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Children Carry Guns for a U.S. Ally, Somalia - NYTimes

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But Awil is different in two notable ways: he is shouldering a fully automatic, fully loaded Kalashnikov assault rifle;
and he is working for a military that is substantially armed and financed by the United States.

 

"You!" he shouts at a driver trying to sneak past his checkpoint, his cherubic face turning violently angry.

 

"You know what I'm doing here!" He shakes his gun menacingly. "Stop your car!"

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Somalia: U.S. Urged to Cut Lifeline to Struggling TFG

By Kevin J. Kelly

June 29, 2010

 

Influential figures in the US Congress who have supported the TFG are meanwhile expressing dismay over reports that it has recruited thousands of child soldiers.

 

The lawmakers note that the United States may in effect be supporting this practice through the assistance it has provided to the TFG's military units.

 

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