BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Six gay men were shot dead by members of their tribe in two separate incidents in the past 10 days, an official with Iraq's Interior ministry said.
In the most recent attack, two men were killed Thursday in Sadr City area of Baghdad after they were disowned by relatives, the official said.
As quoted by John Aravosis: "clerics urged a crackdown on a perceived spread of homosexuality."
What, they weren't Anglican?
Gotta love that "exporting democracy" thing, dontcha?
Homosexuality is prohibited almost everywhere in the Middle East, but conditions have become especially dangerous for gays and lesbians in Iraq since the rise of religious militias after U.S.-led forces toppled Saddam Hussein six years ago.Every time I hear a former Bush maladministration member say the world is a better or safer place with Saddam Hussein out of power I want to scream (and throw things at the radio or TV).
He was a beast, of course, but we have not made things better in Iraq.
Burn in hell, Bush, burn in hell.
h/t to John Aravosis at Americablog
--the BB
