Child Soldier.

More than 300000 children - some as young as 7-- are fighting as soldiers in 41 countries around

the world.Most are between the ages of 15 and 18. Besides being used as front line soldier,childern

are use to detect land mines and also as spies and sex slave.Drug are often given to make them

fearless and those who refuse drug are killed,said one sierra leone 14yrs rebel soldier.Regarding

his fighting in 1999 when he was 15,a north african youth report ,they put all the 15 and 16yrs old

in the front line while the army retreated.I was fighting for 24 hours. when i saw only hree of my friends were alive, iran back.