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Children recruited for violent street fights
27:35 - 35:16 (07:41)
The leader of a militia group is recruiting children as young as nine to participate in violent street fights with guns, which is considered a war crime. Although some of the claims made by the leader may not be true, the recruitment of young children for such activities is concerning.
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Papai Taylor leads a child army, made up mostly of orphans, into nude street fights with guns in which they are winning.
27:35 - 30:18 (02:42)
Summary
Papai Taylor leads a child army, made up mostly of orphans, into nude street fights with guns in which they are winning. The kids, mostly aged nine to 10, swear allegiance to Papai and call him "papai," which means "papa" in his native language.
ChapterChildren recruited for violent street fights
EpisodePart Two: General Butt-Naked and the Liberian Civil War
PodcastBehind the Bastards
General Butt Naked was a brutal military leader who believed he was invulnerable due to his nakedness and enjoyed mashing cocaine into the food of his child soldiers.
30:18 - 31:06 (00:47)
Summary
General Butt Naked was a brutal military leader who believed he was invulnerable due to his nakedness and enjoyed mashing cocaine into the food of his child soldiers. He had a reputation for committing heinous acts like cannibalism, sacrificing babies, and slitting open pregnant women's bellies for bets.
ChapterChildren recruited for violent street fights
EpisodePart Two: General Butt-Naked and the Liberian Civil War
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Liberian rebel leader, who later testified at the truth and reconciliation commission, was accused of committing war crimes such as shooting off civilians' legs and hacking them to pieces, as well as radicalizing child soldiers to fight for him.
31:06 - 32:36 (01:29)
Summary
Liberian rebel leader, who later testified at the truth and reconciliation commission, was accused of committing war crimes such as shooting off civilians' legs and hacking them to pieces, as well as radicalizing child soldiers to fight for him.
ChapterChildren recruited for violent street fights
EpisodePart Two: General Butt-Naked and the Liberian Civil War
PodcastBehind the Bastards
A man claimed to teach kids about real war by showing them multiple movies where the same actors played extras and bad guys, getting killed.
32:36 - 35:16 (02:40)
Summary
A man claimed to teach kids about real war by showing them multiple movies where the same actors played extras and bad guys, getting killed. He explained that real war worked the same way and used this method to recruit young soldiers, which is now criticized for being false and manipulative.