These “young lions” were also sexually abused by their fedayeen handlers also.
Arms Control and Disarmament: A Quarterly Bibliography with Abstracts and Annotations, Volume 6. Library of Congress. Arms Control and Disarmament Bibliography. 1969 - Disarmament - p.420
Palestinians have gained wide popular support. Arab youths have proved eager to join up for tough Mau Mau-like military training; one unit, the Lion Cubs, for boys ten to fourteen, instills a blood lust by making recruits tear live chickens apart.