[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 20666]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



         REBELS IN SIERRA LEONE PROFIT FROM ``BLOOD'' DIAMONDS

  (Mr. WOLF asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, the Clinton administration has a miserable 
record on what is taking place in Sierra Leone. Moctar Jollah is a 27-
year-old. He is from Sierra Leone. This past year, Moctar had his right 
hand and his ear cut off by rebel thugs in Sierra Leone. The gentleman 
from Ohio (Mr. Hall) and I met Moctar at an amputee camp this past 
December.
  At the amputee camp, Moctar introduced us to thousands of people who 
were lucky to be alive. The people we met were the survivors, those who 
did not bleed to death as they struggled to flee the rebels who had cut 
off their arms, their legs, and their ears.
  No one was spared the brutal, grotesque, and evil actions of the 
rebels. Infant babies had their arms and legs cut off. Young men in the 
prime of their life suddenly had half a leg. Women were raped by rebels 
and then had their limbs amputated, only to give birth several months 
later as a result of the rape they suffered.
  Why did the rebels of Sierra Leone do it? They did it because of 
diamonds. Diamonds to profit and control and trade in Sierra Leone. The 
trade in conflict for blood diamonds must stop.
  The gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hall) has a bill, the CARAT Act, H.R. 
5147. Pass the bill, stop the flow of blood from conflict diamonds.

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