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    THE VICIOUS AGONY FOR POWER AND BLOOD DIAMONDS .

    THE BRUTAL FATAL PATHWAY FROM COLONIALISM TO DEMOCRACY

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    THE VICIOUS AGONY FOR POWER AND BLOOD DIAMONDS .

    THE BRUTAL FATAL PATHWAY FROM COLONIALISM TO DEMOCRACY

    THE VICIOUS AGONY FOR POWER AND BLOOD DIAMONDS

    THE AURTHOR: SAHR GANDI MARFINDA PAPAH (G.M.P.) FANIA.

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    THE VICIOUS AGONY FOR POWER AND BLOOD DIAMONDS .

    THE BRUTAL FATAL PATHWAY FROM COLONIALISM TO DEMOCRACY

    BA NDA LA Y, PA SS A DIE WAS A LION DICTA TOR,

    THE SOWER OF THE SEEDS OF DISCORDS,

    WITH SECTIONA LISM A ND VIOLENT POLITICS

    POLITICIZ ED THE MILITA RY A ND THE POLICE

    TO DISARM THE MILITA RY A ND CONTROL THE POLICE

    A ND A RMED THE REBELS

    TRA INED A ND TRA NSFORMED

    TO THE INTERNA L SECURITY UNIT

    THE FIRST DIRECTOR OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS RESPECTS AWARENESS RAISING

    CAMPAIGNERS.KONO BY BIRTH

    A SIERRA LEONEAN BY TRIBE

    AN AFRICAN BY NATIONALITY

    A HUMAN BEING BY CREATION

    A RASTA BY NATURE.

    A HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST BY MISSION.

    A POET BY GRACEA WRITER BY PHILOSOPHY. A CHRIS- MUS- RASTA BY RELIGIONPRESIDENT SIAKA P. STEVENS,

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    THE BRUTAL FATAL PATHWAY FROM COLONIALISM TO DEMOCRACY

    THE ROARING DICTATORS MAKE THEMSELVES TO BE DEMAGOGS AND ARCH gods,when questioned or exposed.

    THE NATIONAL COAT OF ARM.UNITY FREEDOM AND JUSTICE, ARE ARE PERVERSED AND HAVE LOST THEIR SACREDNESS OUT OF

    POLITICAL CORRUPTION, GREED AND INJUSTICE .

    SIERRA LEONE.THE LION MOUNTAIN OFAFRICA .

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    THE LION MOUNTAINS (SIERRA LEONE), ON THE FACE OF WEST AFRICA, BORDERED WITH THEDEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF GUINEA IN NORTH WEST-EASTERN AND LIBERIA ON THE SOUTH

    WEST-EASTERN..

    THE MAP OF THE NATION, RAVAGED BY THE CORRUPTION OF ITS POLITICALCHILDREN, AFTER INDEPENDENT IN 1961.

    THE RELICS OF SLAVERY STILL LIVES, BUT THEY HAVE NOT BECOME THE SOURCES OFMOTIVATIONS TO THE COMMON SIERRA LEONEANS BECAUSE, WE HAVE NOT THE BASES

    OF A PURE PATRIOTISM AND CIVIC KNOWLEDGES OF BELONGING.T

    HIS MAJ ESTY THE GREAT KI NG OF KASSE, KI NG BAI BUREH, WHO STOOD AGAINST T HE EXCESSES OF THECOLONIAL MA STER, BY RESISTING THE HUT TAX , LEVIED FOR THE BRITISH PROTECTORATE

    A DM I NI ST RA TI ON OF HI S K I NGDOM AND THE NE I GN B OU RI NG S TATES I N 18 96-8 (T HE HUT TAX WA R) , HESTOOD FOR ALL THESE STATES THA T WERE MISCHIEVIOUSLY ACQUIRED WITH FALSE TREATIES IN T HE

    NAME OF FRIENDSHIP, BUT THA T WHICH WAS DOCUMENTED AS T HE TREATIES OF GIVING UP OF THEIRK INGDOMS TO THE THEN COLONIAL MASTERS.

    THE EFFECT OF THE SANDLINE MERCENARY INVASION. INNOCENT BUT AMPUTATED FOR KABBA TO BE RE-ENSTATED TOPOWER BY SANDLINE MERCENARIES .

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    THE BRUTAL FATAL PATHWAY FROM COLONIALISM TO DEMOCRACY

    T H E Y A R E T H E M E N O F B U R D E N T H AT R E C E I V E S V E RY L I T T L E O U T O F T H E P R O C E E D S F O R T H E B A R EF O O D W E L FA R E T H E Y G I V E T H E M T O D O T H E S A M E W O R K .

    MOST OF THE LAND HAS BEEN DESTROYED LIKE THIS WITHOUT A SINGLE RECLAMATION.

    T H E A F R I C A N C H I L D , E SP E C I A L LY T H O S E I N S I E R R A L O E N E H AV E B E E N EX P O S E D T O T H E N E G AT I V EE F F E CT S O F T H E D I A M O N D M I N I N G S . H E S H O U L D H A V E B E E N I N T H E T H E C L A S S R O O M A N D U S I N G

    C O M P U T E R B Y N O W.

    THE LANDSCAPE HAD BEEN DESTROYED WITH NO BENEFIT T O THE PEOPLE OF THE NA TION, WHO HAV ETHE LA ND. QUICID PLANTA TUR SOLO CEDIT.

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    (Abov e) THE LAND IS DEGRADED FROM TIME TO TIME WITHOUT A NY IMPROVEMENT OR RECLAMATI ON.YOUTHS HAV E TO SURVIVE BY SEEKI NG THE CRUMBLES OF DIAMONDS THAT ESCAPED THROUGH THE

    WASHING MACHINE.(Below )THE YOUTHS HAVE BECOME THE BEAST OF BURDEN TO TILL THE LAND AND LEAVE T O BEG THEIR

    LIVING.

