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| Hizbullah Recruits Children Barely 10 Years Old |
| 2006-08-31 |
| 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']..." "The children are selected by Hizbullah recruitment [officers] based on one criterion only: They must be willing to become martyrs." "The children are educated from an early age to become martyrs in their youth, like their fathers, and their training is carried out by the Mahdi Scouts youth organization... [This organization], which is affiliated with Hizbullah, teaches the children the basic principles of Shi'ite ideology and of Hizbullah's ideology... The first lesson that the children are taught by Hizbullah is 'The Disappearance of Israel,' and it is always an important part of the [training] program... "The Mahdi Scouts organization was founded in Lebanon on May 5, 1985... According to the organization's website, the number of [scouts] who had undergone training by the end of 2004 was 1,491, and the number of scout groups which had joined [the organization] was 449, with a membership of 41,960. According to the organization's most recent statistics, since 2004, 120 of its members have been ready to become martyrs. According to the article, Na'im Qasim, deputy to Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, said in an interview on Radio Canada: "A nation with child-martyrs will be victorious, no matter what difficulties lie in its path. Israel cannot conquer us or violate our territories, because we have martyr sons who will purge the land of the Zionist filth... This will be done through the blood of the martyrs, until we eventually achieve our goals." |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #9 ed, dont you watch the news? There is no Hizbollah in Lebanon - only 'civilians'. And these scouts are just like the 'cub scouts' I'm sure..... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-08-31 23:32 |
| #8 Yeah! More free young gals for the old buggers! |
| Posted by: Thoth 2006-08-31 23:30 |
| #7 I call this the "Michael Jackson" syndrome. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-08-31 23:11 |
| #6 Yeah, yeah. The Palestinians have been doing this for decades. It makes for better press conferences when children are in the line of fire. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-08-31 23:02 |
| #5 Hizb'allah says there are no civilains in Israel. The same applies to Lebanon. Conquer, expel, annex, fortify. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-08-31 21:45 |
| #4 From a practical military view, when they start using old men and children in the lines, it means they're getting down to their last reserves. I hope so. But from these subhumans, I'll have to see it to believe it. They nurture hate very carefully. This could be looked at simply as good stewardship of a precious resource from their twisted perspective. |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-08-31 21:25 |
| #3 Angie, apparently those that were "martyred" and did not have children yet won't have them. Maybe Hezbos won't send a member on a suicide mission if he doesn't have at least one replacement (kid). |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2006-08-31 21:19 |
| #2 The children are educated from an early age to become martyrs in their youth, like their fathers... Huh. How does that work? |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2006-08-31 20:56 |
| #1 Yeah, the Hitler-Jugend. They fought hard at Berlin, fanatics that indoctrination brings. From a practical military view, when they start using old men and children in the lines, it means they're getting down to their last reserves. |
| Posted by: Anginesing Angeremp2779 2006-08-31 20:51 |