February 13, 2010

The Use of Child Soldiers Worldwide

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Feb 13, 2010 6:37:00 PM | Colombia Child Soldiers

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dwight de armas

Last week, Foreign Policy's Josh Rogin broke the story that the Obama White House had decided to quietly waive sanctions against four countries—Chad, Yemen, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)—that use child soldiers.
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2010/11/obama-child-soldier-samantha-power-congo-sudan-yemen

Corporate welfare to arms merchants must not be blocked in corporate "hard times"!
I hope Obama explained this to Sasha and Malia.

Posted by: dwight de armas | November 02, 2010 at 02:14 AM

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