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White House Says Child Soldiers Are Ok, if They Fight Terrorists
By Michelle Chen

The Obama administration just decided to leave countless kids stranded on some of the world's bloodiest battlegrounds. Ref. Source 9

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New Efforts to Recruit Child Soldiers Reported in DRC
Issues of Youth for Parents

"They claimed that they were threatened by soldiers who wanted to recruit them," said Sebbahi. "They were saying that they would have to fight for Bosco."General Bosco Ntaganda is a former rebel leade
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Obama Waives Bush Law Banning Child Soldiers:

The result - thousands of children throughout the Middle East and Africa may be drafted into foreign militaries, with the full blessings of the United States. Ref. Source 2

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Children beheaded in Central African Republic - UNICEF:

"More and more children are being recruited into armed groups, and they are also being directly targeted in atrocious revenge attacks," UNICEF representative in Central Africa Souleymasne Diabate said, calling for such violence to stop immediately. Ref. Source 6

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US Waives Child Soldier Sanctions on Six Nations:

Washington is releasing some USD 26 million to Yemen in military aid and boosting funds to armies in five other nations, waiving sanctions imposed for recruiting child soldiers, a US official said today. Ref. Source 1

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Tears, chants as rebel child soldiers are freed in South Sudan:

More than 2,000 boys are expected to be released in the next few weeks - the largest handover in the short history of the world's youngest nation - and reunited with their families. Ref. Source 9

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Its about time some kind of positive end to the child soldier regime of the Sudan starts BUT what the children have learned will stay with them, that is the real battle ahead.

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Hillary Clinton's State Department Gave South Sudan's Military a Pass for Its Child Soldiers:

Supporting a military that used child soldiers while loudly decrying the use of child soldiers. Ref. Source 5w.