    THEK ONO AND THE TONGO DYK ES THAT ARE PERRINI AL LY DESTROYING THE TUPOGRAPHY OFTH E LIONS LAN D/ LION MOUNTA I WITHOU T THE DUE BENEFITS TO THE POOR LONGSUFFERING MASSES OF THE BELEAGUERED STAT E THAT WAS SET APACE THE ROUTE OF AVERY DEVASTED PATH WAY TO DEMOCRACY.

    THE TONGO DYKE, DESTROYED BY KOIDU HOLDINGS KIMBERLITE COMPANY

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    THE MAP OF THE DESTROYED AREA BY KOIDU HOLDING.

    THE LAND HAD BEEN DEGRADED WITHOUT RECLAMATION BY COMPANIES AND PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS

    THE SUFFERING YOUTHS ARE EXPOSED ALL THE HAZARDS OF LIFE TO

    SURVIVE .K OIDU HOLDING DESTRUCTION OF THE KONO LAND .

    T H E D I A M O N D S H AV E B E C O M E T H E F U T U R E PAT H F O R T H E Y O U T H S B U T R E M A I N S T O B E B L E A K .T H E Y O U T H S H AV E T H E R E F O R E B E C O M E T H E S O U R C E S O F V I O L E N C E B Y P O L I T I C I A N S A N D I N S U R G E N T

    G R O U P S B E C A U S E T H E R E I S N O M E A S U R E P U T T O G E T H E R F OR T H E F U T U R E D E V E L O P M E N T O F T H E L A N DW I T H T H E Y O I U T H S A S T H E P I V O T C E N T E R , N O T T O F I N D A N U N C E RTA I N F U T U R E T H R O U G H A N P O R O U S

    S Y S T M O F GA M B L I N G I N T H E F I LT E RE D T RA C K N G O F B O T H T H E C O L O N I A L A N D T H E N AT I O N A LG O V E R N M E N T S S E L F I S H E X P L O I TAT I O N S

    T H E P R O C E S S I S N O T W I T H O U T A R E M E D Y B U T T H E G R E E D A N D S E L F I SH P U R S U I T O F M A T E R I A L R I C H E S

    I S T H E F RU S T R AT I N G M E N TA L S L AV E RY T H A T S I E RR A L E O N E A N S H A V E T O S EA R C H O U T, E V E N B E F O R ET H I N K I N G O F AT T I T U D I N A L C H A N G E C A M PA I G N .

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    THE CONCESSIONAL MAP FOR KOIDU HOLDINGS/ FORMALLY AND FOMALLY BELONGED TO THE EXECUTIVEOUTCOMES.

    SAHR G.M.P. FANIA./AUTHUR OF THE BOOK.THE DESTRUCTION OF THE LAND WITHOUT ANN ATOM OF BENEFIT TO THE OWNERS/ THE PEOPLE .

    T H E L A N D H A S B E E N U N D E R M I N E D A N D D U G WI T H V E R Y D E EP A N D A B A N D O N E D P I T S T H AT B A R EN E I T H E R R E CL A I M E D , N OR R E H A B I L I T AT E D , S I N C E T H E D AY S O F T H E S I E R R A L E O N E S E L E C T E D

    T R U S T ( SL S T ) , D I A M O N D M I N I N G C O M PA N Y ( DI M I N C O ), N AT I O N A L D I A M O N D M I N I N G C O M PA N Y ( N D M C ) T OK O I D U H O L D I N G , (O N E O F T H E H O L D I N G C O M PA N I E S O F M E R C EN A R Y B O S S, A N T H O N Y B U R K I N G H A M ,

    E B E N B A R L O W E T A L L ) I N A N D A R O U N D T H E C O N F L I C T S P O T S I N A F R I C A A N D T H E W O R L D O V E R .

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    O N C E U P ON A T I M E , A N AT U R A L P L EA S I N G P L A C E O F T H E N AT I V E S , TA K E N A N D C O L O N I SE D B Y T H E B R I T I S HC O L O N I A L M A S T E R S , E X P L O I T E D A N D R A P E D OU T O F I T S R E S O U R C E S F O R N E A R LY A C E N T U RY ( 1 7 8 7 - 1 8 O 8 - 1 8 8 4 - 5 , L O N GB E F O R E T H E B E R L I N C O N FE R E N C E T H AT S TA RT E D T H E WA X I N G WAV I N G SC R A M B L E F O R A N D T H E V I C I O U S PA RT I T I O N

    O F T H E L A N D S A N D M I N D S O F T H E L I O N S O F A F R I C A , T O T H E D AY S O F T H E D E C L A R A T I O N S O F T H E P R O T E C T O R AT EO V E R T H E H I N T E R L A N D / T H E I N T E R I O R OF T H E F I R S T I N S TA N T T E R R I T O R I E S (T H E C O A S TA L S T R I P S ) .

    SIERRA LEONE,

    THE LI ON MOUNTA INS.SINCE 193 0

    THE LA ND HA D BEEN RAVA GED A ND DESTROYED

    WITHOUT ANY BENEFIT TO OUR PEOPLE.

    ARE DIAMONDS CU RSES TO US?

    WITH ALL THE RICHES, SIERRA LEONE STILL REMAINED TO BE AT THE LEAST LEVEL OF

    THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX

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    THEM BELLY FULL BUT THEM A HUNGRY BOB MARLEY .

    DIAMONDS, BLESSINGS OR CURSE TO SIERRA LEONE ? BILLION TONS OF CARATS AND BARRELS OF THE BLOOD OF OURPEOPLE HAVE GONE SINCE 1925 TILL DATE, WITHOUT A SINGLE COMMUNIAL OR NATIONAL B ENEFIT AT ALL.

    THE B LOOD DIAM ONDS THAT H AD BEEN DRIBBLI NG BLOOD AND RESOURCEOF THE PEOPLE SINCE 192 5.

