Children of War in Iraq: Princes of Future Wars : A Study on the Rights of Iraqi Children

Abstract

The importance of studying the impact of wars on civilians in general and children, especially with the increasing number of victims and the transformation in the nature of wars and armed conflicts, which is now more deadly children, including fighters.
The human and material bleeding caused by decades of successive wars in Iraq will require more decades to recover from its effects and repercussions. The war has left millions of dead, orphans and street children, as well as millions of people with disabilities and mental disorders. In the face of inadequate government policies, armed groups and militias have succeeded in investing in these millions of children into projects of killers, martyrs and militia leaders.
   The exit of Iraq from the cycle of war and violence depends on the removal of childhood from this vicious circle that transform the victims of today to the princes of the wars of tomorrow.