1.   They shed new light on a clandestine global network of weapons and diamond smugglers and their African allies.

2.   And there was no evidence to support allegations by a Zairean epidemiologist who reportedly said an Angolan diamond smuggler had carried the disease to Kikwit, according to Wilson.

3.   How a diamond smuggler could collect a regiment of black-suited marksmen is not explained.

4.   Kangala, the diamond smuggler, gets his goods in Mavinga or other towns across the river in Cuando Cubango province, a UNITA stronghold.

5.   Russia has long fought diamond smugglers.

6.   Suspected diamond smuggler denies deals with al-Qaida.