Mosul’s Children Lured to Islamic State to Swell Ranks
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Thirteen-year-old Abdullah came home in Mosul one day with a big smile because he had a new job. He told his parents that he was now a fighter for Islamic State in Iraq and the group had given him a gun.
“We laughed at first, and told him he was just a child,” his uncle, who asked to be identified as Abu Rawan, said by phone from Mosul. “Then we realized he was serious.”