Thursday, July 26, 2012

Children Soliders

The 18 year old rebellion of the Lord's Resistance Army against the government, has caused over 1.6 million Ugandans to flee over crowded camps. Many dangerous leaders of this resistance, which include Joseph Kony, have been abducting and capturing thousands of children and brainwashing them to comply with their every demand and wish.
     There are over 250,000 children soldiers which...
-some are as young as 8 years old
-are used to fight the government, or other armed conflict against its people
-are forced to kill their families and break strong bonds with their communities      during their recruitment, making it harder for them to return home.

These children are forced into this horrible lifestyle by the means of abduction, or are volunteered by their parents. They use children because they are physically easy to control, and make up most of Uganda's Population, and are very easy to manipulate and control.

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