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Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 10 Num. 58
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("Quid coniuratio est?")
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ZAIRE 101
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A.K.A., Congo 101
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An article by Christopher Ruddy in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,
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apparently dated 5/16/97, offers tantalizing hints of a
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Clinton-Stephens-Kabila connection behind the recent upheaval in
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the former nation of Zaire -- now renamed "The Democratic
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Republic of Congo."
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Forget any image you might have of Africa as Tarzan, lions,
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jungles, etc. Consider Zaire/Congo as having "proven mineral
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deposits of copper, zinc, diamonds, manganese, gold, silver, and
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iron" as well as cobalt plus likely reserves of petroleum.
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Now here is another thread, as detailed by Ruddy in his article,
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"Firm from Clinton's home town has deal with Zaire rebel chief."
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In the late 1960s, JEAN BOULLE, a French-speaking British
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citizen, born in Mauritius, was the chief diamond buyer for the
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giant DeBeers firm. From that, he moved to Arkansas and got
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rich. In 1988, Boulle's company joined with others to form the
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Arkansas Diamond Development Company. They wanted to look for
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diamonds on state-owned lands.
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But in 1972, writes Ruddy, "the diamond-rich area of southwest
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Arkansas was purchased by the state and named Crater of Diamonds
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State Park..." This stopped private firms from mining there. In
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1986, Bill Clinton, then Governor of Arkansas, appointed a
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commission to look into allowing private firms to develop
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diamonds on these state-owned lands. In 1989, even though
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environmentalists were opposed to it, Bill Clinton told Boulle
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and his company they could begin to mine in the state park.
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Now, going back to the Arkansas Diamond Development Company, one
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of Boulle's partners was none other than Jackson Stephens, the
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Arkansas "Big Daddy." As is well-known, Stephens is a major
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owner of President Bill Clinton, a.k.a. "Wind-Him-Up Bill."
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Moving now to Zaire/Congo, Ruddy notes allegations that the
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Clinton administration had been secretly arming the
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Marxist-trained "rebel" leader Kabila. (To succeed in
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revolution, you need weapons: where *did* Kabila get the weapons?
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How were they paid for?) Then, in April of this year, a small
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mining company based in Hope, Arkansas, AMERICAN MINERAL FIELDS
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(AMF), astoundingly out-competed huge firms such as DeBeers,
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Anglo-America, BHP, and Phelps Dodge. American Mineral Fields
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won large contracts from Kabila for mineral development and
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diamond trading. And who heads AMF? Jean Boulle heads AMF.
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According to Ruddy, Kabila has signed a $1 BILLION agreement with
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AMF, "giving the firm exclusive rights to explore and develop an
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area the size of Switzerland in southeastern Zaire." Not bad for
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AMF, a company with a capitalization of about $37 million.
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