[mmercier]

From what I read in the past Arafat got his start from the KGB feeding him young boys; documenting the encounters on film in his early years in order to control him later on.

Queers do not live long in the Arab world once exposed.

[Emmett McCarthy]

I think that Ayrabs distinguish between whether the queer is "pitchin'" or "catchin'" - only the one who's catchin' is considered queer. I don't know how they punish the goats, though.

[randog]

Queers do not live long in the Arab world once exposed.

Unless they're in high places. I took a business trip to Oman about 12 years ago, and it was common knowledge that the Sultan of Oman, Sultan Qaboos, was a homo. The locals told me about his harem of boys that would drive Porsches around Muscat. You were forbidden, of course, to speak of it.