A shocking number of kids are fighting and dying for ISIS
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The use of child fighters creates a horrifying dilemma for forces battling the militant group.
By Charlotte Alfred
The so-called Islamic State group is recruiting children and sending them to die on the battlefields of Syria and Iraq at an “increasing and unprecedented rate”, according to a new study of the group’s propaganda.
The survey from Georgia State University academics analyzed 89 images of children and youth who the extremist group said had been killed while carrying out militant operations between 1 January 2015 and 31 January 2016.
These children were among some 1,500 young people that the militants have enlisted to fight, said Mia Bloom, one of the study authors. She estimated that there are likely thousands more children who are being indoctrinated by the militants and could serve as potential recruits.
“This study is hinting at the fact that the problems are much greater than we ever imagined,” Bloom said of the report, published Friday by CTC Sentinel, the journal of...
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