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March 8, 2004 Murder/ Islamic Children

March 8, 2004 Islamic Murder, Mayhem, and Mutilation

Murder/ Islamic Children

PALESTINE TERRORISTS ARE CO-OPTING CHILDREN TO AID IN TERROR AND TO SERVE AS HUMAN SHIELDS FOR GUNMEN

In a phenomenon widely practiced since the beginning of the Palestinian uprising and before, terrorists have continually exploited children.  The recent arrest of three boys, ages 12, 13, and 15 who said they planned to use homemade guns to shoot Israelis in the northern city of Afula spotlights a rising trend – the co-opting of children into Palestinian terrorism.

As part of the campaign by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to incite children toward violence and to educate and instill hatred, the PA has intentionally mobilized children to man the front lines in its struggle against Israel.  In addition to directly engaging children in carrying out terrorist plots, Palestinian terrorists are frequently using children as human shields in order to protect Palestinian gunmen as shown in a dramatic Reuters photograph taken last month.

“The situation is spinning out of control,” Former U.S. Ambassador to Morocco Marc Ginsberg told NER.  “Parental control has given way to parental approval – some of it is financially driven, part of it’s is the kids want to do it, and there is peer pressure.”

Palestinian terrorists view children as the easiest of recruits – they are influenced, indoctrinated and forcibly persuaded to assist in suicide bombings and other terrorist plots.  In a 2001 survey of one thousand youngsters between the ages of 9 and 16 by the Islamic University in Gaza, 45 percent said they had taken an active role in violence and 73 percent said they wanted to become martyrs.

Even more shockingly, Israeli intelligence has indicated the presence of 7 and 8-year-old children dispatched by terrorists on scouting missions for suicide attacks.  Israeli source have also uncovered information that points to senior Palestinian operatives placing explosive laboratories close to Palestinian schools near unsuspecting children in order to conceal terrorist activities.

“It’s a culture of terror that has infiltrated the psyche of young Palestinians that wasn’t there before,” ways Former Amb. Ginsberg.  “It used to be that they played a cat-and-mouse game throwing rocks at Israeli tanks.  It’s now become a situation of active participation [in terror] and reward [for it].”

Source:  Near East Report, Volume XLVIII, #5

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