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    THOU SANDS OF DIAMONDS WERE AND ARE STILL SI PHONED OUT TO THE DIASPORA, BYCITI ZENS AND FOREIGN MAGNA TES, WITHOU T A BENEFIT T O THE PEOPLE.

    THE KOIDU HOLDINGS CAN BLUFF WITH OUR DIAMONDS TO THE WORLD, BUT CANNOT BOAST OF HAVEN DONE ANYTHINGFOR OUR PEOPLE, DESPITE THE MILLION TONS OF CARATS THAT WORTH BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THEY HAD SIPHONED

    AND ARE STILL SMUGGLING OUT ON MONTHLY BASES, SINCE 1998, AFTER THE SANDLINE MASSACRE .

    THE SIERRA LEONE BLOOD DIAMOND ON THE WORLD MARKETS .THESE ARE NOT THE ONLY SIERRA LEONEAN DIAMOND ON THE WORLD MARKET, LIKE THE STAR

    OF SIERRA LEONE THAT WAS TAKEN FROM MY GRANDFATHERS FARMLAND(MANSA GANDI YAMBIYAMA FANIA), ONE OFTHE PRINCES OF THE GANDI YAMBIYAMA DYNASTY .

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    THE COURT THAT HAS CONTINUED TO BETRAY THE NATION BY GROOMING IN CORRUPTION AND INJUSTICE WITHPERVERSION OF JUSTICE. IT HAS BECOME THE COURT OF INJUSTICE, SOWING DOWN ANOTHER SEEDS OF DISCORDSWITH MUCH DISUNITY THAT HAS NARROWED THE FREEDOM OF PEOPLE INTO THEIR POCKET, HEADING TO THEIR

    EL-DORADO (THEIR DREAM LAND)THE COURT THAT IGNORED IT ROLES TO BRING JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION TO ITS PEOPLE, BUT WAS LEFT TO BE

    JUDGED BY ANOTHER PARTIALS COURT, SPECIALLY MADE FOR SPECIAL PEOPLE .

    AFRICAN CORRESPONDENT/MR PATRICK SMITH.

    THE ARMED FORCES REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL (A.F.R.C.) JUNTA LEADERS, MAJ. JOHNNY PAUL KOROMA ANDGEN.SAM BOCKARIE, MASKITA . THE JUNTAS WERE BOOTED OUT AND INNOCENT CIVILIANS MASSACRED. WITH GUNS FROM

    ENGLAND

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    T H E J U N TA S T O O K T O D E FE N D T H E N I G E R I A N S , K N O W I N G N O T T H A T T H E Y W E R E F IG H T I N G S A N D L I N E M E R C E N A RY, T H EU N K N O W N H I R E D E N E M Y T O K I L L S I E R R A L E ON E A N S A F T E R B R E A C H I N G R E S O L U T I O N 1 1 3 2 O F T H E U . N . SE C U R I T YC O U N C I L , B A S E D U P O N T H E C O N A K RY P E A C E A C C O R D W H I C H S C R IB E D T H E J U N TA S T O H A N D O V E R P O W E R T O T H E

    T H E N S A I D D E M O C R AT I C A L LY E L E C T E D P R E SI D E N T, A H M E D T I J A N K A B B A , W H I C H F U RT H E R U N D E R S C O R ED T H AT N OA R M S S H O U L D B E A L L O W E D T O A N Y FA C T I O N A N D T H E G O V E R N M E N T F O R C E S I N T O T H E T E R R I T O RY S I E R R A L E O N E.

    THE OFFICE SHARED BY THE SANDLINE AND THE DIAMOND WORKS COOPERATION AT THE CHELSEA DISTRICT OF LONDON, WHERETHE SANDLINE, KABBA AND PETER PENFOLD COOKED THE RETURN TO POWER BY MILITARY MEANS IN CONTRAVENTION TORESOLUTION 1132 OF THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL THAT NO ARMS SHOULD BE TRANSPORTED TO SIERRA LEONE OR ANY FACTION INTHE CONFLICT .

    THE OFFICE SHARED BY THE SANDLINE AND THE DIAMOND WORKS COOPERATION, IN THE CHELSEA DISTRICT OF LONDON,WHERE THEY COOKED THE SANDLINE ISSUE IN 1997 WITH TOP BRITISH OFFICERS AND OFFICIALS.

    THE SANDLINE/ DIAM OND W ORKS PLAZA .THE SAME SANDLINE MAFIA MERCENARY PLAZA IN LONDONS CHELSEA DISTRICT, UNDER THE LIMBS OF OUR

    COLONIAL MASTERS.

    RETIRED BRITISH NOW MERCENARY OFFICER, LT COL TIM SPICER WH O LED THE SO CALLED ECOMOG INTERVENTION INTO SIERRA

    LEONE, AND GUILTY OF THE BLOOD OF MANY SIERRA LEONEANS.HIRED BY TIJAN KABBA, EX PRESIDENT OF THE NATION.

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    ABOVE: MR. MAUDE APRIL, HUMAN RIGHTS MEMBER OF THE BRITISHPARLIAMENT THAT CONDEMNED THE SANDLINES ARMS DEAL INTO SIERRA LEONE IN 1998

    BELOW: WHY ARE THE EYES OF THE INTERNATION COURT OF JUSTICE BLIND TO THIS SHINING CRIME THAT FLASHEDACROSS T HE FACE OF THE GLOBE TO EVERYONES NOTICE?

    TSSSSSSSSSS

    ONE OF THE OLDEST BUILDINGS OF SIERRA LEONE CALLED THE STATE HOUSE, BUT A STAKE HOUSE, IT IS THE FORTTHORNTON, WHERE MILLIONS OF AFRICAN SLAVES WERE STAVED AND SAILED TO BE SALE IN THE NEW LAND (AMERICA).

