When the Shiites Rise

[marct]

This is Nothing New!

http://www3.youtube.com/watch?v=rL4O...elated&search=

Thanks for posting this link.

I certainly knew that there have been other incidents involving children in the past. The point I was trying to make was that the particular article SWJED posted appeared to show a clear link between the Shia militias and the organization of the children as bait/shield.

The kids' actions in the video can could be written off as "boys will be boys" and easily justified within both Islamic and International discourses as a natural reaction to being occupied (as that idiot Sameerah did). However, using children overtly as bait for snipers cannot be written off that way - the two are separate from the viewpoint of agit-prop.

The overt and blatant use of children as bait/shield, where it can be proven, is an excellent opportunity to create a situation where the jihadists are symbolically defined as being outside of Islamic law. Since Islam isn't going to disappear, it is imperative that the extremists be separated from the mainstream and condemned within Islam.

Marc