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Unusual Prizes for Children in Somalia: Fully-automatic Assault Rifles
20 September 2011
New York Times
NAIROBI, Kenya — A typical prize for a children's contest might be a backpack, a lunchbox or some toys.
Not in Somalia.
Over the weekend, a Somali radio station run by the Shabab, the most powerful Islamist militant group in the war-ravaged country, held an awards ceremony to honor children who were experts at Shabab trivia and at reciting the Koran. The prizes? Fully-automatic assault rifles and live hand grenades.
The contest itself was held during Ramadan, the... (GunPolicy.org)