    SIENC INDFEPENDENCE, THE FIRST AND SUBSEQUENT LEADERS HAVE NOT GOT THE PATRIOTIC KNOWLEDGE TOCONSTRUCT A NATIONAL STATE H OUSE AND KEEP THE HISTORIC

    MONUMENT. LIKE MANY OTHER RELICS OF THE SLAVE TRADE, THEY HAVE BEEN MISUSED AND NEGLECTED TODEPRECIATE.

    BO

    KOIDU TOWN / MAKENI TOWN /BO TOWN/ FREETOWN

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    B . C OS , V I O L AT I O N C A N N O T S U R V I V E H U M A N R I G H T S

    E N , A B U S E CA N T S U S T A I N H U M A N I T Y

    S O J O I N H U R R A R C I N T H I S B L O O D L E S S CA M P A I G N

    T O R A I S E J U S T I C E A B O V E H U M A N I T Y

    F O R T H E W OR L D WA S C R E AT E D F O R P E A CE T O R E I G N

    B U T N O T N U C L E A R , B A L L I S T I C W EA P O N S T O D R A I N - - - - - CH O R U S

    M I N E R A L S H O U L D N O T B E CU R S E T O O U R N AT I O N S

    B U T C O OP E R AT E C R I M I N A L S CO U R S E T H E SE I N F L I C T I O N S

    c H A N D I N H A N D I N C O OP E R AT I O N S W I T H L E A D E R S OF N AT I O N S

    W H O SE E K T O A G G R A N D I Z E T H E I R S E L F I S H A M B I T I O N S

    S O L E T T H E W O R L D J O I N H U R R A R C F I G H T C O OP E R A T E A B U S ES

    E N M A K E T H E W O R L D A B E T T E R P L A CE F O R H U M A N I T Y

    THE HURRARCS PLEDGE

    1. WE HAVE PLEDGED

    2. WE HAVE PLEDGED 3. WEE HA-A-V-E

    PLEEE-DGED 4. WE HAVE PLEDGED

    5. OH WE HAVE PLEDGED

    6. AND ON TRACK7. TO EMMAN

    8. C-I-I I PA-A--ATE 9. EN UPLIFT10. TO DIRECT11. PROTECT

    12. EN DEFEND13 FUNDAMENTAL

    13. UNIVERSAL14. DEEE-

    CLAAARAAATIONN15. OF HUMAN RIGHTS

    16. AND HUMANITY17. FOR IF I DIE

    18. IN THIS COOUURSE19. FOR DIGNITY 20. THERE IS NO

    21. NO REGREEEET 22. FOR WE HAVE

    RAISEN 23. THE HUMA RIGHTS

    24. RESPECTS 25. FOR THE WOOORLD 26. TO LIVE IN PEACE

    27. FREEDOM

    28. HARMONY 29. EN JUSTIIIICE

    30. TO CELEBRATE

    31. THE VICTORY 32. OVER

    33. THE FALLENTREEEES

    34. OF HATREDNESS 35. CORRUPTION 36. DIIISEEEASE 37. EN HUNGER 38. STARVATION

    39. MASSAACRRRES

    40. SUICIDE 41. BOMBINGS

    42. GENOCIDE 43. ZYNOPHOBIA

    44. TRIBALISM. 45. SUICIDE BOMBINGS

    46. OUR L-I-V-E-S

    47. TO HURRARC 48. FOR

    PEEEACEFUUULWORLD TOO BEEE.

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    PART 1

    THE BRUTAL FATAL PATHWAY FROM PRE-COLONIAL TO BASIC DEMOCRACY

    - Depicts the First the socio, economic, intellectual and cultural trends of the Sierra

    Leonean people, since pre-colonial era, to colonial and post colonial systems, institutions

    and the course of the national destiny, influenced by personalities, both within outside the

    geography of Sierra Leone as the background. Special attentions are given to the political

    and constitutional development and their effects upon the people.- The pre and post independent political trends of Sierra Leone, the series of conflicts and

    political upheavals handed to us by the West Minster (Britain). It later ended up into a

    decade long civil war from the start on the 23 rd March 1991 to 1996, 29th November,

    when the Abidjan Peace Accord was signed.

    THANKS ARE TO GOD ALMIGHTY FOR HIS SUPPORTS AND MOTIVATIONS THROUGH MR. GEORGECHARLIE WRIGHT (OUR INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANT) AND MR. TULLIO MACRI, BOARD OFDIRECTOR AND THE INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR OF HURRARC,BOTH BASED IN ITALY (TURIN). THEIR SUPPORTS IN ALL SPHERES HAVE MADE THE VICIOUSAGONY FOR POWER AND BLOOD DIAMONDS TO BECOME A REALITY AS WELL AS HURRARC.

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    Chapter One (1)

    - Pre-colonial Conflict of what later became Sierra Leone

    (The Lion Mountain)

    - AD 1540- Manes Invasion to 1808 Crown Colony and Consequences

    - AD 1787, the establishment of the Colony To 1886, the Declaration ofProtectorate

    - AD 1647 the invasion of De Ruyter 1787- The founding of Freetown

    - AD 1792-1800 AD- the Nova Scotians rebellion,- AD 1800-1802 King Jimmy and the settlers on the Coast Of Romaron ( NOW

    FREETOWN ).

    Chapter Two:

    AD 1808-The Crown colony establishment.

    AD 1808-1896- Inter Tribal wars in the interior.

    AD 1896- The protectorate declared upon the interior

    AD 1898- The Bai Bureh War (Hut Tax War)

    AD 1898-1961- Colonialism confrontations and series ofConflicts.

    HURRARC UNIVERSAL LOGO.

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    Chapter Three (3)

    The Rise of the Palm Tree and the Red Sun1950-1964:

    The Rise of the Palm Tree and Milton Margai

    1965-1967:

    The Albert Margais Regime, violence commenced

    1967-1968:

    Three coups Dtats.

