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This project is about the Sierra Leonean War. It talks about Genocide and Boy soldiers.

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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/

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

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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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Work Cited.Bahney, Anna. “Escapee From a Nightmare That Loved Ones May Still Endure.(Metropolitan Desk).” The

New York Times 1 Dec. 2003: B4. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Web. 21 Oct. 2009. <http://find.galegroup.com// infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-

Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T004&prodId=OVRC&docId=A112951983&source=gale&srcprod=OVRC&userGroupName=cant48040&version=1.0>. 27 year old talks about how his family was killed.

Beah, Ishmael. A Long Way Gone. New York: Sarah Crichton, 2007. Print.

Combe, Belinda. “Pop Culture Finds Lost Boys.(Arts)(Biography).” Global Issues in Context. Gale, 12 Feb. 2007. Web. 16 Oct. 2009. <http://find.galegroup.com//.do?

contentSet=GREF&docType=IAC&type=retrieve&tabID=T006&prodId=GIC&docId=A158686455&userGroupName=cant48040&version=1.0&searchType=BasicSearchForm&source=gale>.

Describes how inspirational our group book is. Is an overview of our book and the author.

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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“Fury and Fear: As Sierra Leone slides toward civil war and other conflicts erupt in Africa, the West wonders how to keep peace in a war zone.(INTERNATIONAL).” NewsWeek 22 May 2000: 36. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Web. 21 Oct2009. <http://find.galegroup.com//.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T003&prodId=OVRC&docId=A62121152&source=gale&srcprod=OVRC&userGroupName=cant48040&versio n=1.0>. Clinton’s and Un’s failure to prevent these horrors in Africa.Keane, Fergal. “Yet again, we choose to ignore butchery in Africa; `I remember visiting a hospital in Sierra Leone and being sick at the sight of the wounds.’” The Independent 6 May 2000: 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=CJ66326340&userGroupName=cant48040&version=1.0&source=gale>. The butchery of civilians by Rebel forces.“Leader of Sierrra Leone’s Rebels is captured Foday is Paraded through the Capitol, then turned over to authorities.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer 18 May 2000: 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=CJ63390021&userGroupName=cant48040&version=1.0&source=gale>. The capture of the Rebel leader and the parade of him through town.Masland, Tom. “Voices of the Children: ‘We beat and killed people...’: Leaders gather at the U.N. this week to discuss the world’s kids, including child soldiers. NEWSWEEK went to Sierra Leone to talk in depth with four real experts.” Newsweek 13 May 2002: n. pag. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Web. 23 Oct. 2009. < http://find.galegroup.com//.do?contentSet=IAC-Documents&docType=IAC&type=retrieve&tabID=T003&prodId=OVRC&docId=A85590491&userGroupName=cant48040&version=1.0&source=gale>. The sad stories of four boys and their time at war.

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Reno, William. “When peace is worse than war; in Sierra Leone, a classic case of do-goodism gone bad.” The New York Times 11 May 2000: n. pag. Global Issues in Context. Web. 14 Oct. 2009. <http://find.galegroup.com// infomark.do?contentSet=IAC-Documents&docType=IAC&type=retrieve&tabID=T006&prodId=GIC&docId=A62065639&userGroupName=cant48040&version=1.0&source=gale>. The peace accord that was signed that eventually failed.

“Sierra Leone: court convicts 2 more of war crimes in civil war.(Foreign Desk)(WORLD BRIEFING AFRICA).” The New York Times 3 Aug. 2007: n. pag. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Web. 20 Oct. 2009. <http://find.galegroup.com// infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T004&prodId=OVRC&docId=A167145089&source=gale&srcprod=OVRC&userGroupName=cant48040&version=1.0>. Conviction of two more rebels who committed war crimes.

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

rsion=1.0>. The arrest of Sierra Leone’s leader.

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