Children of war...

I can't believe that this is a real situation happening in the war zones, children holding guns and participate actual war.

Sickening: Armed militant children - some no older than eight - watch the execution of a man in the latest shocking video to emerge from the ISIS insurgency in Iraq

Boy jihadis: The footage shows a number of children brandishing automatic weapons as they watch the man being shot in the back of the head just a few feet away

It follows two days of sickening propaganda videos posted by ISIS showing their black-uniformed gunmen humiliating, taunting and then executing captured Iraqi soldiers, some apparently shot as they lay in a shallow grave.
The United Nations said yesterday ISIS fighters have carried out hundreds of summary executions since their offensive began last week, including the apparent massacre of captured Iraqi soldiers.

Sickening: The baying mob celebrate as the man is executed with a gunshot to the back of the head in the latest disturbing video to emerge from Iraq

The fighters in Baquba, many newly armed with weapons captured in Mosul, have been joined by other Sunni factions, including former members of ousted dictator Saddam Hussein's Baath Party and tribal figures, who share widespread anger among Iraq's Sunni minority at perceived oppression by the Shi'ite-led government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

Young jihadi: A child is pictured on an ISIS-supporting Twitter feed wearing a balaclava and holding a sign with a pro-ISIS slogan

An Iraqi young boy holds a weapon from the window of a car as people gather to show their readiness to join Iraqi security forces in the fight against Jihadist militants

Officials confirmed that the Baiji refinery north of Baghdad had shut down and foreign workers evacuated, although they said government troops still held the vast compound. With the refinery shut, Iraq will face problems generating electricity and pumping water to sustain its cities in summer.

Call to arms: Iraqi men flash victory signs as they leave the main recruiting center to join the army in Baghdad after authorities urged them to help battle the ISIS rebels

A Iraqi young boy and tribesmen hold up their weapons in the capital Baghdad today as they prepare for an ISIS attack

Displaced Iraqis queue to register at a camp set up to shelter people fleeing the violence in Aski kalak, 40kms west of the Kurdish autonomous region's capital Arbil

A displaced Iraqi woman walks past tents at a temporary camp set up to shelter Iraqis fleeing violence as militants pushed towards Baghdad

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Children of war: As rebels force boys to watch an execution, gun-toting youngsters join regime troops

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♥ 유엔 "지난해 어린이 4천명 이상 전장에 끌려가"

(유엔본부 AP=연합뉴스) 유엔은 지난해 전세계 각종 무력분쟁에 '소년병' 등으로 끌려간 어린이가 4천명 이상이라고 1일(현지시간) 밝혔다. 

반기문 사무총장 명의로 유엔이 이날 발표한 분쟁지역 아동 실태 연례보고서는 지난해 각종 분쟁상황에서 소년병으로 전장에 동원돼 살해당하거나 상해, 성적 학대 등을 당한 어린이들이 전세계에서 4천명 이상이라고 집계했다.

보고서는 분쟁에 아동을 이용하는 정권이나 급진 무장세력 명단에 최근 수백명의 소녀들을 납치한 나이지리아의 보코하람을 새로 포함했다.

레일라 제루기 유엔 아동·무력분쟁 특사는 "보코하람은 어린이들을 상대로 말로 다 할 수 없는 폭력을 저질렀으며 특히 최근 이들에게 납치된 소녀들의 안위가 우려된다"고 말했다.

보코하람 외에도 최근 '이슬람국가'(IS) 수립을 선언한 이라크 수니파 반군 '이라크·레반트 이슬람국가(ISIL)와 시리아의 알카에다 지부인 '알누스라 전선', 시리아의 극보수 반군 '아흐라르 알샴', 쿠르드족 군사조직인 인민수비대(YPG) 등이 보고서 명단에 추가됐다.

보고서는 이밖에 남수단과 중앙아프리카공화국, 소말리아, 콩고, 아프가니스탄 등에서 어린이들이 여전히 전쟁에 끌려가 이용되고 있다고 적었다.

다만 아프리카의 차드는 정부군이 소년병 징집 방지 노력을 충실히 이행해 소년병 징집국 명단에서 제외됐다고 보고서는 덧붙였다.