The Zanzibar Land children were omitted in the entry for Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake in the Previous Operations section of Metal Gear Solid and its remake, The Twin Snakes. Child soldiers are employed by many factions, some serving as proxies of the Patriots and the Philosophers. Although they were not deployed as child soldiers during that time, Big Boss intended to train and equip these children to fight in future wars.Īdolescent experience with warfare is a recurring theme in the Metal Gear series. In 1999, the military fortress of Zanzibar Land was inhabited by many children who had been "saved" from various wars by Big Boss. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Reviewġ3 June 2008 Other military uses of children He participated in the Mozambican War of Independence, and later underwent CIA training to become the Perfect Soldier "Null." Non-"Metal Gear Saga" information ends here. Solidus Snake, during the First Liberian Civil War.Mbele general's XO, a Buta who was forced to become a child soldier by the general and killed his parents.Shabani, the original leader of the Mbele Squad of child soldiers.Drebin 893, during the Lord's Resistance Army insurgency in Uganda.Raiden, during the First Liberian Civil War, in the Small Boy Unit.Liquid Snake, real name Eli, who led a group of child soldiers in Africa when he was 12 years old, under the name "White Mamba.".Psycho Mantis, as a former member of XOF under the code name "Tretij Rebenok.".Chico, as a member of the Sandinista National Liberation Front.Non-"Metal Gear Saga" information ends here. Raiden and Maverick discovered this when investigating a Desperado-owned research lab, and attempted to put an end to it, at the very least ensuring that those kids he couldn't save from having their brains removed, he'd at least spare them from experiencing the same kind of childhood that he had as Jack the Ripper. ĭuring the late 2010s, the means of child soldiers gained a far more insidious twist, where trafficked children had their brains surgically removed and placed in cyborg head units, and then placed under VR training for the purpose of making them ruthless killing machines. Warning: The following information is from outside Hideo Kojima's core "Metal Gear Saga." Its canonicity within the continuity is disputed, therefore reader discretion is advised. The growth of the " war economy" in the early 2010s led to an increase in the use of child soldiers on the battlefield, with the soldiers recruited by private military companies also becoming younger as a result. Since the 1970s a number of international conventions have come into effect that try to eliminate the participation of children in armed conflicts, though the practice still remains widespread in some parts of the world, with at least 300,000 child soldiers being deployed by 2009. Throughout history and in many cultures, children have been extensively involved in military campaigns even when such practices were supposedly against cultural morals.
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