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Jul 13, 2007
Quickie Link: Two Gay Iraqis Spared Execution by Islamists
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By vanrozenheim
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(Iraq) - Two gay Iraqi men have survived kidnapping and beating by the violently homophobic Mahdi Army - the militia of firebrand fundamentalist Shia cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, who is fighting to establish an Islamist dictatorship in Iraq. Two months after their ordeal, traumatised Ahmed, 23, and Zaid, 24, both students in Baghdad University, have come forward to tell how they were lured into a trap by members of the Mahdi Army. Ahmed's and Zaid's story reveals how Muqtada al-Sadr's men have adopted a new tactic, borrowed from the Iranian secret police. They are posing as gays in online chatrooms, in order to lure gay men, arrange dates and kill them.
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