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Hizbullah trains thousands for children's suicide corps

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Hizbullah has a doomsday plan in case the enemy overruns its forces. The Iranian-sponsored militia is training thousands of children to become suicide bombers.

Mahdi Scouts at parade.
Lebanese sources said Hizbullah has recruited more than 2,000 children to serve in its military wing. The youngsters are 10 to 15 years old and have received weapons and bomb training.

The main operation of the so-called Mahdi Scouts is to train Lebanese pre-teenagers to become suicide bombers and infiltrate Israeli or other enemy lines. The youngsters have been largely hidden from the public, although some of them paraded in the annual Iranian-sponsored "Jerusalem Day" celebration in Lebanon.

The sources said the children are recruited at Hizbullah-sponsored schools and youth clubs in southern and eastern Lebanon. Fathers sign a waiver for their children to attend the Mahdi Scout camps and begin indoctrination and training.

"Everybody understands that they could be asked at any time to become suicide bombers," a Lebanese security source said. "They are literally sacrificed by their fathers. Their mothers have no say."

The sources said Hizbullah has used some of the Mahdi Scouts in Beirut as couriers. The scouts were reportedly busy during the Israel air strikes in the Dahlia neighborhood in Beirut, when Hizbullah operatives sought shelter and leaders stayed in underground headquarters.

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