On AlterNet: child soldiers

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Obama Backs Military Aid to Countries that Use Child Soldiers

Jim Lobe, IPS News. October 6, 2011.

For the second year in a row, U.S. President Barack Obama has waived a Congressionally-mandated ban on military aid for four countries that use child soldiers.

The Obama Administration Will Put a Child Soldier On Trial at Gitmo This Summer

Willam Fisher, IPS News. June 2, 2010.

Omar Khadr, who has spent his entire adult life at Guantanamo, was threatened with rape by U.S. interrogators upon his capture more than seven years ago.

Obama's Tragic Guantanamo Legacy: Prosecuting a Child Soldier and Victim of U.S. Torture

Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog. May 4, 2010.

For years, a rigged judicial system has failed to prosecute Omar Khadr, just 15 when he was captured by the U.S. Why does Obama continue this miscarriage of justice?

Girl Soldiers -- The Cost of Survival in Northern Uganda

Mindy Kay Bricker, Women News Network. February 12, 2009.

One young women shares her story of being abducted by a rebel group that trained children to torture, kill and steal.

At 22, Omar Khadr Has Spent a Third of His Life in Guantanamo

Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog. September 20, 2008.

Yesterday was the birthday of Guantanamo's child soldier and sole Canadian citizen, Omar Khadr, who has been held in isolation since he was 15.