Iraqi Insurgency's 'New Generation': ; Videos Seized From Hideouts Show Children in Training
Charleston Gazette › February 07, 2008
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BAGHDAD - Boys in soccer jerseys don black masks and grab weapons. They scramble over mud-brick walls, blast down doors and hold guns to the heads of residents inside.
The U.S. military said videos seized from suspected al-Qaida-in- Iraq hideouts show militants training children who appear as young as 10 to kidnap and kill. It's viewed as a sign that the terrorist network - hungry for recruits - may be using younger Iraqis in propaganda to lure a new crop of fighters.See the full content of this document
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Iraqi Insurgency's 'New Generation': ; Videos Seized From Hideouts Show Children in Training
"Al-Qaida in Iraq wants to poison the next generation of Iraqis," said Rear Adm. Gregory Smith, a U.S. military spokesman. "It is offering children as the new generation of mujahedeen," he added, usin...
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