Damascus prostitutes go to war

Albawaba.com ^ | 4 January 2005 | No Byline

[Racehorse]

As the war in Iraq continues, a different kind of “war” has been going on for months now in neighboring Syria – one that has its roots, among others, in the aftermath of Saddam’s ouster.

In past few months, a mini “world war” has been taking place between prostitutes in Syria: the many immigrants from Iraq have simply “stolen” the jobs of the local girls. However, the Syrian wh***s have decided not to surrender and have engaged in war by spreading rumors, claiming, “The immigrants are all sick with AIDS”.

In recent months, the wh***s working in Damascus have complained about the “aggressive conquering” of their clientele by foreign workers. The market of wh***s, as well as other markets, has suffered due to the wave of immigration from neighboring Iraq.

A Syrian intellectual has said that the number of wh***s in Damascus stands at 30,000, however a source in the Iraqi consulate in the city said this estimate was an exaggeration. In any case, it is clear the Iraqi wh***s have flooded the neighboring country following the fall of Saddam’s regime – either out of fear for their lives due to killings by local religious groups or out of a keen desire to find new clients.

In this situation, in which the Syrian prostitute market has been flooded by wh***s from Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia and more, the local girls found themselves entangled in quite a problem; their business was at stake. They decided to take revenge in a unique manner by spreading rumors in the Syrian capital saying the Iraqi women had AIDS…

. . . Syrian regime has been so concerned over this phenomenon that it decided to enact a law in which every Iraqi convicted of dealing with prostitution will be jailed and consequently deported from Syria.

[Mad Mammoth]

Referring to them as whales is just mean.

No, it's call "Truth In Advertising"...LOL

BTW Skypilot, about that picture? Add a few more pounds to that camel in the black and white print skirt and you just might have the backside of the junior Senator from New York.

[avg_freeper]

Well at first I thought there might be some kind of weird islamic based fear of whooping cranes but then I said "nah".

[elli1]

Mighta' been. Don't watch much TV myself but, now that you mention it, does seem vaguely familiar. Maybe ping the Budweiser connoisseurs for confirmation? ;-)

[monday]

"So, let me ask, in islamic nut countries, like syria, iran and indonesia, if one is caught stealing, he or she has his or her hand(s) cut off."

Only in Iran and Saudi Arabia. Syria, Indonesia, Iraq, Egypt etc. have secular govt's. The penalties are similar to the penalties in the US.

[monday]

Oh, and the penalty for prostitution in Iran and Saudi Arabia is death.

[SunkenCiv]

related:

Iraq prostitutes 'invade' Syria
G2 Bulletin (by way of WorldNetDaily.com) ^ | January 16, 2005 | G2 Bulletin
Posted on 01/16/2005 5:12:51 PM PST by Jacob Kell
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1322132/posts

[null and void]

This is hugh, and vey Syria...

[SunkenCiv]

:')

[SunkenCiv]

This one is in bad, bad taste:

http://www.andy-hawley.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/prostitute.jpg