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[...] By the time he was 12, Beah's parents and two
brothers were all dead. Bloodthirsty rebels, most of
them kids his own age, attacked his village of
Mogbwemo, killing nearly everyone .

One year after that, Beah was recruited by the army of
Sierra Leone, a former British colony on the west
coast of Africa. Brainwashed by his commanders,
force-fed a mixture of cocaine and gunpowder called
"brown brown," Beah was transformed into a killing
machine. [...] 

Once a drugged child soldier, Beah reclaims his soul
Edward Guthmann, Chronicle Staff Writer
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/27/DDGPDOA9911.DTL






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