Hard hit by bombings, IS is turning to child soldiers: US

Hard hit by bombings, IS is turning to child soldiers: US Washington (AFP) Dec 4, 2015 - The Islamic State group is increasingly filling its ranks with child soldiers to replace thousands of its fighters killed in US-led coalition air strikes, a US military spokesman said Friday. Colonel Pat Ryder of the US military's Central Command said that the number of boy soldiers - some as young as 10 - had been growing steadily, and that some are even being used to put prisoners to dea ... more

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