Gays Left Out Of Iraq's Amnesty Plan
Shiite and Sunni Sides Agree On Discriminatory Stipulation
The American government pledged to bring democracy, freedom and equality to Iraq. They have not:
The Iraq government is considering the release of some 5,000 prisoners but a spokesperson said it would not include terrorists or homosexuals.The Iraqi government has about 20,000 people in custody, while the U.S. military holds about 25,000.
Homosexuality itself is not illegal in Iraq, but police regularly arrest gays on other charges often trumped up.
The amnesty bill drafted by the Shiite-dominated government falls far short of Sunni demands. About the only thing on which the two sides agree is that imprisoned gays not be freed.
Oh, come on, don't act like you're surprised!
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Although many prowar reactionaries have denied it, several newspapers have run stories confirming the presence of US armed jihadist death squads in Iraq who target GLBT folk. Whether Shiite militia or Sunni police these murderers are armed and often trained by the US military command.
Our GLBT brothers and sisters in Iraq have been methodically victimized by a brutal murder campaign. Iraq is a death trap for civilians caught in murderous air and ground attacks and the tit for tat mass murder of the warring Sunni and Shiite forces. 135,000 US and English troops have been engaged in destroying Iraqi independence so US companies can steal their oil. The oil piracy has killed over 655,000 civilians since the invasion began.
In the midst of the chaos of invasion and the wholesale murder of civilians the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani declared a death sentence against Iraqi LGBT folk, encouraging torture and slaughter by saying that GLBT folk should be killed in “the most severe way possible.” al-Sistani unleashed the anti-gay death squads by the Badr Corps and the US unleashed the Sunni police. These enemies agree on only one thing – GLBT folk should be killed.
The difference between the murdering ayatollahs, Ratzinger Der Pope and protestant theocrats with reference to hurting and killing us is one of opportunity, not intent.
If you link to the site of Iraqi LGBT, a London-based human rights group you can see their stories of the murders and torture, and if you’re interested you can send a little money their way. When they have money they operate safe houses for Iraqi gays. They just had to close two of them, which is almost a death sentence for the residents.
http://iraqilgbtuk.blogspot.com/
Well Islam is to blame for the anti-gay problems. There's not much the US could do. No-one is going to change a muslim country that much. Bottom line is they want us ALL dead or converted. Nothing a non-muslim does is OK. And that means all countries not just the US.
And as for oil. If we're stealing it, gas prices should drop pretty soon. Funny they haven't with all that "free oil" coming in.