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Sierra Leonean Civil War

By: Brittany Leon

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Genocide

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Genocide is an extreme and brutalway of settling differences

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Mutilation.Image used under a cc license from:http://www.flickr.com/photos/shanesflyingdiscshow/2378279752/

Death of 1/3 of Sierra Leone’s PopulationImage used under a cc license from http://www.flickr.com/photos/logosinberlin/422251334/

Boy Soldiers

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Addiction

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Brain washed TO KILL

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I realized their Pain…

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They need HELP.

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Deedes, W.F. “War children learn to live in peace; Education is helping Sierra Leone to heal scars of a brutal conflict, reports W. F. Deedes in Freetown.” The Daily Telegraph 18 Jan. 2003: n. pag. Global Issues in Context. Web. 14 Oct. 2009. <http://find.galegroup.com// infomark.do?contentSet=IAC-Documents&docType=IAC&type=retrieve&tabID=T004&prodId=GIC&docId=CJ96590070&userGroupName=cant48040&version=1.0&source=gale>. War children catch up on education and are very behind.

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Whitelaw, Kevin. “When kids go to war.” U.S. News & World Report 8 Jan. 2001: n. pag. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Web. 20 Oct. 2009. <http://find.galegroup.com//.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T003&prodId=OVRC&docId=A68707717&source=gale&srcprod=OVRC&userGroupName=cant48040&version=1.0>. When children go to war and are forced to do cruel things an can now be convicted for them.

“Will there be justice?(arrest of Sierra Leone’s rebel leader Foday Sankoh.” U.S. News & World Report 29 May 2000: n. pag. Opposing

Viewpoints Resource Center. Web. 20 Oct. 2009. <http://find.galegroup.com// infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T003&prodId=OVRC&docId=A62277361&source=gale&srcprod=OVRC&userGroupName=cant48040&ve

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