Why U.S. must do more to combat use of child soldiers

by Jesse Eaves
CNN
June 26, 2013

http://www.childrensrightsinstitute.org/269/why-us-must-do-more-to-combat-use-of-child

(CNN) -- "Raed, a 10-year-old Syrian refugee, is scared. The lightning and storms outside remind him of the sounds of bombs he heard when he was back in Syria." -- World Vision report

Raed's school was bombed right after he and his friends had left for the day. Soon his house was also destroyed.

Raed's father, Ahmed, hoped that life in Syria would improve, but it didn't. He told World Vision in a recent report, "Every minute in Syria posed a threat to the lives of my family. Massacres happened in front of our eyes. I had to get them out of there."