A number of private British defence companies may have recruited former child soldiers from Africa to work in American army bases in Iraq.
That's according to a recently released Danish documentary.
It's believed there are more than 200,000 child soldiers around the world. With 40% of them allegedly girls, many of whom are used as sex slaves.
It's also thought these children are sometimes forced to kill of maim family members.
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