Groomed for suicide: how Taliban recruits children for mass murder

[alp227]

A tactic pioneered by al-Qaida but almost unheard of in Afghanistan until 2005, suicide bombing is becoming more popular with insurgents attempting to meet the massively intensified Nato campaign with their own surge of violence.

In one recent case a 12-year-old boy in Barmal district in Pakitika province, which borders Pakistan, killed four civilians and wounded many more when he detonated a vest full of explosives in a bazaar.

"They are relying more and more on children," said Nader Nadery, from the country's Independent Human Rights Commission, who thought the Taliban were struggling to recruit enough adults. "When somebody runs out of one tool they go to use the second one."

Mohammad, who talked to the Guardian on Tuesday at a children's prison in Kabul, is awaiting trial after surrendering to the Americans rather than going through with the attack.

[Taverner]

1. Ahhhh religion

I think if these kids were taught physics instead of memorizing the Koran in those madrasas, we could see a lot less of this

[Drale]

2. Of course we would

We would also see a much better America, if we removed religion from our schools as well.

[CJvR]

5. If you tried doing that...

...the MIB (Men In Beards) would kill you.

[Taverner]

6. Of course. I've heard that at some madrasas they teach flat-Earthism

I thought that one was long since put to rest, but no

[jmowreader]

12. Be careful of what you wish for...

Physics classes can teach you to make more effective bomb attacks.

[Taverner]

13. This is true...

nt

[gratuitous]

3. Thank goodness the U.S. doesn't do this!

Ooh, another commercial for the Marines! Don't they look handsome in their dress uniforms!

[Hannah Bell]

4. more anti-muslim porn-prop

[Taverner]

7. All religions are harmful

Opiate of the masses? Try gas huffing of the masses

[demosincebirth]

8. So are drugs.

[Taverner]

11. But when's the last time you gave a joint to a 3 year old?

Put a bible in his hand, and tell him or her all about damnation and hellfire, and you're a GOOD CHRISTIAN

[Nye Bevan]

9. Yeah. The Guardian is such a sleazy right-wing rag. (nt)

[no_hypocrisy]

10. The Children's Crusade 2011

The "original" Children's Crusades
http://www.historyguide.org/ancient/children.html