Religions > Atheism > Iraqi Police 'Killed 14-Year-Old Boy for Being Homosexual'
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Iraqi Police 'Killed 14-Year-Old Boy for Being Homosexual' |
Yep. The Neocons are still insisting that everything is peachy keen in
Iraq.
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Published on Friday, May 5, 2006 by the Independent / UK
Iraqi Police 'Killed 14-Year-Old Boy for Being Homosexual'
by Jerome Taylor
Human rights groups have condemned the "barbaric" murder of a
14-year-old boy, who, according to witnesses, was shot on his doorstep
by Iraqi police for the apparent crime of being gay.
Ahmed Khalil was shot at point-blank range after being accosted by men
in police uniforms, according to his neighbours in the al-Dura area of
Baghdad.
Campaign groups have warned of a surge in homophobic killings by state
security services and religious militias following an anti-gay and
anti-lesbian fatwa issued by Iraq's most prominent Shia leader, Grand
Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
Ali Hili, the co-ordinator of a group of exiled Iraqi gay men who
monitor homophobic attacks inside Iraq, said the fatwa had instigated a
"witch-hunt of lesbian and gay Iraqis, including violent beatings,
kidnappings and assassinations".
"Young Ahmed was a victim of poverty," he said. "He was summarily
executed, apparently by fundamentalist elements in the Iraqi police."
Neighbours in al-Dura district say Ahmed's father was arrested and
interrogated two days before his son's murder by police who demanded to
know about Ahmed's sexual activities. It is believed Ahmed slept with
men for money to support his poverty-stricken family, who have fled the
area fearing further reprisals.
The killing of Ahmed is one of a series of alleged homophobic murders.
There is mounting evidence that fundamentalists have infiltrated
government security forces to commit homophobic murders while wearing
police uniforms.
Human rights groups are particularly concerned that the Sadr and Badr
militias, both Shia, have stepped up their attacks on the gay community
after a string of religious rulings, since the US-led invasion, calling
for the eradication of homosexuals.
Grand Ayatollah Sistani recently issued a fatwa on his website calling
for the execution of gays in the "worst, most severe way".
The powerful Badr militia acts as the military wing of the Supreme
Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), which counts Ayatollah
Sistani as its spiritual leader. Another fatwa from the late and much
revered Ayatollah Abul Qassim Khoei allows followers to kill gays "with
a sword, or burn him alive, or tie his hands and feet and hurl him down
from a high place".
Mr Hili said: "According to our contacts in Baghdad, the Iraqi police
have been heavily infiltrated by the Shia paramilitary Badr Corps."
Mr Hili, whose Abu Nawas group has close links with clandestine gay
activists inside Iraq, said US coalition forces are unwilling to try and
tackle the rising tide of homophobic attacks. "They just don't want to
upset the Iraqi government by bringing up the taboo of homosexuality
even though homophobic murders have intensified," he said.
A number of public homophobic murders by the Badr militia have terrified
Iraq's gay community. Last September, Hayder Faiek, a transsexual, was
burnt to death by Badr militias in the main street of Baghdad's
al-Karada district. In January, suspected militants shot another gay man
in the back of the head.
The US State Department has yet to document the surge in its annual
human rights reports. Iraq's neighbours, however, such as Iran, Saudi
Arabia and the UAE, are often criticised for their persecution of gays.
Darla Jordan, from the US State Department said: "The US government
continues to work closely with our Iraqi partners to ensure the
protection of human rights and the safety of all Iraqi citizens."
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http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0505-06.htm
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| Title: Re: Iraqi Police 'Killed 14-Year-Old Boy for Being Homosexual' |
06 May 2006 12:52:06 PM |
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On Sat, 06 May 2006 00:18:30 -0700, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com> wrote:
Yep. The Neocons are still insisting that everything is peachy keen in
Iraq.
The neocons wish the police could do that in the US.
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Iraqi Police 'Killed 14-Year-Old Boy for Being Homosexual' |
07 May 2006 12:56:44 AM |
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In article <slrne5poj4.dvr.aznomad@ip70-176-155-130.ph.ph.cox.net>,
AZ Nomad <aznomad@PmunOgeBOX.com> wrote:
On Sat, 06 May 2006 00:18:30 -0700, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com> wrote:
Yep. The Neocons are still insisting that everything is peachy keen in
Iraq.
The neocons wish the police could do that in the US.
If the Reconstructionists seize power they would.
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John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
Contact - Throw a .net over the .com
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Iraqi Police 'Killed 14-Year-Old Boy for Being Homosexual' |
10 May 2006 05:11:12 PM |
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On Sat, 06 May 2006 22:56:44 -0700, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote in alt.atheism
In article <slrne5poj4.dvr.aznomad@ip70-176-155-130.ph.ph.cox.net>,
AZ Nomad <aznomad@PmunOgeBOX.com> wrote:
On Sat, 06 May 2006 00:18:30 -0700, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com> wrote:
Yep. The Neocons are still insisting that everything is peachy keen in
Iraq.
The neocons wish the police could do that in the US.
If the Reconstructionists seize power they would.
Psychopaths.
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