South Africa

England enslaved the country, using the gold and diamonds to buy
U.S. weapons during W.W. I. This helped suck the U.S. into the war.

America supported the racist, apartheid govt.
for yrs. in return for S. Africa's resources.

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A group of miners suspected of involvement in illegal gold mining are held
in Johannesburg, South Africa in this police handout picture 11/15/06.
In a dangerous cat and mouse game, South African police are battling armed
gangs of gold pirates through dark mine shafts deep underground to stop an
illicit gold trade worth more than $700 million a year.
NO SALES NO ARCHIVES REUTERS/SAPS/South African Police
Can ya' believe that the Reuters/Yahoo blurb above
didn't say how long they can be jailed for it?

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