more ‘C’ that you should know more about before making purchase; conflict.&nbsp; If you aren’t careful, you could purchase a stone that fuels the killing of innocent lives.</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The purpose of this blog is to inform you, the reader, about what a conflict diamond is, what problems stem from conflict diamonds, the current solution that has been implemented to combat this issue, and what you can do to help.</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://riptapparel.com/ript/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/detail-091120.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" i8="true" src="http://riptapparel.com/ript/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/detail-091120.gif" width="442px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">(1) riptapparel.com</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6303217959945401081-2288211107542960686?l=conflict-diamond.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rob Amundsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05003776651025736708noreply@blogger.com0