Saddam's rule 'better' for gay Iraqis "warning some may find the post offensive" (Iran, interview)

[other99]

There has been so much news of death and destruction from Iraq that the position of sexual minorities is rarely touched on in the mainstream media.
But stories of torture and murder of gay Iraqis, particularly men, have been emerging in the gay press for several years

There has been so much news of death and destruction from Iraq that the position of sexual minorities is rarely touched on in the mainstream media.
But stories of torture and murder of gay Iraqis, particularly men, have been emerging in the gay press for several years

One young Iraqi, Amil (not his real name) recalled the death of a friend: "They found out he was gay and they killed him and they chopped him like a lamb, it was awful."

Another man (who wished to remain anonymous) revealed to Scott Long from the New York-based Human Rights Watch, how his partner was kidnapped and killed.

"It was late one night when four armed men came to take my boyfriend from his parents' house.

They were masked and dressed in black.
"We found his body the next day dumped in the garbage, his throat cut out, his genitals cut off."
Of all the shocking testimony we heard, a form of torture involving glue has to be the most awful revelation to emerge from our investigations.

Human Rights Watch researcher Rasha Moumneh told us: "We've heard stories of gay-specific torture where men have glue in their anuses and they force-feed them laxatives."

All the LGBT Iraqis interviewed for Gay Life After Saddam maintained that life was easier for them when Saddam Hussein was in power, from 1979 to 2003.

Some spoke fondly of an underground gay culture that flourished before the war in Baghdad.

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Saddam's rule 'better' for gay Iraqis

[Theliberalvoice]

This is wrong and this is JUST SICK!

People like to come up and defend Muslims. How many Christians would do this? Sure they'll scream and damn them to hell but would they cut gays up like lambs? Would they cut off penises? No!

As a Liberal who cares about the general well being of People, this touched me deeply. I give my thanks for living in a great nation.

[azriverfan.]

Originally Posted by Theliberalvoice

This is wrong and this is JUST SICK!

People like to come up and defend Muslims. How many Christians would do this? Sure they'll scream and damn them to hell but would they cut gays up like lambs? Would they cut off penises? No!

As a Liberal who cares about the general well being of People, this touched me deeply. I give my thanks for living in a great nation.

There are sick people who will commit disgusting acts but that doesn't mean the religion to which they are affiliated with is evil or endorses their acts. This is a sick act but i don't know if it is any more sick than the neo-Nazi skin heads in Germany who bludgeon Turkish residents to death

[Finn_Jarber]

This is the unintended consequence of us bringing freedom to Iraq. Actually the worst is yet to come, because free elections will favor the more radical Shiite muslims in Iraq since they representover 60% of the population. Democracy will see to it that they will end up controlling the country and they will write radical laws, including outlawing homosexuality like in Iran.