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December 17, 2012

Remember All the Children, Mr. President

By Bill Quigley

All the children who are killed are tragedies. ALL the children.

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Remember the 20 children who died in Newton Connecticut.

Remember the 35 children who died in Gaza this month from Israeli bombardments.

Remember the 168 children who have been killed by US drone attacks in Pakistan since 2006.

Remember the 231 children killed in Afghanistan in the first 6 months of this year.

Remember the 400 other children in the US under the age of 15 who die from gunshot wounds each year.

Remember the 921 children killed by US air strikes against insurgents in Iraq.

Remember the 1,770 US children who die each year from child abuse and maltreatment.

Remember the 16,000 children who die each day around the world from hunger.

These tragedies must end.

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Authors Website: http://www.loyno.edu/~quigley/

Authors Bio:
Bill Quigley is a human rights lawyer and professor of law at Loyola University New Orleans.

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