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Teenagers armed with grenades and suicide vests are the lastest recruits for Sunni insurgents trying to find new ways to outwit heightened security measures and attack Americian and Iraqi forces, the United States military says.The use of boys also serves a propaganda purpose - the soldiers face criticism for harmming children if they fire back. They appeared to be using youths and weapon that are easier to hide like grenades as they face omnipresent checkpoints and convoys aimed at bolsterings sercurity gains that have caused the level of violence to plummet.
Opinion 1:Looks really can be deciving .The military has said in the past it believes Al-Qaeda in iraq and other insurgent groups are recruiting children because of their ability to avoid scrutiny.On May 9, US soldiers killed a 12-year-old boy said by the military to be involed in a grenade atttack in the northern city of Mosul.Residents said that he was a innnocent civilan.But the military said the boy was found with 10,000dinars (about S$13) in his hand, which they suggested he had been paid by insurgents.Nobody could thought that a innocent looking child does this.
Opinion 2:The US military released videos last year seized from suspected Al-Qaeda in Iraq hideouts that showed militants training children who appeared as young as 10 to kidnap and kill. Children have also been used as decoys.Using and teaching children to kidnap and kill is very cruel.Once they grew up they may turn for the worse, bombs.Using bombs, lots of people will be killed.