Brain Washing of Children

CNN:

Kidnapped boys 'brainwashed' to die as suicide bombers

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Boys rescued from the Taliban in Pakistan are receiving psychiatric help
• They are abducted from their homes and are being trained for suicide missions
• Psychiatrist says they have been brainwashed; fixing that will take time
• Army hopes the boys can one day return to their homes

August 4, 2009 -- Updated 0307 GMT (1107 HKT)

By Stan Grant
CNN

SWAT VALLEY, Pakistan (CNN) -- The boys shuffle into the room in a remote army base high in the mountains of Pakistan's Swat Valley. They are disheveled, disoriented.

These boys say they were kidnapped by the Taliban and trained to be suicide bombers.

There are no smiles, their eyes stare at the floor. These are the lost souls of Pakistan's battle with the Taliban. (Read more on CNN).