freedom on the march

except if you're gay

Following a death-to-gays fatwa issued last October by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, death squads of the Badr Corps have been systematically targeting gay Iraqis for persecution and execution, gay Iraqis say. But when they ask for help and protection from U.S. occupying authorities in the Green Zone, the secure area officialdom has carved out within Baghdad, gays Iraqis are met with indifference and derision.

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i think i can see what bush means when he talks about progress in iraq. what with the taliban still very active in afghanistan, and now the badr corps in iraq, gays are once again targeted for killing.