Gen. Shmuel Gonen, who commanded Israeli forces in Sinai when the Yom Kippur War broke out and was later forced to retire from the army, is seeking new fields to conquer–diamond fields. He heads an international group that won a diamond mining concession in the Central African Republic.
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