Report: Gays sentenced to death in Iraq, executions to begin next week

[PageOneQ]

LONDON, March 30, 2009 – Ground Zero for the so-called 'war on terror' is a nation where gays and lesbians live in real terror every day. Among the suffering of gay Iraqis is the regular threat (and carrying out) of rape and murder. In July, CNN reported on the case of a young gay man abducted for ransom and raped daily for more than two weeks.

More than 100 prisoners in Iraq are facing execution. Many of them, says an underground gay rights organization in the country, are believed to have been convicted of the 'crime' of being gay, the UK-based Iraqi-LGBT group revealed this afternoon.

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[msongs]

1. isnt religion wonderful? don't ask don't tell and it's Iraqi cousin nt

[av8rdave]

2. This could lead to a solution on another front:

Since the US supposedly imposes sanctions on nations guilty of gross human rights violations (with many notable exceptions, I realize), sanctions see appropriate here. I mean, if they are really going to execute gays, that's about as an egregious human rights violation as one can imagine.

Maybe the perfect sanction is to immediately pull all of our troops out of Iraq.

Just a thought. Then again, I realize this does nothing for the people under the sword.

I hope, unlikely as it is, that the US makes a very strong and very public reaction to this!

[Jkid]

5. There are definately a few expceptions to the policy of sanctions...

Such as China, Columbia, Egypt.

[Bluenorthwest]

3. God is in the mix!

And our tax dollars are paying for it.

[asjr]

4. I'll call it what it is--MURDER. This must

be the reason the Shrimp invaded Iraq.

[Jkid]

6. No, that's a side benefit.

The real reason the Shrimp invaded Iraq is for the sweet, sweet oil.

[Usrename]

7. Spreading freedom and democracy throughout the Middle East.

:grr:

[roughsatori]

8. Here is a link to the Iraqi GLBT group. I may donate..

They also have more information about executions. http://iraqilgbtuk.blogspot.com/

[Festivito]

9. To what extent do our torture policies make US complicit in murder?

if we allow our one-time detainees to be executed.

[bluedawg12]

10. We spent blood and treasure for this?

"There is, said Hili, at least one member of Iraqi-LGBT who are among those to be put to death.

And the London-based group, which believes that a total of 128 executions are imminent, is calling on the UK Government, international human rights groups and the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva to intervene "with due speed" to prevent "this tragic miscarriage of justice" from going ahead."

I wonder why they aren't appealing to the US govt? It doesn't sound as if anything is being done from the US side in terms of human rights violations protest.