I shall make no comment about this paper; to do so might give vent to my own emotions but it would serve no other useful purpose and you will no doubt experience similar reactions.

In 2001 it was estimated that in more than 50 countries around the world there were around 300 000 child soldiers. A group of Belgian workers has tried to assess the effects of soldiering and abduction on 301 children in northern Uganda (

see also editorial, ibid: 831). The …