Thursday October 18, 2018

I've Been Thinking:
Iran trains 12 year old soldiers to go to fight in Syria.

The US Treasury Department is now imposing sanctions on the network that sponsors this activity.

The Bonyad Taavon Basij network is the organization that supports the Basij Resistance Force, a paramilitary force that works for Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the Treasury said in a statement.

This vast network provides financial infrastructure to the Basij's efforts to recruit, train, and indoctrinate child soldiers who are coerced into combat under the IRGC's direction," said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

A Treasury Department statement said: "Normal governments don't have revolutionary arms that support revolution and wreak havoc with their neighbors. They don't recruit indoctrinate and use child soldiers."

This is a significant step. It is trying to protect children and at the same time stating the importance of human life.

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