    (Brig. David Lansana, Cecil Blake and the ACRM) 1968-

    The first trained rebels of Siaka Stevens rebels- ISU, SSD and to OSD

    (now).

    Chapter Four (4)

    The rising Red Sun

    1969 Power handed back to Stevens & A.P.C.

    1967-198 Dictatorship, violence corruption, bloodletting,

    the Seeds of destruction sown.

    1990 The bitter tastes of the war promised

    Chapter Five (5)

    The Tigers Revolution, April 29 th 1992

    Chapter Seven (6)The betrayal began & the revolution cracked

    Chapter Eight (7).The Tigers Palace Coup, th16 th January 1996.

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    Chapter Nine (8)The Abidjan Peace Accord- November 1996.

    Chapter Ten (9.)The Peace Accord violated- December 1996- May 1997.

    Chapter Eleven (10.)Guerilla arrested and imprisoned.

    Chapter Twelve (11)

    Peace Make arrested and detained 1997.

    The Epilogue.

    THE DECADE LONG BRUTAL BLOODY WAR bec am e a p lague over the Lions of the Lion Mounta in(Sier ra Leone), w i th m uch Agony, Trauma, and deep rooted Regre ts , Which c ame up as a resu l tof the Gross Pol i t ica l Mal-Adminis t ra t ion , Greed , Corrupt ion and In jus t ice , w hich w erein ter t w ined and in te r-wo ven, in to an In t r ica te Founta in of Dic ta to rsh ip , The Lack o fRespons ib i l i ty and Transparency to t he Lions of the Lion Mounta ins by i t s Pol i t ic ians , and

    those in t he h igher p laces in the Mi l i t a ry and The Civ i l Serv ices ; running down t o the Masses .

    When the sa id cauldron boi led to i t s h ighes t degree , Lions who thought t ha t they had fe l t andgone through the wors t , in the hands of the pol i t ic ians and demagogues , then took up theguns , grenades , bombs and o ther forms of explos ives , in the fa l se coa ts of Revolu t ionar ies ,Freedom Fighters and Libera t ionis t s , who la te r pushed as ide the ques t of the common goodfor a l l :

    For tha t , they turned the bar re l s of the guns and bul le t s f rom the so ld iers in ac t ive combat s , tothe Lion masses whom they were c la iming to have been f ight ing for, bu t whom they looted ,w hose houses they burn t , wives and daughters raped , and la te r the i r tow ns and v i l lages

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    wiped off , for the possess ion of the i r very hard to accumula te be longings , powers and BloodDiamonds .

    The Corrupt ion and the Mal-Adminis t ra t ion of t he Pol i t ic ians in and out of Powe r, espec ia l lythe a l te rna t ive par t ies of t he A.P.C. Governments w ho sow the seeds of t he Nat iona l Discord ,and the S .L.P.P Governments w ho la te r in 1998, caused the Nat iona l Army to la te r c rack and

    s l i c e i n to t he Jung l e , w i th a g r ea t e r pa r t o f i t t h a t s l i c ed i n to t he bush t o j o ined t h e RU FRebels in an unholy marr iage tha t cos t the people a lo t of l ives , l imbs , proper t ies and

    inf ras t ruc t ure , which s ince the days before Independence , the people have managed to put up .

    Aft e rw a rd s , w e s aw fo re ign Me rc en a ri es and Gu n Ru nn ers beh in d t hem , w ho a ided andabet ted them, by supply ing those Arms, Narcot ic Drugs , Other Mi l i ta ry Equipment and

    Logis t ic s for the Blood Diamonds . Whi le l ions used them to tear the i r own very people , jus t fort h em to a t t a i n r i che s and conso l i da t e power. T h e f ace o f t he wa r t hen t u rned i t ug ly f a c e l i ke

    Janus , the Greeks god of For tunes f rom Revolu t ions t o :

    T h e v i c i o u s A g o n y f o r P o w e r a n d B l o o d Di a m o n d s .

    W R I T T E N A N D I L L U S T R AT E D B Y: S A H R G . M .P. FA N I A 1

    T H E F I R S T E X E C U T I V E D I RE C T O R A M O N G O T H E R FO U N D E R S L I K E I B R A H I M A M Z A K A M A R A , T H E F I RS TD E P U T Y D I R EC T O R , M O H A M E D K A I N D A N E H ( FO R N O W ), T H E F I RS T S EC R E TA RY G E N E R A L A N DO T H E R S , WH O S E N A M E A R E S P EC I F I ED B E L O W, I N T H E L I S T O F T H E F O U N D I N G M E M B E R S O F T H E

    H U M A N R I G H T S R E S PE C T S AWA R E N E S S R A I S I N G C A M PA I G N E R S (H U R R A R C )

    W R I T T E N O U T O F T H E F I N D I N G S OF T H E H U R R A RC M E M B E R S A N D T H E PAT I E N T A N D O B J E C T IV ED O CU M E N TAT I O N S O F T H E G R O S S H U M A N R I G H T S A B U S E S A N D V I O L AT I O N S , O R C R IM E S A G A I N S TH U M A N I T Y C O M M I T T E D B Y A L L T H E FA C T I ON S A N D C O M B ATA N T S , D U R IN G T H E D E C A D E L O N G C I V I LWA R I N S I E R R A L E O N E F RO M M A R C H 2 3 r d 1 9 9 1 , T O J A N U A R Y 1 8 t h 2 0 0 2 .

    D E D IC AT E D T O T H E Y O U T H S , T H E C H I L D RE N A N D T H O S E Y E T U N B O R N , FO R T H E M T O K N O W T H AT T H EG U N S A N D B O M B S A R E N O T T H E S O L U T I O N S T O O U R S O C I O P O L I T I C A L A N D E C O N O M I C P R O B L E M S .

