The Los Angeles Times reports this morning that “child fighters” — some as young as 11 — are now playing “a significant and growing role in kidnappings, killings and roadside bombings” in Iraq.
The U.S. military says it’s a sign that the “surge” is working. Here’s Maj. Gen. Douglas Stone, the U.S. commander of detainee operations in Iraq: “As our operations have increased, al-Qaida [in Iraq] and others have used more minors in the fight against us, and in the process we have detained more and more juveniles.”
