BBC NEWS: Iraqi gays face 'lives of hell'

BBC ^ | 4/18/2009 | Jim Muir

[jeffryweinstock]

Grainy footage taken on a mobile phone and widely distributed around Baghdad shows a terrified young Iraqi boy cowering and whimpering as men with a stick force him to strip, revealing women's underwear beneath his dishdasha (Arab robe).

"Why are you dressed as a girl?" roars one of the men, brandishing his stick as the youth removes his brassiere.

The sobbing boy, who appears to be about 12, tries to explain that his family made him do it to earn money, as they have no other source of income.

The scene, apparently filmed in a police post, reinforced reports of a campaign against gays in Iraq which activists say has claimed the lives of more than 60 since December.

In the latest manifestation of the campaign, posters have appeared on walls in the poor Shia suburb of Sadr City in eastern Baghdad, listing alleged homosexuals by name and threatening to kill them.

Those named have gone underground, while gays throughout the city and in some other parts of the country also live in fear.

[jeffryweinstock]

Don't forget, it won't just be lives of hell someday.

[JoSixChip]

I would think probably the after life as well.

[WorkerbeeCitizen]

They should give up homosexuality and go back to goats, which is perfectly acceptable social behavior in their culture.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Sorry, I’ve lost any little bit of compassion I ever had for queers, they all seem to be flaming liberals too.

[nathanbedford]

Is this the kind of law that justice Ginsburg wishes to import and enforce on Americans?

No? Of course, she wants to import only those laws she likes.

[Laissez-faire capitalist]

BBC talks about the derogatory term for gays in Iraq - “puppies.”

When is the LMSM in the U.S. and the U.K. going to talk about the derogatory term for heterosexuals “breeders” - a label that gays give to heterosexuals.

[Laissez-faire capitalist]

When?

[Laissez-faire capitalist]

Rhetorical question.

[gondramB]

We can’t leave Iraq and impose American laws at the same time - the Obama majority voted for this.

[DannyTN]

Iraqi All gays face 'lives of hell'

Fixed it.

[bethybabes69]

they all seem to be flaming liberals too.

Not true here in the UK, some work colleagues I have who are gay are as socially upstanding and Conservative as you or I, the only gay people seen or talked about on the MSM are they who exude an outlandish flamboyant persona.
It's a complete MSM generated myth that all gay people are like that, and a way for the MSM to pigeon-hole and exploit opinion and support, both for and against people who are in or out of favour depending on the editors' present mood, their desire to 'Brown Nose' the current Political elite, or simply feeding their readers' opinion.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I'm not sure you know how conservative I am on some core issues.

I do know of some homosexuals who don't fit the pattern, but they are out shouted by the flamers. I don't have time to be sensible about their feelings, and sort them out.

We are being crippled because too many people now fear to speak out and stand out, the group opinion has been made much too important. I really don't much care how many people like me, I'd rather be right. The few friends I have are close, and trustworthy, I have no need to recruit!

[ZULU]

The media is more concerned with a bunch of sodomites than with the persecution of women and christian minorities under Islam.

[Caipirabob]

When they’re not infecting each other, they’re infecting our politics and attempting to steal our children away. I’d just as soon ignore their existence. Let us live in peace and leave us alone.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

They’ve managed to make almost everyone afraid to criticize them, that’s got to stop.

[Joe Boucher]

Not allowed to have morals anymore.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I’ve been breaking rules for 66 years, I’m not stopping now!

[jws3sticks]

Maybe they can all move to Nancy Pelosi’s neighborhood.

[Vaduz]

Or Barney Frank’s