    T H AT T H E O N LY WAY O U T I S:

    THE PSYCHOLOGICA L EMA NCIPA TION OF THE PSYCHE A ND THE MENTA LITIES.

    TITLE: THE TITL E OF THE BOOK IS TO BE:

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    THE VICIOUS A GONY FOR POWER AND BLOOD DIA MONDS .H O W T H E B O O K C A M E A B O U T

    : Af t e r HURRARC m emb ers ha ve dug deep in t o t he c auses , t he c o u rs e and c ons equenc es o f t hedecade long rebe l w ar, a l legedly waged by Foday Saybana Sankoh as most people may t h ink ,but there were the rea l core and r ing leaders who PLANNED AND LAUNCHED t h e w a r w i t hcomrades l ike Al i Kabba , Abu Kanu, Rashid Mansaray (Miss ing in Act ion) and o thers ,suppor ted and d i rec ted by the then S .L.P.P (S ier ra Leone ' s Peoples Par ty) Par ty pol i t ic ians( who had been kep t ou t o f power by THE DICTATORIAL REGIME OF THE A.P.C. FOUNDER; THESECOND PRIME MINISTER AND LATER, FIRST EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT, DR. SIAKA P . STEVENS of theRepublic of Sierra Leone etc), and their Created Revolutionary United Front (RUF)Rebels in the Good name of a Revolution to install Democracy, That is, after the violent overthrow of the Dictative Corruptive regime of THE A.P.C.(All Peoples Congress, which was later handed over to Major General Joseph SaiduMomohs retrogressive, tribalistic and sectionalized regime ) through the guns,bombs, rockets and bayonets.)We saw that Even though the barrels of the gun had succeeded on revolutionizing

    the French in 1879 and the unification of Italy, yet on The Lion Mountains (SierraLeone), it became the contrary. Like the other face of the Greek's goddess offortune, the RUF Rebels retrogressively turned the barrels of their guns from theGovernment soldiers in active combat, to and against the innocent civilians (Lions),whom they came to so- called liberate, and whose lives and standards of Living theyclaimed they wanted to revolutionize from the corruptive, dictative andmegalomaniac unpopular leadership of the A.P.C. Party for complete 2 years.

    In their desperate need to get the Power by all means possible, and later, the questfor the Blood stained Diamonds, they then turned their attentions to the fighting andmining of the Nations rich Diamond resources, sold them to Gun Runners andTerrorists to buy guns, bullets, bombs, drugs and other lethal weapons throughCharles Taylor of Liberia (Leader and Warlord of the National patriotic front of Liberia(NPFL) and Blaise Campaori, (the President of Burkina Faso.).

    Although a huge portion of the military Juntas and members of the army had afterApril 29 th 1992 coup been intermittently sliding off to join the ranks and files of therebels, (like the 500 SOLDIERS FROM TEKOR BARRACKS), and others who enteredthe bush and attacked town and villages in disguise as rebels, (commonly calledSobels).

    T h e y d i d n o t o n l y t u r n t h e t a x - p a y e r s g u n s a g a i n s t t h e m , b u t e v e n u s e d t h e i rc u t l a s s es a n d a x e s t o c h o p o ff t h e i r h a n d s an d f e e t w i t h o u t s y m p a t h y. T h e y jo i n e dt h e R U F t o b u r n , d e s t r o y a n d l o o t t h e i r h e r i t a g e s i n t h e i r u n q u e n c h a b l e t h i r s t f o r

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    p o w e r a n d r ic h e s , t h a n t h e m u c h c l a i m e d r e v o l ut i o n . S o , s i n c e t h e y f a i le d t o c h a n g et h e m s e l v e s b e f o r e w a g i n g t h e s o - c a l l e d r e v o l u t i o n , t h e WA R b e c a m e t h e Vi c i o u s

    Ago ny Fo r Po w er and Blo od Di am onds .

    DEDICATED T O THE PEOPLE OF SIERRA LEONE IN PARTICUL AR,THE YOUTHS, CHILDREN & INFANTS OF AFRICA IN GENERAL

    UNTO T HOSE CHILDREN YET U NBORN.

    IT IS A legacy like A Touch Bearer that lights the way out of the tunnel ofwars, Dictatorship, Poverty, Diseases, Retrogression and the bitter traumasof using the Guns for Political Changes, this could be achieved Peacefullythrough

    HURRARC' S HUMAN RIGHTS AND HISTORIC POLITICAL LITERATURE

    OR: A GOSPEL FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL REVOLUTION

    AS T HE ONLY WA Y LEFT THAT SHOULD BE FOLLOWED B Y A L L , T O EMANCIPATE OUR CONSCIENCE FROM T HE SLAVERY OF OU R SELFISH MEN TA L I T IES IN T HE FIRST PLACE,

    A ND THE MENTAL DOMINION AN D OR SLAVERY FROM THE IMPERIALISTS T HAT HA S KEPT US DISUNITED A ND FIGHTING SINCE WE FREED OURSELVES FROM TH E Y O KE OF

    COLONIALISM.

    THE GOSPEL MOVES US TO THE REAL AND R IGHTFUL T RACK S OF PROGR ESS IVE UNITY , PUR E A ND REA L DEMO CRACY WI TH

    MEANINGFUL DEVELOPMENT ON T HE BACK GROUND OF SELFLESSNESS, AN ANT I-CORRUPTIVE DISPENSATION, WITH PATRIOTISM AND THE TRUE LOVE FOR OUR NAT ION.

    H U R R A R C .

