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Gadaffi is proving his strongman bona fides, as he doesn't just go down when the allies blow in his ear. Under the headline, "Fuelled 'by Viagra', Gaddafi's troops use rape as a weapon of war with children as young as EIGHT among the victims", we get this news:
Children as young as eight are being raped in front of their families by Gaddafi's forces in Libya, according to a leading charity.So, that's going well. The Middle East, home of the holy lands.
Aid workers described horrific stories of widespread sexual abuse, including one incident in which a group of girls was abducted and held hostage for four days.
When they were finally released, they were too traumatised to speak.
Other children have described being forced to watch as their fathers were murdered and their mothers raped.
