Is this what we set out to achieve in Iraq? 4 Men killed for the crime of being Gay.

[TheBigotBasher]

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two gay men were killed in Baghdad's Sadr City slum, a local official said on Saturday, and police said they had found the bodies of four more after clerics urged a crackdown on a perceived spread of homosexuality.

Homosexuality is prohibited almost everywhere in the Middle East, but conditions have become especially dangerous for gays and lesbians in Iraq since the rise of religious militias after U.S.-led forces toppled Saddam Hussein six years ago.

"Two young men were killed on Thursday. They were sexual deviants. Their tribes killed them to restore their family honor," a Sadr City official who declined to be named said.

The police source who declined to be named said the bodies of four gay men were unearthed in Sadr City on March 25, each bearing a sign reading "pervert" in Arabic on their chests.

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE53312Q20090404

Of course Blair and Bush will always argue, to their death beds, life is better under "freedom" than under Sadam.

A disgrace and a scar on the US and UK humanity.

[midnight]

1. Apparently we need a new set of reasons to kill.

[cliffordu]

2. This needs to be on the front page right along with the other one. K&R

[TheBigotBasher]

7. This American Government

and especially the UK Government should not be allowing the death penalty. At all.

[ConcernedCanuk]

3. Iraq was/is about oil - it's that simple.

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Iran is about oil

Venezuela is about oil

How many countries is the USA in conflict with that doesn't have oil?

The answer is within the question . . .

[TheBigotBasher]

5. Iran would never have wanted to go nuclear

until Bush gave the axis of evil speech. They had no need to. The difference between Iraq and North Korea; North Korea HAS weapons of mass destruction.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5390665

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

4. And to the greatest page it goes!

[TheBigotBasher]

6. Thank you

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/protect-iraqi-lgbt

[tekisui]

8. knr!~

[ccharles000]

9. kick

[Djinn]

10. well in Saudi

you get the OFFICIAL death penalty for being gay (and legally do whatever you like with women if you are their father/brother husband as they're absolute chattels) and they're our friends and allies so they must be right, right? :sarcasm:

[ConcernedCanuk]

11. Why the heck isn't the USAmerican war-machine bombing the shit out of Saudi Arabia then?

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If I remember correctly, Saddam's female population had more rights that the Saudis do . .

What hold has Saudi Arabia got on the USA?

Wait a minute

USA befriended Iran, then stabbed it in the back

USA befriended Saddam's Iraq and then stabbed him in the back

USA befriended the Native American and . .

I see a pattern here.

Saudi Arabia . . .

think about it . .

"who's next"?

:freak: