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Sunday, April 05, 2009

not just women are killed for 'honor'

it seems

yup, we did a darn good job of bringing freedom and justice to iraq all right (although, if given a chance i think many here in america would kill the 'fags' in their families too. so much for love and tolerance and acceptance and doing unto others)............ it really frightens me the sort of god these people (these meaning anyone who is afraid of gays) believe in. a vengeful, ugly, ruthless and violent one at that

Gays killed in Baghdad as clerics urge clampdown

by Reuters North American News Service

Gays killed in Baghdad as clerics urge clampdown

Wisam Mohammed and Khalid al-Ansary
Reuters North American News Service

BAGHDAD, April 4 (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 honour," a Sadr City official who declined to be named said......

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