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Junior
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 Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 2:02 am Post subject: Islamists forcing Somali kids to fight |
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Children in drought-struck Somalia are suffering from a range of war crimes including systematic recruitment by Islamist insurgents, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.
Most children taken to fight appear to be aged between 12 and 18 years old, but refugees told Amnesty that children as young as eight have been recruited.
While boys are mainly recruited to fight, girls are taken to be cooks, cleaners or to carry weapons for the fighters, Amnesty added.
Some girls are forced into marriage with gunmen, the report added, which is based on testimonies from over 200 Somali refugees.
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=47260 |
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Junior
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| Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 5:24 am Post subject: |
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Israeli soldier gives Palestinian nasty look: 200 replies.
Muslims beat up and force 100's of children into marriage and armed conflict: 0 replies. |
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northway
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| Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:26 am Post subject: |
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| Junior wrote: |
| Muslims beat up and force 100's of children into marriage and armed conflict: 0 replies. |
Because the fact that they're Islamists is fairly irrelevant, considering how common this is in Africa's war-torn regions. |
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Junior
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| Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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| northway wrote: |
| Because the fact that they're Islamists is fairly irrelevant, considering how common this is in Africa's war-torn regions. |
...and the middle east eg Palestine , Afghanistan.
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| In Afghanistan, child soldiers have been a prominent fixture of war since the early days of the anti-Soviet resistance, and thousands of children fought for rival militias in Afghanistan's civil war |
http://news.change.org/stories/compassion-for-the-talibans-child-soldiers
Although child suicide bombers appear to be a uniquely islamist phenomenon. |
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northway
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| Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Junior wrote: |
| northway wrote: |
| Because the fact that they're Islamists is fairly irrelevant, considering how common this is in Africa's war-torn regions. |
...and the middle east eg Palestine , Afghanistan.
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| In Afghanistan, child soldiers have been a prominent fixture of war since the early days of the anti-Soviet resistance, and thousands of children fought for rival militias in Afghanistan's civil war |
http://news.change.org/stories/compassion-for-the-talibans-child-soldiers
Although child suicide bombers appear to be a uniquely islamist phenomenon. |
The latter may be true, but if you want to get outside of Africa, the Tamil Tigers, Khmer Rouge, CCP, KMT, and countless other groups have used child soldiers. Pointing to the use of child soldiers as a uniquely Islamic phenomenon is disingenuous, to say the least. |
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