Iraq: Fears for ten abducted gay men

Gay New Zealand ^ | December 05, 2006 | Unattributed

[Ben Mugged]

Ten gay men have been abducted in Iraq and it is feared all of them may have been murdered.

Five young activists from Iraqi LGBT, Amjad 27, Rafid 29, Hassan 24, Ayman 19 and Ali 21 were seized at gunpoint by Iraqi police while holding a secret meeting in the al-Shaab district of Baghdad on 9 November.

They were communicating with Ali Hili, a British-based gay Iraqi Muslim who heads Iraqi LGBT and is Middle East spokesman for UK queer rights group Outrage.

Hili said: “For the last few months they had been documenting the killing of lesbians and gays, relaying details of homophobic executions to our office in London, and providing safe houses and support to queers fleeing the death squads.

“Suddenly there was a lot of noise, then the connection ended.”

Just days later, Haydar Kamel, aged 35, the owner of famous men’s clothing shop in the al-Karada district of Baghdad, was kidnapped near his home in Sadr city. The kidnappers were members of the Mahdi army, an Islamist militia loyal to fundamentalist leader Muqtada al-Sadr.

“Haydar had previously received death threats because of rumours about his alleged homosexuality. For many months, he had financially supported several gay men who were in hiding after they had been threatened by death squads,” claims Hili.

Police also arrested four employees at the Jar al-Qamar barbershop in the al-Karada district of Baghdad which was popular with gay men.

None of the ten men have been heard from and it is feared all have been summarily executed.

“These disappearances are the latest ‘sexual cleansing’ operations mounted by extremist Islamist death squads, many of whom have infiltrated the Iraqi police,” notes Hili, who has obtained details of the kidnappings from his underground Iraqi LGBT activist colleagues in Baghdad.

[Ben Mugged]

No I don't. It was a random search result.

[Michael.SF.]

Now maybe the left will see Iraq as a threat?

Cut off the heads of a few soldiers, they don't care, but go after the gays and see how upset they get.

[King Moonracer]

In the Muzzie fashion, they probably raped them before they killed them for being gay.

[cripplecreek]

“These disappearances are the latest ‘sexual cleansing’ operations mounted by extremist Islamist death squads, many of whom have infiltrated the Iraqi police,”

I assume I'm not the only one to notice that leftists think there was no crime or hate based killing in Iraq till the arrival of American troops.

[HOTTIEBOY]

Aren't these terrorists glad the democrats won this past election?

Don't the democrats think we should appease these people?

Aren't most queers & lesbians democrat?

[kinghorse]

You are telling me we haven't gotten every last gay out of Iraq and re-settled here yet? Someone's slipping at State.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

"sexual cleansing"? Oh good grief!

[samtheman]

In the Muzzie fashion, they probably raped them before they killed them for being gay.

Yeah, so? No more hypocritical than the left claiming to be for gay rights and women's rights and multiculturalism all at the same time.

[traditional1]

They forgot the "don't ask/don't tell"??????

[indcons]

“These disappearances are the latest ‘sexual cleansing’ operations mounted by extremist Islamist death squads, many of whom have infiltrated the Iraqi police,” notes Hili

Looks like we have a new "hate crime" now - "sexual cleansing."

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

The left has been doing kissy-face with these murderers for years. The left loves these savages because they have the potential to destroy our civilization.
Will the sexual minority members of our society now see that the left (democrats) favor people who will kill, and are now killing them?
I doubt it.

[the_devils_advocate_666]

I assume I'm not the only one to notice that leftists think there was no crime or hate based killing in Iraq till the arrival of American troops.

Freedom of the press... now we just all get to hear about it.

[skimask]

The DUmmies will say it's Bush's fault.

[dragonblustar]

Looks like Rosie won't be going over there any time soon.

[MikeA]

Barney Frank still want to cut and run?

[boomop1]

Maybe that is what happened to Sadr.

[boomop1]

Maybe that is what happened to Sadr.

[Screamname]

This is a joke right? I thought all Muzzie men were gay being that they cover up the women to lessen the competion for the one eyed wonder worm.

[Screamname]

No, she prefers fat drunken midgets who say on national television that they trashed the room where the emancipation proclamation was signed.

[Vinny]

The left has been doing kissy-face with these murderers for years. The left loves these savages because they have the potential to destroy our civilization.
Will the sexual minority members of our society now see that the left (democrats) favor people who will kill, and are now killing them?
I doubt it.
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As Lenin said, " you have to crack a few eggs to make an omelet" and he also said after witnessing all the carnage he put into effect, "In the end all will be forgiven".

It's for the good of Mankind that Western Civilization is destroyed and if a number of their constituents have to die to attain this madness, well so be it.

The Liberals are just practicing their faith in a ruthlessly logical way.

I mean we all know Liberals do not care about other human beings save themselves, and anyway they can always blame the Christians for this "homophobia", "sexual cleansing". Like they blamed Nazism on Christianity.