Former Child Soldier Pleads for Comrades in 87 Countries

Ishmael Beah, a 19-year-old veteran of Sierra Leone's battlefields, pleaded with world leaders Tuesday to help the hundreds of thousands of children pressed into armed service in war zones around the world. "Conferences are great. UN reports are great. But we need to go out and rescue those children," Beah said at the release of a report condemning the use of child soldiers.