Iraqi militias gluing anuses of gay men and inducing diarrhea to cause death

[meegbear]

Relying on an International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission translation of a recent Al Arabiya story, the blog Towleroad reports that Iraqi militias have been engaging in some particularly brutal tactics toward gay men in Iraq:

"A prominent Iraqi human rights activist says that Iraqi militia have deployed a painful form of torture against homosexuals by closing their anuses using 'Iranian gum.' ...Yina Mohammad told Alarabiya.net that, 'Iraqi militias have deployed an unprecedented form of torture against homosexuals by using a very strong glue that will close their anus.' According to her, the new substance 'is known as the American hum, which is an Iranian-manufactured glue that if applied to the skin, sticks to it and can only be removed by surgery. After they glue the anuses of homosexuals, they give them a drink that causes diarrhea. Since the anus is closed, the diarrhea causes death. Videos of this form of torture are being distributed on mobile cellphones in Iraq.'"

The Iraqi defense ministry reported earlier this month that six gay men were shot dead in a Shia-controlled part of Baghadad. "Two of the bodies, found on Thursday, had pieces of paper attached on which was written the word 'Pervert.'" According to the source in the Al Arabiya article, "for the past 3 weeks a crackdown on homosexuals has been going on based on a religious decree that demands their death; dozens have been targeted." The persecution "is not confined to the Shiite clerics," the source said. "Some Sunni leaders have also declared the death penalty for sodomy on satellite channels."

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/21/iraq-militias-glue/

[msongs]

1. american thumpers must be envious. Iraqis focus on the family values for sure nt

[predfan]

2. And the ONLY reason Cheney didn't give this a try is because he didn't think of it.

[tbyg52]

10. Ain't that the simple truth. nt

[YOY]

3. "Videos of this form of torture are being distributed on mobile cell phones in Iraq.'"

Wow...and I get bothered when my little brother sends me pictures of his bulldog's puss-filled infections.

Who the fuck would enjoy watching another person die let alone die in such a fashion?

If the enjoyment is genetic, I recommend sterilization to the carriers.

[sui generis]

4. baby steps

:nuke:

killing their brothers and sons and cousins - Obama? is there anything you'd like to say? What could possibly be wrong with having two standards for human rights, one for America and an entirely absent one for our economic interests? Crickets from the white house, I'm sure he's got MUCH MORE IMPORTANT things to attend to than torturing gays to death in a country that we currently occupy. :eyes:



What an ugly bunch of monkeys we humans can be.

[readmoreoften]

16. Ah, the backwards baby steps of those 100 ft tall babies... /nt

[Duncan Grant]

5. How am I supposed to respond to this?

This is mind scarring sadism; a crime against humanity.

How can we leverage HRC, NGLTF, Amnesty International and others to lead a response to these atrocities?

K&R for more awareness at DU...

[FreeState]

6. K&R - everyone needs to let our leaders know we cant stand for this n/t

[mitchtv]

7. thank you for moving this to GLBT

the right people will see it now. Too bad our Government is so slow to 'get it"l if it ever does.I don't even want to hear " there are more important issues, it's only been 90 days, its in the master plan, just wait and see.... "

[yardwork]

8. I'm sure that if we ask them nicely, they'll stop doing this.

Whatever we do, we shouldn't be rude or then they won't listen.

[jonnyblitz]

9. well, that is some "friendly advice". we musn't offend the BIGOTS

because if we kiss their asses as they pile on the abuse perhaps they will like us after all. :silly:

nice to see you, yarkwork. :hug: :hi:

[yardwork]

12. Nice to see you too, Jonny!

How are you, darlin?

:hi: :hug:

[jonnyblitz]

13. I am excellent!! thanks.

I noticed your recent absence,btw.

[Maven]

17. That's right - we should listen to all points of view.

:eyes:

[closeupready]

24. Let's send them a box of cookies and seal it with a kiss.

As 'good' gay men do. :eyes:

[Vanje]

11. Kick Rec

[Duncan Grant]

15. Thank you, I've been waiting for this to hit the greatest page.

:thumbsup:

[readmoreoften]

14. And the Ba'athist party that we destroyed was all that prevented this kind of violence in Iraq.

Saddam Hussein and the Ba'athists (a socialist and atheist party) opposed all prosecution of LGBT people. There was significant pressure for him to allow the death penalty against us and eventually he politically compromised with non-violent jail terms.

Considering that the only thing deposing the Ba'athists could POSSIBLY achieve is an "Islamic Democracy" based on Sharia law (major setbacks for women and gays--forced veiling, execution, etc.--who had relative equality in Iraq) or the rise of an Islamic autocrat (al Sadr, etc.) So, you gotta wonder why an Islamic "democracy" (where everyone gets to vote how they want Islamic law enforced on their neighbors) or an Islamic dictatorship is so much better than a Ba'athist dictator.

The short answer: because the Socialist dictator won't let us steal the people's resources while the "Islamic Democracy" and Islamic dictatorship are both fine so long as we can bribe them into letting us take the their shit.

[bluedawg12]

18. Sadistic fucks!

[Duncan Grant]

19. kick

:kick:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

20. Meegbear, do you have permission from The Professor to post this?

[tbyg52]

21. Who is this Professor of whom you speak? (She said cluelessly.) nt

[meegbear]

22. This is from ThinkPorgress blog ...

I would address that question to them

[Smarmie Doofus]

23. Please , someone tell me this isn't really happening. nt

[mitchtv]

25. I know of someone who will

they do it all the time. I'm suprised they haven't already