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Politics : Stop the War!

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To: zonder who wrote (4442)3/29/2003 8:00:18 AM
From: E. T.  Read Replies (2) of 21614
 
"We want to say that Saddam Hussein's rule is totally wrong. What kind of regime takes small kids and puts them in the army? God doesn't accept this — taking people by force and giving them guns and forcing them to fight. It's all because of Saddam Hussein. We don't want him."

They were still under the impression that we were soldiers. When we explained that we were journalists, they were stunned. Finally they gave us their home telephone number in Diyala and asked us to telephone their parents to tell them that their sons are alive. Then they changed their mind and asked us not to call. Their father had asked them to fight bravely. They didn't want to disappoint him.

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Children forced to fight reported in the west, is it propaganda? Absent from Arab media reporting, propaganda by ommission?
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