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Published on Monday, December 17, 2012 by Common Dreams

Remember All the Children, Mr. President

by Bill Quigley

Remember the 20 children who died in Newtown, Connecticut.

Parishioners pay their respects to the victims of an elementary school shooting while arriving for mass at St. Rose of Lima Church in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 16. (Photo: Emmanuel Dunand / AFP - Getty Images)

Remember the 35 children who died in Gaza this month from Israeli bombardments.

Remember the 168 children who have been killed by US drone attacks in Pakistan since 2006.

Remember the 231 children killed in Afghanistan in the first 6 months of this year.

Remember the 400 other children in the US under the age of 15 who die from gunshot wounds each year.

Remember the 921 children killed by US air strikes against insurgents in Iraq.

Remember the 1,770 US children who die each year from child abuse and maltreatment.

Remember the 16,000 children who die each day around the world from hunger.

These tragedies must end.

Bill Quigley is Associate Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights and a law professor at Loyola University New Orleans.  He is a Katrina survivor and has been active in human rights in Haiti for years. He volunteers with the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) and the Bureau de Avocats Internationaux (BAI) in Port au Prince. Contact Bill at quigley77@gmail.com

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