Arab children between nine and 18 years of age are being trained to fire machine guns at the Bakka refugee camp in Jordan, according to a dispatch to the London Evening News from the camp. The correspondent said that one of the Arab guerrilla fighters who patrol the camp told him the youngsters are recruited into so-called “lion’s cub” centers where they are taught how to fire machine guns, rifles and pistols and are instructed in field craft.
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