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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:49 PM Original message |
NYT: bodies of as many as 25 boys and men suspected of being gay have turned up |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. What was oppression of gays like under Saddam? |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Probably worse. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. "Homosexuality was legal in Iraq under Saddam Hussein until late 2001" |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. That's sort of what I thought |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. as "criminalization of homosexuality went against the Secular Socialist beliefs of the Ba'ath party" |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. You're wrong |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 12:53 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Well, you need to read the post I responded to...then you need to read my post. |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. It's hard to tell -- but it seems be that things were slightly better under Saddam |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. I'm sure honor killings are still going on as well. /nt |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. i think it was more than slightly better |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yay yet another acomplishment in Iraq... oh wait... |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. Time to bomb the rubble into smaller rubble. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. +5 |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. Basim needs to get outta Sadr City. |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. "Suspected of being gay?" |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. The article has several unfortunate statements.. |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. What has Obama said/done about this? n/t |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Nothing, as far as I know |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. The surge is working! |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. Finally, the REAL story is getting out |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
13. Horrible |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
19. Nice to see all that democracy and freedom spreading |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
20. Beyond words... |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
24. That's their culture. What did you expect? Democracy =/= Western Cultural Values. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-10-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. It used to be better for gays in Iraq |
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