It's all the rave

by megan smith

Child soldiers that is. Everyone's doing it--abducting children from their homes, brainwashing them, telling them that if they sing hymns and rub themselves with holy water God will protect them from bullets, and forcing them to kill. I mean, it worked for the LRA right? Oh, wait, I forgot, it didn't work! Then why is Chad's rebel group (UFR)trying it out? Granted, the LRA were able to kill many many people, but in the end, it's not like they gained what they were after. Unicef is currently working to obtain 80 of the children. Unfortunately, it is too late for an unknown amount of children who have already died in a conflict they never wanted.