http://sierraleonecivilwar.com/

This link will show us a brief summary of what really happened in Sierra Leone, which is where the civil war that Ishamael is writing about. This article will tell why this war  started, and other types of things like others factors that are smaller contributers to te start of the war. This article tells us that Sierra Leone was rebelled against because of the hard times in the government, and the rebels wanted to take the diamonds considered "Blood Diamonds".