Iraqi Teenager Recruited by Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi Shiite Militia: I'm Doing It for Revenge

In this video-clip, filmed by the so-called "Warzone Media Team of the PMU (Popular Mobilization Units), an armed Iraqi teenager explains that he joined the PMU (Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi) Shiite militia to avenge the deaths of family members and friends. The video-clip was posted on the Internet on July 7, 2015.

Cameraman: "What is your name?"

Hakim: "Hakim."

Cameraman: "God bless you, Hakim."

Hakim: "And you."

Cameraman: "Now you are on the embankment... First of all, I wanted to ask you how old are you? I see that you are still a young boy. When were you born?

Hakim: "I was born in 1997, but there are some boys who here even younger."

Cameraman: "You were born in 1997?"

Hakim: "Yes, but some here were born in 1999."

Cameraman: "May Allah grant you good health."

Hakim: "And you."

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Cameraman: "Now you are on the embankment... What has brought you to this place? After all, you are still a young boy."

Hakim: "First of all, our Lord commands us to do so. Secondly, I'm doing this as an act of revenge. They killed my brother, my father and my friend."

Cameraman: "Your brother?"

Hakim: "My brother, my father and my friend. Three people. I came to avenge their deaths."

Cameraman: "Allah willing. Allah willing, you will avenge them."

Hakim: "Allah willing."

Cameraman: "We congratulate you on their martyrdom."