Source: The Independent Online
When in Iraq, do unto others as the neo-cons would do unto you.
That "all Iraqis are free" thing only applies to those Iraqi citizens who aren't gay. If you are gay, then sorry, but you must die in order to stop the spread of the GOP-feared "gay plague".
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".
Tags: [Iraq], [14-year-old boy killed by Iraqi police for being gay], [witch-hunt of lesbian and gay Iraqis], [anti-gay and anti-lesbian fatwa], [Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani], [barbaric], [Ahmed Khalil was shot at point-blank range], [al-Dura area of Baghdad]
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