Saddam's Child Army

Hammer755 · 04-04-2003, 06:47 PM

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American troops threatened by chemical weapons and suicide bombings face another danger when they reach Baghdad - Saddam Hussein's army of children.

Well-trained, ferocious and 8,000-strong, the Ashbal Saddam - Saddam's Lion Cubs - are waiting in the capital for U.S. forces to arrive, said Peter Singer, a fellow with Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank.

The Cubs are a junior Fedayeen Saddam - the militia directed by the Iraqi dictator's oldest son, Uday - whose fake surrenders and ruthless tactics in southern Iraq surprised U.S. war planners.

"Whatever the Fedayeen has been willing to do, you can extrapolate that these children will do the same," said Singer, author of the forthcoming book "Caution: Children at War."

After the 1991 Persian Gulf War, Saddam's security police began forcing boys as young as 6 from their families and into intensive boot camps. There, they are beaten, forced to kill animals and indoctrinated with Baath Party propaganda.

They emerge about age 10 schooled in the use of small arms and basic infantry tactics, clad in black trousers and shirts bearing the inscription "Ashbal Saddam," said the Paris-based International Federation of Human Rights.

tucker342 · 04-04-2003, 08:03 PM

that's messed up....

Easy Mac · 04-04-2003, 09:34 PM

didn't they use children in the Two Towers? not condoning it or anything, but maybe saddam is setting up for the movie.

heybrad · 04-04-2003, 09:45 PM

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Originally posted by Easy Mac
didn't they use children in the Two Towers? not condoning it or anything, but maybe saddam is setting up for the movie.

Maybe you didnt notice, but the Two Towers was fake.

dacman · 04-04-2003, 09:57 PM

Gee...that doesn't sound anything like another dictator type of long ago or anything.

CamEdwards · 04-04-2003, 10:16 PM

I don't know if this means we're fighting fire with fire, but my son's Cub Scouts pack just got activated.

tucker342 · 04-04-2003, 10:19 PM

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Originally posted by heybrad
Maybe you didnt notice, but the Two Towers was fake.

WHAT!?!?!?!? You mean Middle Earth isn't real? ohhhhhhh........

mrskippy · 04-04-2003, 11:04 PM

Actually Saddam is said to get lots of ideas from American movies. He got the urban warfare idea from Black Hawk Down.

rexalllsc · 04-05-2003, 12:27 AM

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Originally posted by mrskippy
Actually Saddam is said to get lots of ideas from American movies. He got the urban warfare idea from Black Hawk Down.

I heard Stalin. Stalingrad...and so on...

JPhillips · 04-05-2003, 09:41 AM

CamEdwards: I bet he's really looking forward to his "Liberating the Iraqi People from a Modern Hitler/Stalin" merit badge!

JeeberD · 04-05-2003, 12:33 PM

Looks like the new Hitler Youth...

04-04-2003, 09:57 PM	#5
dacman College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: speak to the trout	Gee...that doesn't sound anything like another dictator type of long ago or anything. __________________ No signatures allowed.

04-04-2003, 10:16 PM	#6
CamEdwards Stadium Announcer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burke, VA	I don't know if this means we're fighting fire with fire, but my son's Cub Scouts pack just got activated. __________________ I don't want the world. I just want your half.

04-05-2003, 09:41 AM	#10
JPhillips Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Newburgh, NY	CamEdwards: I bet he's really looking forward to his "Liberating the Iraqi People from a Modern Hitler/Stalin" merit badge! __________________ To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.. - Mr. Rogers

04-05-2003, 12:33 PM	#11
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	Looks like the new Hitler Youth... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

04-04-2003, 08:03 PM	#2
tucker342 Pro Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Iowa City, IA	that's messed up....

04-04-2003, 09:34 PM	#3
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	didn't they use children in the Two Towers? not condoning it or anything, but maybe saddam is setting up for the movie.

04-04-2003, 11:04 PM	#8
mrskippy Banned Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: California	Actually Saddam is said to get lots of ideas from American movies. He got the urban warfare idea from Black Hawk Down.

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