    T H I S B OO K I s h e r eb y d e d i c a t e d t o t h e p e o p l e o f A fr i c a i n Ge n e r a l a n d t h o s e o fS ie r ra Leone (The Lion Mounta ins ) in pa r t i cu la r, ( espec ia l ly to the ch i ld ren , you ths

    a n d t h o s e y e t u n b o r n, (t h e f u t u r e l e a d e rs o f Tom o r r o w ) . F o r t h e m t o u s e i t a s al e g a c y o f a d v i c e a n d v i s i o n s t o k n o w t h a t , t h e b a r r e l s o f g u n s a n d t h e f a t a l b u l l e t sa r e t h e m o s t w r o n g a ve n u e s t o p o w e r a n d r i c h e s . T h e y c a n n o t r e v o l u t i o n is e o r un i f y

    Afr ic a as a w hole , l e t a lone so lve t h e s oc i o-ec o nom ic and po l i t ic a l m a la ise o f Si e r r aL e o n e a n d a n y o t h e r A f r i c a n c o u n t r y.

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    This book t e l l s t hem t h i s because ;

    The pr obl ems ar e not physical but emotional emanat ing fr omthe minds.

    THEREFORE, the bar re l s o f the guns and exp los ives in fac t s des t roy and t raumat i set h e m a s s e s . S in c e t h e w a r s a r e e m o t i o n a l l y s t r e a m i n g f ro m t h e m i n d s an d t h ep s y c h e o f t h e p o l i t i c i a n s a n d c e r t a i n c o r r u p t i v e c i v i l i a n s , t h e g o v e r n m e n t s o l d i e r sa n d w a r l o r ds , e v en t h e rebels, there is therefore the clean truth that all the problemsemanate from the minds and psyche, even the wars.

    S o w e H U RR AR C a r e d r a w i n g u p t h e i r a t t e n t i o n s t o t h e r e a l r e v o lu t i o n , w h i c h i s t h e

    Ps y ch ol o g i ca l r e vo l ut io n of t h e min ds a n d Ps y ch es o f t h e l e a d e r s , t h e Po l i t i ci a n s , t h eCi v il i a n s a n d t h e Mil it a r y t o e Ma n Ci pa t e t h e Co un t r y a n d t h e Co nt in en t f r o M t h e

    s l a v e r y o f t h e a f r ic a n s l a v i sh me nt a l it y .

    Af r ic a i s t oda y unde r t he ra ins o f b u l le t s , t he d e s t ru c t ive ex p l os iv es a nd roc k et sb e c a u s e A f r i c a n s i n g e n e r a l a n d s i e r r a L e on e a n s i n p a r t i c u l a r h a v e n o t y e t d e c i d e dt o c h a n g e t h e s e l f i s h , G r e e d , C r u e l t y, I n s e n s i t i v i t y, H a t r e d a n d t h e t r i b a l i s t i cm e n t a l i t y t h a t k e e p s u s d i s o rg a n i s e d , m a k e s t h e m c o r r u p t a n d C h a o t i c , k e e p i n gt r a c k b e h i n d o t h e r d e v e l o p e d n a t i o n s , i n t h e i r m a d r u s h t o p o s s e s p o w e r s , r i c h e s a n do t h e r m a t e r i a l t h i n g s , l e a v i n g b e h i n d , r i d i n g u p o n a n d m o v i n g t o w a r d s p o v e r t y ,d i seases , dea th and des t ruc t ions ins tea d o f ins t ru c t ions .

    H U RR AR C t h e r e f o r e d e d i c a t e t h i s b o o k t o t h e y o u t h s , c h i l dr e n a n d t h o s e y e t u n b o r nt o k n o w t h a t t h e g u n s a n d b l o o d s h e d w i l l n e v e r b u i l d a n a t i o n , n o r w i l l t h e yrevo lu t ion ize them .

    PREFACE:

    We a r e h e r e b y w r i t i n g t h i s b o o k a s a h i s t o r i c p o l i t i c a l le g a c y o f a d v i c e t o o u rb r o t h e r s a n d s i s t e r s o f S i e r r a L e o n e i n p a r t i c u l a r a n d A f r i c a i n g e n e r a l . I t i s g o o d f o ru s t o m a k e i t i m m a c u l a t e ly c l e a r t o o n e a n d a l l t h a t w e a r e n o t t r y i n g t o l i be l o r p i les e d it i o n s a g a i ns t a n y o n e t h a t w o u l d o r s h o u ld b e u s e d t o c r e a t e a p o l it i c a l a n ds o c i a l e x p l o s io n .

    N o o n e w i l l d o u b t t h e h a r d a n d c l e a r fa c t t h a t w e a r e n o t i n f a v o u r o f v io l e n c e a n dc h a o s , w h i c h h a v e b r o u g ht d o w n t h e g l o r y o f A f r i c a a n d t h e i r h u m a n i t y f r o m g r a c e ,t o t h e g r a s s o f d e s t r u c t i o n s , d e a t h a n d b l o o d s h e d a g a i n s t o n e a n o t h e r .

    I n s t e a d , w e a r e t r y i n g t o d i s p l a y t h e b a d e f f e c t s o f t h e p o l i t i c a l a n d s o c i a l a c t i v i t i e st h a t h a d b e e n r a i n e d d o w n , fo r p e a c e , l o v e a n d u n i t y t o p r e v a i l a s t h e r e c o n c i l i a t i o na n d f o r g iv e n e ss o n t h e l i o n m o u n t a i n h a d b r o u g h t i n a f r a g i l e p e a c e , w h i c h n e e d s t ob e m a i n t a i n e d .

