That the situation in Iraq is changing from bad to worse after the US invasion has been proved once again in a recent United Nations report that said that the militia in Iraq are recruiting children for suicidal attacks. The Al-Qaeda is training children to use guns and carry out kidnapping and other terrorist activities. This trend is growing since 2004. The prevalence of large-scale poverty has increased the number of school dropouts in Iraq. Currently only 50 percent of Iraqi children are attending primary schools down from 80 percent in 2005. They do not have access to clean drinking water and adequate healthcare facilities. The impoverished country where resentment against the US and its allies are high has become the fertile spot for creating young jihadis.
The recruitment of children as suicide bombers and terrorists is meant to send the children to heaven according to the Al-Qaeda philosophy. The young militants are taught that children receive special consideration in death. They are not held accountable for any sins committed by them until puberty and if they are killed in a jihad, they will go to heaven. In heaven they would instantly grow up, become young adults, and enjoy access to virgins and other heavenly benefits meant for martyrs. However, the Islamic law says that it is unlawful to kill children, women, the old and the infirm. For the Islamic militia the laws of the prophet do not matter and they have no inhibition in falsifying the Islamic laws to serve their deadly purpose.
Source:BBC
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From where are these children recruited? Where do these children train? Pray tell. This is what is ridiculous with grand PR campaigns. They launch a War on Terror that really targets Islam and Muslims. They cook up hundreds of stories about so-called Muslim extremists propagating terrorism in this world. They have plastered for our viewing a grand spectacle known as 9/11. But they haven’t caught anyone that is directly connected to Al Qaeda. They make it appear as if Al Qaeda is a huge force that can wipe the non-Muslim world. If Al Qaeda were true, wow, we in the non-Muslim world would have been wiped out by now. It’s been 7 years since 9/11. What’s funny is that the term Al Qaeda didn’t even materialize before 9/11. Osama bin Laden didn’t even know that his group is called Al Qaeda.
But this story about kids being recruited to be suicidal bombers just takes the cake! That is a very art directed picture, too, I must say.
C’mon, PR folks, the seams are starting to show.
I dunno Grace, though this pic may not be reliable, children have been recruited in the Muslim world and elsewhere (like Africa)... I believe it is the worst form of abuse, a child made to kill.
The Non Muslim world is just as bad as the Muslim world. There is no point in siding with anyone.