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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-30-08 08:04 PM
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Pakistani lawmaker defends honor killings: 5 women buried alive for wanting to choose husbands
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26469519/

They were still breathing as their bodies were covered with rocks and mud, according media reports and human rights activists, who said their only "crime" was that they wished to marry men of their own choosing.

Zehri told a packed and flabbergasted Parliament on Friday that Baluch tribal traditions helped stop obscenity and then asked fellow lawmakers not to make a big fuss about it.

Many stood up in protest, saying the executions were "barbaric" and demanding that discussions continue Monday. But a handful said it was an internal matter of the deeply conservative province.

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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-30-08 08:14 PM
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1. Our Allies.
We would probably align with Attilla The Hun if he was around.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-30-08 08:14 PM
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2. Can I bury Zehri alive?
Edited on Sat Aug-30-08 08:25 PM by Solly Mack
LOL edited

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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-30-08 08:21 PM
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3. I don't believe these stories..
I am sure that atrocities happen all over the world, but I question our media and it's choice of what to report and how it is reported. Those incubators and all...
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