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To: Ichy Smith who wrote (399)	9/1/2006 12:53:42 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20106

memri.org Special Dispatch Series - No. 1276 September 1, 2006 No.1276 "Egyptian Weekly on Hizbullah's Armed Children's Militias" ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In its August 18, 2006 edition, the Egyptian weekly Roz Al-Yusuf featured an investigative article by Mirfat Al-Hakim titled "Hizbullah's Children's Militias." The article reveals that Hizbullah has recruited over 2,000 children aged 10-15 to serve in armed militias, and that the Hizbullah-affiliated Mahdi Scouts youth organization is training them to become martyrs. [1] The following are excerpts from the article: Hizbullah Recruits Children Barely 10 Years Old According to Roz Al-Yusuf, "Hizbullah has recruited over 2,000 innocent children aged 10-15 to form armed militias. Before the recent war with Israel, these children appeared only in the annual Jerusalem Day celebrations, and were referred to as the 'December 14 Units,' but today they are called istishhadiyun ['martyrs']..." "Hizbullah has customarily recruited youths and children and trained them to fight from a very early age. These are children barely 10 years old, who wear camouflage uniforms, cover their faces with black [camouflage] paint, swear to wage jihad, and join the Mahdi Scouts [youth organization]... "The children are selected by Hizbullah recruitment [officers] based on one criterion only: They must be willing to become martyrs." The Children Train to Become Martyrs"