Goals are deceptive. The unaimed arrow never misses.

This is an article that was in the train newspaper today that got my attention:

Mums kill their boys
Women in Papua New Guinea's Highland region are killing their male babies to end a tribal fight that has raged for more than 20 years.

Two women from the Eastern Highlands told PNG's National newspaper of the slaughter during a three-day peace and reconciliation course in the region's capital, Goroka.

Rona Luke and Kipiyona Belas, both from warring tribes, said the male infanticide reduced the cyclical payback violence infamous in highlands tribal fights.

If women stopped producing males their tribe's stock would go down and this would force the men to end their fight, they said, choking back tears.

"All the women folk agreed to have all babies born killed because they have had enough of men engaging in tribal conflicts and bringing misery to them," Luke said.

The women could not give a figure on how many male babies had been killed.

Belas said getting food was hard as husbands kept fighting and mothers and children were left to fend for themselves.

The Salvation Army is working with various tribes to bring peace to the warring groups.

One fight is still going on after starting in 1986 over sorcery claims.

The Salvation Army said women are so fed up with the violence they are taking the drastic steps.

"This is what we were told during the peace conference," a spokesman said.

"This situation shows the extreme frustration the women have with the men in these areas."