Gays Are Being Killed by Radical Islamists in Iraq. *Graphic*

[leftchick]

At least three men suspected of being gay were gunned down March 20 in the Iraqi city of Ramadi. U.S. forces say they are concerned about the rising number of anti-gay killings in Iraq. (Photo by Bilal Hussein/AP)

http://www.washblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=7336

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The U.S. military is aware of a rash of anti-gay killings in Iraq during the past eight months and is taking steps to curtail sectarian violence against all Iraqis, including gays, according to a spokesperson for the U.S.-led multinational forces in Iraq.


"If someone is in danger of being slaughtered or persecuted, we do all we can to stop it," said Army Maj. Joseph Todd Breasseale, chief of the Media Relations Division of the Multinational Corps in Iraq.

Breasseale spoke by telephone from his office at U.S. military headquarters in a section of Baghdad known as the Green Zone.


Faced with a highly volatile atmosphere brought about by warring Islamic factions, the U.S. and its coalition allies must use caution in addressing the issue of homosexuality, Breasseale said.


"It doesn't make a whole lot of sense, when we're in a fledgling time like this, to go in and say, 'Here's these issues that are going to repel 80 percent of the population and this is what we want to inflict on you,'" he said. "We're trying not to get into too many values judgment type issues and just do the right thing."

.... nice. :(

[atommom]

1. So I guess the gays are on their own. Again.

Somehow I'm not surprised.

[leftchick]

2. gays, women, children, christians,

they are all suffering from the installation of a radical religious regime by dumbhead. :(

[MamaBear]

3. The Iranian Government is Very Hostile to Gays

The Iranian government is controlled by Shi'ite mullahs, so I'm not surprised that this is now going on in Iraq. It's sickening, though.

Gay teens have been executed in Iran, mostly young men. This is the true face of fundamentalism, IMO. :cry:

[Minnesota_Lib]

4. Another sign to American fundies that we are winning their hearts & minds

:puke:

[iverglas]

5. maybe Condoleezza Rice

can go lecture Iraqis about the importance of the rights of GLBT people.

And anyone who thinks that same-sex marriage is just not an important issue in the US might want to reflect on what attitudes the denial of equal treatment under the law is actually based on, and what the effects of the attitudes fostered by a society's refusal to recognize the full and equal humanity of all its members tend to be.

[Tsiyu]

6. Republicans

invading the MidEast so we can spread Homophobia far and wide!

That was the real mission, folks!!!! Mission accomplished!!!!!