The more we salute the business' use of soldiers, the more we render a predatory business unassailable.
PAGE B1 Deal on Young Soldiers Negoitators in Geneva agreed on an international accord prohibiting the use of soldiers under the age of 18 in battle.
Threats of strikes by cabdrivers and immigration officers, and the use of soldiers to replace the guards the Games' organizers failed to hire were of genuine concern.
Venezuela and Cuba, jockeying for influence, have criticized the United States, which has long been a major influence here, for its heavy use of soldiers in its humanitarian aid effort.
Nauru's chief secretary, Matthew Batsuia, said Australia's use of soldiers in combat gear to drag 12 Iraqis from the ship on Monday was "regrettable" and the government would not tolerate using force against the refugees.
According to Unicef, only two countries have not ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which prohibits the use of soldiers younger than 15: the United States and Somalia.
Nor is there much public protest against this creeping militarisation.But NGOs caution against such extensive military involvement in civilian life and question the use of soldiers to fix public-sector failures.
A large-scale strike took place in Sweden in 1902 over similar issues and was followed by one in Italy in 1904 protesting the use of soldiers as strikebreakers.
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The United States did ratify a later optional protocol prohibiting the use of soldiers younger than 18.
