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Al-Qaeda is using children as suicide bombers in Iraq, with at least two attacks in the past week committed by 15-year-olds, a US military commander claimed on Sunday. “We are not sure whether one of these children even knew he was being used to deliver a bomb,” Rear Admiral Gregory Smith told a news conference in Baghdad.

To paraphrase the words of Golda Mier the first female Prime Minister of Israel ”Peace will come to the Middle East when the Arabs love their children more than they hate us”

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posted at 08:05:19 on 01/29/08 - Category: Army

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Abdallah wrote:

15 years old is the old when his think as good.
the amercans army haves killed many child in the world, in Vietnam, Afghan, Irak and other country
The americans army is the bad army in the world, u is killer many people in the world.
Do you think if the lifes will be end? and the judge waiting you in the new lifes???
01/30/08 17:14:08

nick voedisch wrote:

firs of all learn how to talk and secondly i believe they use the children to creat a hesitation in troops because if one sees a child on the front lines they think of their own at first and dont react faster than an adult...they found a weakness we have and thats compation but i believe were doing the right things. to liberate a country that uses their children to fight a unknown war tellng the god wants you to fight and if you dont your denyin god! so who will be judged in the end us or you?....thats the questions we cant answer..we can only do our jobs
02/01/08 00:31:39

Proud Mom of a Soldier wrote:

Abdallah, you make me ill right now. I can tell you first hand, children are used frequently to deliver bombs to our Soldiers. My son had an empty MRE box delivered to his squad with a bomb in it that went off. Guess what! a child delivered that bomb. Our Soldiers are there to help, not to kill innocent children or anyone else for that matter. They are there doing there jobs as best they can. God sees what your country is all about & whether or not our troops will be judged in the end, we can't answer, as nick stated.
02/02/08 06:10:10

Sisters of a Soldier wrote:

Go back to where you came from Abdallah. Are you here in the US enjoying your freedom? Our military personnel are in Iraq doing the job they were sent to do. My brother was in Iraq for 13 long months trying to help rebuild the places destroyed. Children are used everyday to deliver bombs to our troops so they're not to be trusted. God will not punish our men & women for fighting for us. Killing innocent people, I don't think so!!!!You have no understanding what a family goes through everyday not knowing the unknown either. It's a struggle for us to get through the day wondering if my brother was alive. My brother's preparing to leave for another tour soon. If you think you can do better than our US Soldiers,Abdallah, why don't you go fight?
02/02/08 06:19:45

Carol Ann wrote:

I feel for you Abdallah and all the middle east. Unfortunately a chunk of America is extremely ignorant. Putting your comments here is a mistake. You will be met by hate and prejudice from people like "mom and sister of soldier." They do not understand that it is their sons who have destroyed a country THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH AL QAEDA, left a million Iraqis dead in less than 5 years, left 2 million iraqis homeless, and made sure al qaeda came alive in iraq WHEN THEY WERE NEVER THERE BEFORE. However, you cannot reason with them. Facts and evidence are concepts they do not understand. Additionally, they are deeply racist and really do not think of you or the middle easterners as human beings. God is Just and you and all the middle easterners will eventually get your Justice. No empire exists for too long.
02/06/08 19:58:58

Stop lying already wrote:

To the jewish moderator, Golda Meir ACTUALLY said, peace will come as the world will see how good the Israelis will treat its Arab neighbors, when Israel was forcibly created. Well that statement was a total lie, considering the worst human rights atrocities in history are committed by the Israelis on the Palestinians.
02/06/08 20:00:35

Pathetic Site wrote:

Mom of soldier, Abdallah makes you ill? Why because you can't handle the truth. Read the statistics lady! The U.S. army has killed over a million in Vietnam, hundreds of thousands in Afghanistan, and a million in Iraq! Osama didn't even come close to those staggering numbers. Do America a favor and tell your son to stop being a murdering occupier. Maybe that will make you feel better :)
02/06/08 20:03:27

Jay wrote:

"trying to help rebuild the places destroyed." To sister of soldier. Perhaps if your brother hadn't "destroyed" iraq, there wouldn't be a need to spend trillions of MY tax money to go rebuild.
02/06/08 20:05:08

USA now USA forever wrote:

Jay i was in iraq i agree with sister and mom you speak of which you do not know! we use your tax money to fund us(the troops) we use their tax money to rebuild! also since we have been their their economy is booming.to carol ann i'm not reacist! i went and did a job that you seem to feel that is not important to your or your family. i have seen the horrror and i pray that we will not pull out till we finish for if we do then you will see the horrrors and we will be fighting terrorist here in america. it is my job to stand up for the weak and the innocent. which if you know/knew anything about saddam you'd understand that comment!
02/07/08 13:34:40

truth above all wrote:

Jay, how old are you? and did you graduate college? I can tell that you did not. The economy is not good in iraq. their gdp is a fraction of what it was under saddaam. you have destroyed their infrastructure and now a 1/4 have access to necessities like clean water and electricity. saddam may not have been good for the kurds but he built up the economy of that country to second world. that's a big deal!

USA Now you obvously have no remorse for the million iraqi innocents you have helped to kill, rape, torture, made homeless, etc. you have no idea about the state of the country during sadaam. your claims that sadaam was a bad guy is now old and tired. who the hell cares anyone, not anyone educated. There are over 80 dictators in the world who have done a lot worse than Sadaam. But Bush did not care about them, but they are not sitting on the world's second largest oil reserve. You and Bush want large scale Iraqi genocide so that Bush can have control of the oil and you can help deliver the control of the oil to Bush. you are a closed-minded pawn.
02/09/08 16:37:56

Not in America-s Name wrote:

Jay you are smart, I agree. I'm not happy that my hard earned money goes to these idiots to go kill people. Not in America's name
02/09/08 16:38:44

The Real Patriot wrote:

STOP USING MY TAX MONEY TO KILL INNOCENT IRAQIS! BRING MORALITY BACK TO AMERICA!
02/09/08 16:40:14

Sense wrote:

LOL! Yo "USa now usa forever", you do realize that one day the U.S. too will decline. It is the proven cycle of history and no civilization is immune. All we can do is slow down or speed up the process. Unfortunately murdering morons like you help speed up our declination by invading and killing.
02/09/08 16:42:05

Reality wrote:

EVERYONE WILL BE JUDGED BY GOD, INCLUDING THE TROOPS KILLING IN IRAQ RIGHT NOW. NO ONE IS IMMUNE.
02/10/08 15:04:15

OSSA Sutton wrote:

Hey reality. You know you say everyone will be judged by God and no one is immuned and im proud to say that is true. Cuz when my time comes i will proudly stand before God and explain my actions for being in the military. I will gladly tell him that yes i helped to send insurgents and terrorists to mee their maker. When i am done he will know how proud I am of everyone in the military for doing their duty and makin this world a little bit safer for everyone.

I would much rather our tax dollars be used to send us to kill terrorists overseas then to have to pay to rebuild our country after they attack us again.

God bless our troops and may He bless America.
02/16/08 22:31:19

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