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What is the problem?

Children in countries fighting civil wars, poverty, and for survival are being recruited into armies to join in brutal fighting that only adults should have to endure. They are abducted from their homes and families and tortured into joining government armed forces, paramilitaries, civil militia, and other armed forces.

Works Cited:

(December 3, 2008). Facts About Child Soldiers. Retrieved September 23, 2009 from http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2008/12/03/facts-about-child-soldiers

 Kindberg, J. Child Soldiers. Retrieved September 22, 2009 from http://www.thesituation.co.uk/features/child_soldiers/child_soldiers.html

Children and Human Rights. Retrieved September 22, 2009 from http://www.amnesty.org/en/children

The child soldiers of Sierra Leon. Retrieved September 22, 2009 from http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/global_crime_report/investigation/soliers 1.shtml

Uganda: Former Child Soldiers Excluded in Adulthood. Retrieved September 22, 2009 from http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/feature-stories/uganda-former-child-soldiers-excluded-adulthood-20051014