Showing posts with label Children Soldiers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Children Soldiers. Show all posts
5.2.07
The UK sent seventeen year old soldiers to Iraq
15 UK soldiers under 18 years of age were sent to fight in Iraq since 2003, despite the ratification by the UK of the UN protocol on children soldiers, UK defence minsitry admitted yesterday. The admission came as an answer to a question from a Lib Dem in the parliament. The soldiers were 17 years old, among them 4 girls.
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