Referring to Al-Qaeda's use of children, Abd Al-Karim Al-Kanani, director of the special operations office of Iraq's Foreign Ministry, said that terror groups in Iraq had used adolescent boys and mentally handicapped children in extensive suicide operations as early as 2005.
He said that most of the children used for suicide operations had been kidnapped from their families by armed groups, and were used as scapegoats in these operations.
Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, March 29, 200











