Iraq: Children Taught to Kill by Extremists for $80

MEMRI reports:  ‘Cubs of Al-Qaeda’ In Iraq Arrested
— “A spokesman for the Operations Command, Major-General Qassim ‘Atta, said that Al-Qaeda is currently focusing on recruiting children, single and divorced women, and the uneducated.”
— “The children carried explosive devices for a payment of the equivalent of $80.”
— “In Kirkuk, the commander of the 12th Division announced the arrest of children and young people, including four below the age of 14, who are called the ‘Birds of Paradise’ [tuyoor al-jannah].”