JOHN McCAIN "I think they should be condemned, obvious election rigged. Obama should speak out!" TRITA PARSI "That's test that we've failed to pass in the past, in the sense that we've made up our mind as to what they 'should want', and then we act".

Rebel leaders want to buy weapons; they need money; to get money, they need diamonds. The diamond mines of Sierra Leone are the initial targets of rebel attacks. Trading diamonds allows rebel forces to buy fuel, to buy weapons, to buy friends.