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    I f w e f o r g et t h e s t o r y o f t h a t w h i c h t o o k p l a c e , (a s p e o p l e a re o p t i n g ) t h e n w e w i llb e l i a b l e t o s e e o t h e r m o r e v i c i o u s t r a u m a t i c p o l i t i c a l a n d s o c i a l d i s o r d e r s b e c a u s e ,n o t h i n g r e al ly w o u ld h a v e t o b e k n o w n b y t h e n e x t g e n e r a t io n t h a t ;w h e n t h e y t a k e u p t h e s a m e r o u t e w i t h t h e G U N C U L T U R E , T O W I P E O FF T H E C O R R U P T I V E, D IC TAT I V E R E G I M E S W I T H D E S T R U C T I O N S O F O N E A N D T H E O T H E R F O R P O W ER A N D T H E N AT I O N A L

    R E S O U R C E S T O A B E T T E R C H A N G E , t h i s o r t h a t w o u l d b e t h e r e s u lt o r b i t t e r c o n s e q u e n c e ..We t h e r e f o r e n e e d t o u s e t h e p e n s a s t h e S h e p p a r d s ro d , t o g u i d e t h e c h i l d r e n o ft o m o r r o w f r o m t h e t e r r o r s o f o u r d a y s .

    T h e r e i s a c r y s t a l c l e a r t r u t h t h a t t h e c o n t e m p o r a r y A fr i c a n e l i t e s a n d m i d d l e c l a s sl e a d e r s a n d c a p t a i n s o f A fr i c a h a v e f a i le d u s . N o t o n l y t h e p e o p l e o f t o d a y b u t t h e yh a v e d i s a p p o i n t e d m e n l i k e D a v id D i o p i n h is p o e m T H E V U LT U R E , w h o e x p r e s s e dh o p e s t h a t Ir r e s p e c t i v e o f t h e d e s o l a t e d v i l la g e s o f A f r i c a t o r n a p a r t , h o p e s s t i l ll i v e s in u s l i k e a c i t a d e l b e c a u s e , s p r i n g s w o u l d b e b o r n i n o u r b r i g h t s t e p s .

    W H AT B R I G H T S T E P S ? T H E S T E PS O F O U R G R EAT P O L I T IC A L L U M I N A R I E S L I K E : K WA M EO S A J E F O N K R U M A H , E M P E RO R H A I L E S E L A S S I E S , PAT R I CE A M E R E L U M U M B A , S T EV E B I K O ,

    N E L S O N M A N D E L A , T H O M A S S A N K A R A , I .T. A . WA L L A C E J O H N S O N , J U M U K E N Y AT TA ,A U G H U S T I N O N E T O , M A R CU S G A RV E Y, R OB E RT N E S TA M A R L E Y, N A M D I A Z I K W E , M A S T E RJ O S EP H H I L L S , E M P ER O R M E N E L I K A N D T H E R E S T O F T H E A F R I CA N C H I L D R E N T H AT L A I D

    T H E I R L I V E S F O R T H E U N I T Y A N D T H E E M A N C I PAT I O N O F A F R I C A .

    S A H R G M P FA N I A A N D T H E R E S T O F H U R R A R C M E M B E R S A R E D E T E RM I N E D T OC O M P L I M E N T T H E I R W O R K S T O S H O W T H E A F R IC A N P E O P L E T H AT T H E O N LY WA Y T O

    A C H I E V E T H E I R S U C C E SS I S T H E T O TA L U P L I F T I N G A N D R E S P EC T I N G O F T H EF U N D A M E N TA L A N D U N I V E R S A L D E C L A R AT I O N S O F T H E H U M A N B Y A L L , I R RE S PE C T I V E T O

    R A C E , CO L O U R S , C R E E D , P O S I T I O N A N D O R S O C I A L S TAT U S O F A N Y, B A C K E D B Y T H EP S Y C H O LO G I C A L E M A N C I PAT I O N O F T H E P S Y C H E A N D M E N TA L I T I E S T O B E T T E R C H A N G E S .

    T H I S W I L L L E A D U S T O T H E S H O R E S O F B O T H E C O N OM I C A N D P O L I T I CA L I N D E PE N D E N C EF O R A F R I C A .

    WH Y H AV E WE DECIDED T O WRITE T H I S B O O K ?

    I nd e e d , t h e A f r i c a n e l i t e s s t a r t e d o f f w i t h t h e i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f w h a t w a se x p e c t e d b y t h e p e o p l e o f A f r i c a . T h e y s u c c e s s f u ll y b r e a k d o w n t h e b a c k a n du p r o o t e d t h e e m b e d d e d f i b r e s o f c o l o n ia l i sm f r o m t h e t h r o n e s a n d s o i l o f A f r i c a ,

    b y t h e b e g i n n i n g o f t h e s e c o n d h a l f o f t h e 2 0 t h c e n t u r y . B u t d i s a p p o in t e d l y , t o t h el a s t d e c a d e o f t h e 2 0 t h c e n t u r y, S i e r r a L e o n e , L i b e r i a , A n g o l a , S u d a n , E t h i o p i a ,U g a n d a , C o n g o , R w a n d a , B u r u n d i, Se n e g a l , S o m a l i a n d m a n y o t h e r A f r i c a n s t a t e sh a d b e e n p l u n g e d i n t o w a r a n d r e b e l l io n s ,

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    a f t e r t h e c h i l d r e n o f t h o s e c o u n t r i e s a s c e n d e d t h e p o l i t i c a l t h r o n e s ( a s e d u c a t e de l i t e s ) t o s t e e r t h e d e s t i n y o f t h e i r p e o p l e s , t o t h e s h o r e s o f a p a r a d i s e o n e a r t h ,s o m e s a y s t h a t t h e y w e r e m e t u p w i t h t e m p t a t i o n s , s e l f is h a n d c o r r u p t i v e p r ac t i c e so r s y s t e m s t h a t d i v e r t e d t h e i r a t t e n t i o n s f r o m t h e r e a l ro u t e .

    B u t w e t h e c o n t e m p o r a r y A f ri c a n w r it e r s s t a n d s f ir m l y a g a i n st t h a t a s s e r t io nb e c a u s e , a c c o r d i n g t o b r o t h e r M a r l e y (B o b ) , w h e r e t h e r e i s t h e w i l l , t h e r e i s a l w a y st h e w a y .

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